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This chart offers an easy-to-use "If you want to search for..." then "Choose..." format for specific file types, search logic, options, results, and speciality searches.

This 2-pager provides an overview of the history of how Boolean logic became the conventional basis for searching most computerized systems. Each operator is outlined, describing what it does and when to use it. Offers both simple and complex strategies.

This article provides a detailed explanation of how Boolean logic works, offering examples of each operator and the results it may produce when used in an online search. It covers full, implied, and predetermined language, offering examples of queries, and provides a selected list of search engines based on each.

This article provides a short, concise description of how to use symbols (+, -, ", *) and Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) in constructing search language to produce more relevant results.

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