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Boolean Operator: OR


OR retrieves records that contain any of the search terms


 
Keyword - college
finds 2,395 records
For example:
This search statement...
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...finds a total of 9,681 records with
either the word college or the word university in them.

 
Keyword - university
finds 7,920 records

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