Are you having a problem finding a case that deals with exactly the issue you need to answer? Are you getting too many results in your searches? Are you getting too few results?
Boolean searching can help. It helps you search documents for specific keywords, exclude words, and even find those words in close proximity to each other.
This guide is designed to teach you the basics of how to search for cases using terms and connectors. This type of searching is also frequently referred to as Boolean searching, named after George Boole who articulated a mathematical way of showing the relationship between ideas or objects. The relationships can be easily described using AND, OR, and NOT.
This explanation will cover the following topics:
