By enclosing the keywords within quotes you are basically informing the search engine that all three words have to be present on the page and in close proximity to one another. Some Search Engines will allow phrase searching, others will not. Boolean Searching Named after an English mathematician, Boolean searching refers to a form of logic applied to the search. This type of search allows you to exclude websites which may be about Cancer, the constellation, or the horoscope sign. Boolean Searches require using certain keywords, while these keywords may vary from search engine to search engine, the concepts are the same.
Some systems have the ability to group Boolean terms using parenthesis.
Boolean searching, given these simple, yet powerful, capabilities allows someone to quickly narrow their searches so that the results of a search may quickly pinpoint the information they need. The more terms you are able to add to the search specification, the finer the results you will have in the search engines. Chapter Summary Representing millions of unique documents, the Internet is perhaps one of the greatest libraries of all time. In this chapter we discussed bookmarking favorite resources and how to search for the information you need on the Internet. Bookmarking interesting places on the Internet.