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Tips and More From HeinOnline!

Looking for some help using HeinOnline? Check out their blog for tips, enhancements, and other useful resources to make the most of your search! Here's a sample "Tip of the Week" from their blog:

Searching and Using Boolean Operators

Using the One-box and Advanced Search options:

When forming a search query using the One-box and Advanced Search options, you must use Boolean Operators (AND, +, OR, NOT, -) to combine multiple terms and you must capitalize the operators. Additionally, quotations are important when searching for a phrase or multiple phrases. Below are a few tips for building search queries using the Advanced and One-box search options.

Tip #1 - Boolean Operators must be all CAPITALS.
Use AND vs. and, OR vs. or, NOT vs. not. Using lower case operators can greatly impact the quantity and quality of your search results. Example: Input the following search query using the Advanced Search option within the Journals library:

text:"power imbalance" or "power balance in mediation" (choose all titles and leave section types checked to default options)

The quantity of results received is greater than 877,000. Now, modify the above search query to contain OR (in CAPITAL letters) and resubmit the query. The quantity of results received is 1,777.

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Direct link to blog: http://heinonline.blogspot.com/

Source: http://law.hamline.edu/blog/bkallusky01

Full post as published by LexLibris on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).