SPC 1301: Fundamentals of Speech: Boolean in Google

You Search in Google by using  keywords. These are the main words in your research question, but they can also be other terms that you have discovered by doing background research. They can also be synonyms of the main terms in your research question.

• If you wish to search for more than one term at the same time, you need to use special connecting terms called Boolean operators.

Why Do you Want to use this method of search with the funny name?

• Boolean searching is a method tailor-made for use in databases
• Databases use Boolean searching all the time automatically
• Searching using keywords is usually a better way to search that typing in a whole sentence