Research Guides: Research Guide for High School Students: Where to Search

Basic vs Advanced Search

Many databases have two types of search functions: basic and advanced.

When searching for multiple concepts with keywords, we recommend using the advanced search.

Type of Search	Characteristics
Basic Search	Single search bar Can manually input Boolean operators Best for searching for something that is known, like the title or author of a book or article
Advanced Search	Not all advanced searches will be the same Will often have multiple search bars that allow the searcher to be more specific Some of these search bars will allow you to: specifically search by author, title, or language add Boolean operators from a drop down menu select the type of resource select a date range

When ON CAMPUS at the Chancellor Paterson Library, using our computers will allow you to access all the articles, databases, e-books and other resources the library has.

Unfortunately, when you are OFF CAMPUS you will not be able to access all of our services.

When searching for articles off campus, we recommend selecting the open access filter during your search. This will only show resources you can access and use at any point in time, from anywhere. These will typically be the Free Databases under A-Z Databases.

Screenshot of Open Access filter when searching in O M N I.

Using Google Scholar

Screenshot of a basic google search screen.

Screenshot of an advanced Google search screen.

Instead of providing options to connect words with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), Google Scholar gives you other options that serve a similar purpose.

Google Scholar Advanced Search Options

with all of the words - works like AND
with the exact phrase - works like quotes
with at least one of the words - works like OR
without the words - works like NOT

Screenshot of the advanced Google search options.

Google Scholar Search Help