Boolean Logic allows you to combine keywords to make a search more precise. The three terms are: AND, OR, NOT.
AND - Narrows a search
Example: medial collateral ligament AND therapy: Retrieves articles with both medial collateral ligament and therapy.
OR - Expands a search
Example: medial collateral ligament OR mcl: Retrieves articles with just medial collateral ligament, just mcl, and articles with both medial collateral ligament and mcl.
NOT - Removes a term from a search
Example: medial collateral ligament NOT mcl: Retrieves articles with medial collateral ligament, but remove all articles with any mention of mcl. Use NOT sparingly because you often lose many useful articles.
Ebooks, like the databases, require a student ID for access when you are off-campus.
If you want to only see ebooks you can do a catalog search (keyword), click the modify button and select Material Type as "EBOOKS."
Below is an example using a keyword search "foreign policy AND anarchy" :
Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy