"Google's Boolean default is AND.....
... If you prefer to specify that any one word or phrase is acceptable, put
an OR between each"
>From Caslishain et al "Google pocket guide" O'Reilly 2003
Also try the Google Advanced Search where it is all displayed for you:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Holly
On 6/8/06, Jones, Alison R. <arjones_at_baptistcollege.edu> wrote:
>
> Thank you to all who already responded here – I didn't think it would let
> you, but I wasn't sure… (And don't ask me how you can google for searching
> information on google and not find what information is obviously out there
> from the links ya'll have sent – proof again that Google doesn't answer
> everything!)
>
>
>
> Alison
>
>
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> *From:* Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:
> NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] *On Behalf Of *Rudy Leon
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:14 PM
> *To:* NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [NGC4LIB] who is the primary user?
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>
>
> 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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> Rudy Leon
> Instruction & Collection Development Librarian
> College Libraries
> SUNY Potsdam
> (315) 267-3309
> AIM: leonre3309
>
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Holly Miller, Ph.D.
Received on Thu Jun 08 2006 - 15:55:22 EDT