[aisle] Boolean searching does not work?

[Lala Lala]

Thank you very much.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:13 AM Renee Kozeal via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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 Or is this now outdated or something?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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-- 
Lori McGreal
Trinity High School librarian
lmcgreal at trinityhs.org
1-708-453-9340
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