5-Search Tools
29 Tips for Common Search Tools
Academic Search Complete
- 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)
CCRI Library Catalog
- AND: term AND term
- OR: term OR term
- NOT: term NOT term
- Exact Phrase: “exact phrase search”
- Grouping: term AND (term OR term)