According to http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2155981 Google
doesn't support AND or NOT, and you can't OR two phrases, for example
"Bill Clinton" OR "Hillary Clinton"
would fail. That sounds like a no on google and Boolean
Odd, that SEW doesn't indicate whether full and proper Boolean is usable on
any of the search engines... most folks who would care to go that deeply
into searching would be familiar with it....
On 6/8/06, Jones, Alison R. <arjones_at_baptistcollege.edu> wrote:
>
> >>When was the last time any of us did a search like that?<<
>
> Actually I attempted to Google using Boolean search (not THAT detailed
> though) just yesterday (at home for a personal search - not for work or
> anything academic)... (speaking of which - can anyone else find a page
> to let us know if Google will let us use parenthesis, etc - I've tried a
> couple of times to Google using Boolean logic, and I'm never sure if its
> actually working, but I can't find any guide to what does work, if they
> have a truncation symbol, etc...)
>
> However, I'll admit that it was odd - maybe it's residual from my taking
> a course last year when I was still in library school on searching using
> Dialog Classic...
>
> Alison Jones
> Public Services Librarian
> Baptist College of Florida
>
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Received on Thu Jun 08 2006 - 15:16:35 EDT