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Boolean searching allows you to include or exclude specific terms from your search to help you more easily locate materials. This is done by using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT. A brief explanation of each Boolean operator:

• AND – Pulls resources where all of your search terms appear. AND makes your search smaller.
• OR – Pulls resources where one or the other or both of your search terms appear. Using OR makes your search larger.
• NOT – Excludes a word from your search. Using NOT makes your search smaller.