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Boolean Logic Search

Siri Sena Bin Baba Hamid Department of Library Science IPG Kampus Darulaman 2010

The 3M Search Strategy


a simple way to help students prepare to use BOOLEAN logic to search the WebCat the internet

Make a simple table with three columns and column titles: MUST MIGHT MUST NOT
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The 3M Search Strategy


MUST MIGHT MUST NOT

List what search terms you know must be there

List what search terms you think might be there

List what search terms you know must not be there


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a search string

MUST

MIGHT(+)

MUST NOT(-)

You will search these terms using AND

You can add these words with OR

You can subtract these terms with NOT


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a search string

MUST
China maps

You want to search for sites of maps of China.

You will search these terms using AND

Search China AND maps


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BOOLEAN SEARCH: AND


You want to search for sites of maps of China. Search China AND maps

China (MUST)

Maps (MUST)

Results: You will get only the light green sites


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a search string

MIGHT MUST
First Nations aboriginal

You want to search for sites about First Nations. .

You will search these terms using OR

Search First Nations OR aboriginal


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BOOLEAN SEARCH: OR
You want to search for sites about First Nations. Search First Nations OR aboriginal

First Nations (MUST)

Aboriginal (MIGHT)

Results: You will get all the green sites


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a search string

MUST NOT MUST


China dishes

You want to search for sites about China.

You will search these terms using NOT

Search China NOT dishes


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BOOLEAN SEARCH: NOT


You want to search for sites about China. Search China NOT dishes

China (MUST)

dishes (NOT)

Results: You will get only the green sites


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a more complex search string

MUST MUST
First Nations Education British Columbia

You want to search for sites about First Nations education in British Columbia. Search:

You will search these terms using AND

First Nations AND education AND British Columbia


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BOOLEAN SEARCH: ANDAND


You want to search for sites about First Nations education in British Columbia. Enter search terms First Nations AND education AND British Columbia

First Nations (MUST) British Columbia (MUST)

Education (MUST)

Results: You will get all the inner green sites 12

The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to build a search string to find adjacent terms:

MUST
Gold Rush

You want to search for sites about The Gold Rush.

You will keep these terms adjacent by putting them in quotation marks

Search Gold Rush


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BOOLEAN SEARCH: adjacent terms


You want to search for sites about the Gold Rush. Enter search terms Gold Rush (in quotation marks) to find only those sites where the words are adjacent: Gold Rush Sites with gold and rush

Results: You will get all the inner green sites


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The 3M Search Strategy


allows you to conduct searches using truncated search terms, the lowest common word roots:

MIGHT MUST
Buddh*

You want to find sites about the Buddhist faith. Will you search: Buddha OR Buddhism OR Buddhist ? Or
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You can reduce or truncate these search terms using the *

BOOLEAN SEARCH: truncated terms


You want to search for sites about Buddhism. Search the truncated form Buddh* to find all of the sites that apply to your area of study:

Buddh(a)

Buddh(ism)

Buddh(ist)

Results: You will get all these sites


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THANK YOU

Siri Sena Bin Baba Hamid/IPDA/2010

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