Using AND ensures that the topic you’re researching is the topic you get in the search results.

To see to it each search result includes bothAmazonandrainforest, use the AND operator.

Be careful when typing the search operator; it makes a difference in the search results.

Screenshot showing how to use the AND Boolean operator on Google

OR Boolean Operator

Google uses the OR operator to search for one term or another term.

An article can contain either word but doesn’t have to include both.

This usually works well when using two similar words or subjects you want to learn about.

screenshot of search how to draw OR paint using the Boolean search operator OR

The break character (|) can be used in place of OR.

The break character is the one attached to the backslash key ().

It ignores phrases such assausage and cheese biscuits.

Screenshot showing how to combine Boolean search operators on Google

Typerecipes gravy (sausage | biscuit)to search for gravy recipes for either sausages or biscuits.

For a Boolean operator to work, it must be in all capital letters.

Screenshot showing that Boolean expressions in Google are case sensitive