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  • The logical operators connect terms:
    • OR  is the union operator + : all records containing terms A or B (A+B).
      E.g.: (poverty + "women education") will display records containing poverty or "women education" terms.
    • AND  is the combination operator * : all records containing both terms A and B (A * B).
      E.g.: ("primary education" * "developing countries") * Africa
    • NOT  is the exclusion operator ^ : all records containing terms A without B (A ^ B).
      E.g.: ("sustainable development" ^ "science education")
  • It's possible to use index in order to know the terms used in the database.

Important remark

In opposite to Advanced Search, the research is carried out in all the following fields with Simple Search (implicit or):
  • all titles,
  • all authors,
  • all keywords and words,
  • all series.
So, you can obtain different results from Advanced Search for queries that seem similar.

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