in database searching, an information query expressed in subject headings (controlled terms) or keywords linked together using Boolean search logic: AND, OR, NOT. For example, athletes AND (drug use OR drug abuse) NOT (united states OR russia)
See Boolean search statement
a logical combination of your main concepts
A combination of search terms and Boolean operators (primarily AND and OR) that is used to search a database. In some databases, the Boolean operator AND is automatically used to connect search terms.
The actual search as you type in a database. See: Search Techniques.
Refers to the words, including punctuation and limiting, etc. that you type into a database or search engine. It is the carefully considered essence of what you hope to find.
The combination of terms or phrases used to search for information on a given topic. Sometimes called a "search statement". Example republican movement and australia.
An individual search consisting of one term or phrase, or several terms linked with Boolean operators.
A phrase or a combination of words linked with Boolean operators. A search statement is entered into a library catalogue or other database in order to find information.
keywords, Boolean operators, subject headings descriptors and or phrases entered in a search engine to find relevant matches.
the complete representation of a search that includes all of the concepts to be searched, with the appropriate boolean operators and truncation symbols in place.
a phrase or combination of words that are entered into the library catalog or other database in order to find information.
When looking for information in a database, the term(s) typed in to tell the computer what you are looking for