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The Ottawa Kiosk advanced search box contains the following elements:

Text entry box
Similar to the field in the Main Search box, this is where you type the words related to the information you are looking for. However, this box allows you to perform advanced search requests using Boolean expressions as explained below.

Case
This option allows you to specify capital letters or lower case letters.  The two options are Insensitive and Sensitive. 

Search button
Click the Search button when you are ready to begin your search.

Boolean Expressions
Boolean expressions are words like OR, AND  used to create relationships among the keywords in your search query. Below is a list of expressions with their corresponding symbol (you may use either) and function.
 
Expression Action
AND Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. peanut AND butter finds documents with both the word peanut and the word butter.
OR Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. Peanut OR butter finds documents containing either peanut or butter. The found documents could contain both items, but not necessarily. 


Boolean: 
Case: 
 



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