What Boolean operators are available?
Boolean operators are used to link search terms, combining them in different ways. Three of the most-used operators are: AND: all terms must be present dogs and cats OR: at least one term must be present dogs or cats NOT: first term present but not second dogs not cats Sometimes variations of these operators are available. For example, some databases might use but not or and not instead of not. Look at the Boolean operators section of any online help to see if there are any variants offered that might help you perform a more efficient search. Are proximity connectors available? Proximity connectors are a little like Boolean operators in that they link search terms. Connectors, however, are used to dictate how close the two search terms must be to each other within a record. These connectors can limit the terms to appearing in the same sentence or paragraph, and are often used to limit how many words can be between two terms. Possible connectors vary widely from database to database, so
