Boolean - Paper
Logical Connectors These little words go by many names: Logical operators; Boolean connectors; Linking words
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Joins concepts together into one search set.
HYPERSENSITIVITY And STUDENTS, MEDICAL
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| OR
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Joins concepts together into one search set and is used to gather synonymous terms or allied concepts together
STUDENTS, MEDICAL or EDUCATION, MEDICAL or SCHOOLS, MEDICAL or FACULTY, MEDICAL or ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS This ORed set might result in the comprehensive set "on medical campuses," ASPIRIN or IBUPROFEN or ACETAMINOPHEN This ORed set might produce a result comparing a few commonly self-prescribed over-the-counter medications |
| NOT
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Is used to remove a concept from your search strategy.
EUTHANASIA not kervorkian.tw would yield articles indexed to the term EUTHANASIA but eliminate any which use the word kevorkian in the title or abstract. ASPIRIN not COMMON COLD will eliminate any article indexed with the term COMMON COLD from a listing of articles about ASPIRIN |
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