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Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators

To search a database using ANDs and ORs: connect main concepts with AND; put synonym terms or concepts that mean the same thing together with OR in the same line and connect that line to others with AND. For example, connect lines with AND and group synonym terms within a line with OR.

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When searching any database with ANDs and ORs together: • Connect main concepts with AND as in the left side of the PubMed screenshot below. • Put all synonym terms/concepts meaning the same thing or being compared together with OR in the same line and connect that line to the others with AND. Like this:
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators

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Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators

  • 1.
    When searching anydatabase with ANDs and ORs together: • Connect main concepts with AND as in the left side of the PubMed screenshot below. • Put all synonym terms/concepts meaning the same thing or being compared together with OR in the same line and connect that line to the others with AND. Like this: