Boolean Operators
Use Boolean operators while searching either in Basic Search or Advanced Search in order to target searching and narrow down search results.
Boolean operators ‘AND’, ‘OR’ and ‘NOT’ can be inserted between keywords when searching.
For example:
• To return results in which both Massachusetts and Connecticut appear, use AND between terms.
• To return results which have either Massachusetts or Connecticut, add OR between terms.
• To return results in which Massachusetts but not Connecticut appears, add NOT between terms. This will search for Massachusetts but exclude any pages which also include Connecticut.
Within Basic Search this can be formatted as “Massachusetts” AND “Connecticut”.
Within Advanced Search select Boolean operators from the drop-down menu.