Does IDEALS support Boolean searching?
Yes, IDEALS does support Boolean searching. The following Boolean operators can be used to combine terms. Note that they must be CAPITALIZED. AND: By default, if you search for multiple words in IDEALS they are joined together by an AND automatically. For example, will retrieve all items that contain BOTH the words “corn” and “protein”. OR: To enlarge searches to find items containing any (but not all) of the words or phrases, use OR. For example, will retrieve all items that contain EITHER the words “corn” or “protein”. NOT: To exclude items with a specific word(s) from search results, use the NOT operator before the word you wish to exclude. For example, will retrieve items containing the word “metadata”, except those that also contain the word “shreeves”. Parentheses can be used in the search query to group search terms into sets, and operators can then be applied to the whole set. For example.
