A database contains information that has been organized to make things easier and more efficient to find. Databases have advanced search features and tools to help you find and use the information in in them. Online magazine, journal, newspaper and trade publication articles as well as most ebooks and book chapters are found in databases. Databases can be searched individually or all at once in the Library's OneSearch (but know that OneSearch can give you huge numbers of results and offer fewer tools and search features).
If you're off-campus and not logged in to the LaGuardia Library website, you will see a login box to complete before you can access these databases.
If you're off-campus and not logged in to the LaGuardia Library website, you will see a login box to complete before you can access these databases.
Boolean operators form the basis of database logic.
Why use Boolean operators?
Use AND in a search to:
The red triangle in the middle of the diagram below represents the result set for this search. It's the set of results containing all three search words.
Use OR in a search to:
All three circles represent the result set for this search. It is a bigger set of results because any of those words fulfill the search criteria when using the OR operator.
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To find an article from a citation: