You can combine your keywords or search terms to broaden or narrow your search with a Boolean Search using AND, OR, or NOT. Conducting a Boolean Search will help you retrieve the search results that you want.
Using AND will give you search results with ALL of your search terms.
This is a strategy to NARROW your search and results.
texting AND driving
Using OR will give you search results with either of your search terms.
This strategy works to BROADEN your search and results.
OR is useful when you have synonyms or words with similar meanings.
texting and (driving OR walking)
Using NOT will give you search results with one term but not the other.
This is a strategy to NARROW your results and focus.
texting and walking NOT driving
Which of the keyword searches listed below would retrieve information about oil spills in Alaska?
AND, OR and NOT are.....
