Phrase search: Use " " to keep two or more words together as a phrase
- "toll roads"
- "bottled water"
- "driverless cars"
Truncation symbol * Most databases use the asterisk ( * ) to search variation of word endings
- phone* - phone, phones, phonetics, phonemic
- comput* - computer, computers, computation, computational, computerized, compute, computing, computed...
Boolean Operators Use connectors to specify your search restrictions and requirements
AND
- "driverless cars" AND outlawed
- road* AND toll* AND increas*
OR
- "minimum wage" OR "minimum pay"
- college* OR "higher education" OR universit*
- SAT OR "Scholastic Assessment Test" OR "Scholastic Aptitude Test"
User Brackets for Logical Execution of Your Search Statement
(cit* OR stat* OR government) AND (pay* OR fund* OR support*) AND (stadium* Or arena*)
("county colleges" OR "community colleges") AND tuition*
("driverless car" OR "self-driving car" OR "autonomous car") AND (outlaw* OR bann*)