Boolean Operators are three words (AND, OR, NOT) that combine keywords into search strings.
For example:
AND will narrow a search by focusing on resources that contain both keywords.
Example: "time management" AND college
OR will broaden a search by looking for two similar keywords/phrases at the same time.
Example: "college freshman" OR "college student"
Example: student NOT "High School"
Quotation Marks can be used to search for exact phrases in One Search and the library databases.
Example: "High School"
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