Boolean Searching uses the Boolean operators and or or to combine search terms or keywords. This can broaden or narrow a search.
'OR'
chocolate or carob finds all records containing either chocolate or carob or both, producing a broader result.
'AND'
chocolate and adolescents finds all records in which both words occur. And retrieves fewer records ie. gives a narrower result.
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