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1. Google Search
Boolean Operators in Google

2. Google Search
 Mainly keyword searches:
 A search for drug abuse will search entire web sites and
pages for the term
over 200 million results
Google searches by keywords
through the entire website text

3. Google Search
More relevant sites appear at the top
.gov and .edu sites

4. Use of Boolean Operators in
Web Search
AND is implied
between
words in Google

5. Boolean Operators in Google
 AND is implied, does not have to be included
Drug
AND
abuse

6. Boolean Operators in Google
 OR can be used to link terms in Google
Drug
OR
abuse

7. Boolean Operators in Google
 OR can be used in Google searching:Be careful linking
terms with OR

8. OR searching in Google
It’s greatly
expanded our search
and probably
added unrelated
or too broad sites

9. Using OR with synonyms
Sites with both
terms
Synonym searching is a
powerful way to draw up
similar terms in a search
Add OR to link synonyms

10. Stop Words
Stop Words: "the," "a," and "for," are ignored
⚫ Try a search under The Who

11. Stop Words
 WHO [all caps, will retrieve World Health
Organization]