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If you use both AND and OR together in one search, do this so your search is translated properly!

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When searching any database with ANDs and ORs together: • Connect main concepts with AND as in the left side of the PubMed screenshot below. • Put all synonym terms/concepts meaning the same thing or being compared together with OR in the same line and connect that line to the others with AND. Like this:
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators
Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators

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Connecting Search Terms with Boolean Operators

  • 1. When searching any database with ANDs and ORs together: • Connect main concepts with AND as in the left side of the PubMed screenshot below. • Put all synonym terms/concepts meaning the same thing or being compared together with OR in the same line and connect that line to the others with AND. Like this: