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Music 500: Boolean Operators
for searching online research databases
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Library Information Skills
Graduate
10/31/2016

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Term
AND
Definition

intersection of two sets:

that is, anything containing both terms

Term
OR
Definition

union of two sets:

that is, anything containing either term or both terms

Term
NOT
Definition

complement of a set:

that is, everything not containing the term

Term
ADJ
Definition
adjoining; 2 search terms are next to each other and in order
Term
NEAR
Definition
two terms are next to each other but in any order
Term
WITH
Definition
two terms must appear in the same decade MARC level field (like {130})
Term
SAME
Definition
two terms must appear in the same century MARC level field (like {700})
Term
XOR
Definition

complement of the intersection of the two terms: 

that is, anything that includes one or the other term, but not both

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