Boolean Searching a Fast Primer

Boolean Searching
A Giant DataBase with Rules for finding information

Boolean Searching
How the Search Engines understand Boolean Search Rules
Boolean Searching
Searching Structure

Boolean Searching
The use of Keywords and Qualifiers
Boolean Searching
The General Rules
Boolean Searching
The AND and OR RULES
Boolean Searching
The NOT and NEAR RULES
Boolean Searching
NESTING and NOTES
Boolean Searching
NOTES

You can also go to any of the following slideshows:

• What is a Web Directory?
• How do Search Engines Work?
• Advanced Search Using Boolean Searching

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