Boolean Operators: Quiz

• OR
• AND
• NOT

Which of these two searches will give you fewer results?

• (diabetes OR cancer) AND diet
• (diabetes AND cancer) AND diet

• "introduced species"
• Hawaii
• "invasive species" OR "introduced species"
• "invasive species"

Why should you be careful about using NOT in your search?  

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Which Boolean Operator will give you the most search results?
→ OR
AND
NOT

Which of these two searches will give you fewer results?
(diabetes OR cancer) AND diet
→ (diabetes AND cancer) AND diet

What part of the following will be searched first? Hawaii AND ("invasive species" OR "introduced species")
"introduced species"
Hawaii
→ "invasive species" OR "introduced species"
"invasive species"

Why should you be careful about using NOT in your search?
→ NOT can limit your results too much, because it will exclude articles with just one instance to the "notted" term.

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