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Boolean, Proximity, and Frequency Operators

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Cathy Cotter March ‘10

Amended from the original drafted by

Annette Demers, University of Windsor Law Library

BOOLEAN, PROXIMITY, and FREQUENCY OPERATORS*

OPERATION	EXAMPLES

	QUICKLAW/LEXISNEXIS	WESTLAW CANADA	CCH	MARITIME LAW BOOK
*BOOLEAN*
AND	child and custody	child and custody	child and custody	child and custody
OR	drunk or impaired	drunk impaired drunk or impaired	drunk xor impaired	drunk or impaired
NOT	car and not truck	car % truck	car not truck	car not truck
PHRASE	human rights “human rights”	“human rights”	“human rights”	human rights
Truncation	divorc!	divorc!	divorc*	divorc*
Wildcard	practi*e	practi*e	practi?e	practi*e

*PROXIMITY*
Within X words (can be any #)	duty /2 care	duty /2 care	“duty care”@2	duty /2/ care
Within the same paragraph	circumstantial /p evidence	circumstantial /p evidence	not used	circumstantial // evidence
Within the same sentence	torture /s Guantanamo	torture /s Guantanamo	not used	not used
Preceding within X words (can be any #)	rule +2 perpetuities	rule +2 perpetuities	“rule perpetuities”/2	Rule /-2/ perpetuities
Preceding within the same paragraph	not used	rebut +p presumption	not used	not used
Preceding within the same sentence	not used	right +s refusal	not used	not used

*FREQUENCY*
Word/term has to appear at least X number of times (can be any #)	atleast5(negligence)	atleast5(negligence) – cannot use this when searching cases or legislation, only when searching the Abridgment, ICLL, CED, Canada-JLR.	not used	not used

* These are only a few of the connectors available for use in these products. Make sure you look at the help pages in each database to get a better idea of all the connectors available to you.

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Boolean, Proximity, and Frequency Operators