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| Here are some of the options available to modify your full text search using boolean operators: | Here are some of the options available to modify your full text search using boolean operators: | ||
| - | - **EXACT PHRASE Searching** | ||
| - | * If you search for keywords encased in double quotations ", you are performing an EXACT PHRASE search. For example, if you search for **"protein kinase domain"** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing the EXACT PHRASE **protein kinase domain**. You can use exact phrase searching in combination with the above options such as **+"protein kinase domain" -"SH2 Domain"** which will return papers containing **protein kinase domain** but not if they also contain **SH2 domain**. You should use exact phrase searching anytime you want to find a specifically worded phrase including looking for authors **"Smith AC"** or exact titles **"Analysis of murine HOXA-2 activity in Drosophila melanogaster"**. | ||
| - **OR Searching** | - **OR Searching** | ||
| * If you search for keywords simply separated by spaces, you are performing an OR search. For example, if you search for **SH2 Domain** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **SH2** OR **Domain** OR both. This is most useful for searching multiple relevant terms for a specific project such as **Kinase Phosphatase Cyclin** where any one of them is relevant enough to return the publication. | * If you search for keywords simply separated by spaces, you are performing an OR search. For example, if you search for **SH2 Domain** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **SH2** OR **Domain** OR both. This is most useful for searching multiple relevant terms for a specific project such as **Kinase Phosphatase Cyclin** where any one of them is relevant enough to return the publication. | ||
| - **AND Searching** | - **AND Searching** | ||
| - | * If you search for keywords prefixed with a plus sign +, you are performing an AND search. For example if you search for **+protein +kinase +adapter** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **protein** AND **kinase** AND **adapter**. This is most useful when attempting to find papers containing a longer list of relevant keywords. | + | * If you search for keywords prefixed with a plus sign +, you are performing an AND search. For example if you search for **+protein +kinase +adapter** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **protein** AND **kinase** AND **adapter**. This is useful when attempting to find papers containing a longer list of relevant keywords. |
| - **NEGATIVE Searching** | - **NEGATIVE Searching** | ||
| * If you search for keywords prefixed with a minus sign -, you are performing a NEGATIVE search. For example, if you search for **+protein +kinase -yeast** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **protein** AND **kinase** but only if those papers DO NOT contain the keyword **yeast**. You cannot perform an all negative search so a search like **-yeast -human** is invalid. | * If you search for keywords prefixed with a minus sign -, you are performing a NEGATIVE search. For example, if you search for **+protein +kinase -yeast** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing **protein** AND **kinase** but only if those papers DO NOT contain the keyword **yeast**. You cannot perform an all negative search so a search like **-yeast -human** is invalid. | ||
| + | - **EXACT PHRASE Searching** | ||
| + | * If you search for keywords encased in double quotations ", you are performing an EXACT PHRASE search. For example, if you search for **"protein kinase domain"** this is the equivalent of saying return papers containing the EXACT PHRASE **protein kinase domain**. You can use exact phrase searching in combination with the above options such as **+"protein kinase domain" -"SH2 Domain"** which will return papers containing **protein kinase domain** but not if they also contain **SH2 domain**. You should use exact phrase searching anytime you want to find a specifically worded phrase including looking for authors **"Smith AC"** or exact titles **"Analysis of murine HOXA-2 activity in Drosophila melanogaster"**. | ||
| - **GROUPED Searching** | - **GROUPED Searching** | ||
| * If you search for keywords encased in round brackets ( ), you are performing a grouped search. This option is useful for more complicated queries where you want to string together many keywords. For example, **+(protein kinase domain) +(sh2 domain)** is the equivalent of saying search for any one of **protein**, **kinase**, OR **domain** (but one must be there because of the + sign) and also any one of **sh2** and **domain** (also, one of the 2 must be there because of the second + sign). So, in this case grouping has allowed for the combination of both OR and AND searches into a single query. | * If you search for keywords encased in round brackets ( ), you are performing a grouped search. This option is useful for more complicated queries where you want to string together many keywords. For example, **+(protein kinase domain) +(sh2 domain)** is the equivalent of saying search for any one of **protein**, **kinase**, OR **domain** (but one must be there because of the + sign) and also any one of **sh2** and **domain** (also, one of the 2 must be there because of the second + sign). So, in this case grouping has allowed for the combination of both OR and AND searches into a single query. | ||