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SEARCHING STRATEGIES
PHRASES are always place inside of quotation marks "  " The search  finds words in the exact order given.   Examples:
       "civil rights"    "New York City"
AND  [Boolean term]
Most search engines put AND in between words automatically.		 The search  finds records that have these words within the document.  
Example: 
      crime AND children AND television 
OR   [Boolean term]
 broadens your search		 Synonyms and spelling variations of
a term are retrieved.   Example:  
              cats    OR   felines      
AND NOT 
           [Boolean term]
 narrows your search		 Why?    The excluded terms will not be in the search results. 
e.g.   "waste storage" AND NOT nuclear 

    + Requires a term 
 
   - Excludes a term  

 Most search engines include or exclude a term if  + or - sign is in front of the word.
             Inclusion:    +cats +allergies 
             Exclusion:    -dogs

Use ADVANCED Search to utilize special features of an engine. 

Go to Google Home
an example of  Advanced Search 

         ADVANCED SEARCHING
  Site or domain      .edu  .gov  .org  .net 
    
  Boolean Operators AND,  OR,  AND NOT
  Age of records, Language, Truncation,
                  etc. ect. ect...