Can I perform a boolean search in the TCC Catalog?

Answered By: TR Learning Commons - Jim Robinson

Last Updated: Mar 29, 2017 Views: 363

Yes!

Booleans must be in UPPERCASE.
apples AND oranges will only find records with both apples and oranges in the titles or descriptions.
apples OR oranges will find all records with either apples, oranges, or both in the titles or descriptions.
The default search uses AND. If you don't use a boolean expression, you will perform an AND search.
apples NOT oranges will find all records with apples in the titles or descriptions as long as the records do not also contain oranges.
"apples and oranges" (in quotation marks) will find all records with the exact phrase "apples and oranges" in the titles or descriptions.
apples AND (oranges OR pears) finds all records with apples and either oranges or pears.
(apples AND oranges) OR pears finds all records with both apples and oranges or just pears.
(apples OR oranges) NOT fruit finds all records with either apples or oranges and do not contain fruit.
Wildcards ? and *
- ? performs a single character wildcard search. For example, wom?n finds all records with women, woman, etc.
- * performs a multiple character wildcard search. For example, cultur* finds all records with culture, cultural, culturally, etc.