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Boolean Search Operators
Boolean search is a type of search that uses operators or modifiers (most commonly the words AND, OR, and NOT) to combine keywords in strategic ways to create simple or complex search strings that are designed to retrieve the most relevant information from a database or catalog. It is important to try several different strategies and search strings with various keywords and phrases to give yourself the best chance of finding the most relevant and useful resources for your research assignment.
This infographic, created by Maria Bonet-Cruz of Prince George's Community College, provides a quick and easy to understand visual on how Boolean Search Operators work.
Finding Articles in Central Search
CentralSearch Catalog
You can use the CentralSearch box below to conduct a search for materials in the physical and digital collection here at the Elihu Burritt Library.
Finding Research Sources Using Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 7,695 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. 3,834 include full text, 2,788 are peer reviewed.
JSTOR provides articles of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. You can search the full text, titles, authors, and abstracts, or browse by journal title or discipline. JSTOR works with a diverse group of nearly 1,200 publishers from more than 57 countries to preserve and make their content digitally available. Many JSTOR collections are multidisciplinary and comprised of several core subjects, including language and literature, history, economics, and political science.
Great for Background Info! (use for presearch, intros)
GVRL provides reference titles in many subjects including Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Library Science, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science, and Technology
The Research Journey is not a straight One - there are many new starts and turns. And the process can seem a bit "messy" in that you may need to change up keywords and search strategies to find a variety of sources that you will synthesize into your writing.