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OPAC Advanced Search Boolean Keyword Search in the OPAC David Kent, Librarian Peninsula College Library 2008
Boolean search operators ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Dogs   10 results  (all are about dogs) Dogs OR Cats   20 results (10 about dogs plus 10 about cats) Dogs AND Cats  5 results (all contain both dogs AND cats)
Advanced OPAC Search Screen Advanced Search Tab
Advanced OPAC Search Screen Boolean  Operators: AND, OR, NOT By default  Keyword Anywhere  will search in all fields: Author, Title, Subject, Notes, Publisher, etc. All of these  =  AND Any of these = OR
Sumo NOT Japan ,[object Object],[object Object],The above article is relevant. But it would not be in the results list, because the dangerous Boolean  NOT  operator would automatically eliminate any article containing the word  Japan .
Using the truncation symbol  ?  retrieves variations of the word: lumbering, lumberyards, lumbermen, etc. Changing the field will control where the terms are searched. The Boolean AND combines the sets of synonymous terms to find only those containing both concepts.
All titles retrieved have one or more of the words --  lumber  or  timber  --  or have the word  logging  in the title, as the search query requested.
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Use the Boolean search operators to improve search precision and retrieve relevant items .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This ends this  OPAC Advanced Search  tutorial. For more OPAC tutorials, go  here : http:// faculty.pc.ctc.edu/davidk /

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Opac Advanced Search

  • 1. OPAC Advanced Search Boolean Keyword Search in the OPAC David Kent, Librarian Peninsula College Library 2008
  • 2.
  • 3. Advanced OPAC Search Screen Advanced Search Tab
  • 4. Advanced OPAC Search Screen Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT By default Keyword Anywhere will search in all fields: Author, Title, Subject, Notes, Publisher, etc. All of these = AND Any of these = OR
  • 5.
  • 6. Using the truncation symbol ? retrieves variations of the word: lumbering, lumberyards, lumbermen, etc. Changing the field will control where the terms are searched. The Boolean AND combines the sets of synonymous terms to find only those containing both concepts.
  • 7. All titles retrieved have one or more of the words -- lumber or timber -- or have the word logging in the title, as the search query requested.
  • 8.
  • 9.