Precision Searching
- AND: default (alternatively: term AND term)
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term NOT term
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: term AND (term OR term)
Bing
- AND: default
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term NOT term
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: Not available
- AND: default
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term -term (example: animal -cat)
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: term AND (term OR term)
WorldCat
- AND: term AND term
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term NOT term
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: term AND (term OR term)
Startpage.com
- AND: term AND term
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term NOT term
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: term AND (term OR term)
Check Your Knowledge: Boolean Operators
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