[aisle] Boolean searching does not work?

[Renee Kozeal]

Hi Lori,
You don't use NOT or AND in Google searches. You use - and +. You can still
use OR. Google has a decent search tips section to give you examples of
searches.

bears -chicago
yellowstone wolves +site:.org

I think it's still important to teach Boolean language as it is used in
Advanced Search in all online searching--online catalogs, databases,
search engines.

Renee Kozeal
Princeton High School

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:02 AM Lala Lala via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> It happens to me quite often that Boolean searching does not work. In a
> search engine, I use AND, OR, NOT and I get results that I am trying to
> avoid!
>
> It has gotten to the point where I don't want to show students Boolean
> searching because, even while I am demo-ing how to do it, the results show
> as if I am not using it! For example, in Google (not Google Advanced
> Search), I put in Miami NOT Dophins and I get a ton of results on the Miami
> Dolphins. It  happens in database searches, too.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Or is this now outdated or something?
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Lori McGreal
> Trinity High School librarian
> lmcgreal at trinityhs.org
> 1-708-453-9340
>
>
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*Renee Kozeal*

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Director of Dramatic Events

Princeton High School

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