Tutorial: Find an Article
Nesting
If you wish to use more than one Boolean Operator in a single search statement, you will need to use parentheses. This will tell the database the order in which to process the search. The database will search the concepts in parentheses first.
For example, if you wish to search for alternative energy AND environment, you might want to include the synonym renewable energy. To get this search to work correctly, you will need to put the synonyms in parentheses:
(alternative energy or renewable energy) and environment*
Activity: Nesting Practice
What is the correct search to use for a topic on teenagers and alcohol?
a) teenage* AND drinking OR alcohol
b) (teenage* AND drinking) OR alcohol
c) teenage* AND (drinking OR alcohol)
Activity
Develop a search strategy for your assignment or research topic.
