Boolean Operators
EBSCO uses Boolean Operators for expert searching.
| Boolean Operators | Example |
| AND Limit results |
Vegetarianism AND obesity (Search for content that contains both vegetarianism and obesity.) |
| OR One term OR another |
Scholarly OR academic (Search for content that contains scholarly OR academic.) |
| NOT Exclude a term from the search |
Bears -Chicago (Limits results to only those with bears and not the term Chicago.) |
| “ “ Exact phrase |
“sleep deprivation” (Search for the phrase sleep deprivation.) |
The first three limiters above can be used in both the search boxes (in all caps) and using the drop down limiters beside the search boxes.
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