{"id":2185,"date":"2013-10-07T11:51:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T23:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2013-10-07T11:51:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T23:51:42","slug":"or-searching-in-discover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2013\/10\/07\/or-searching-in-discover\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;OR&#8217; searching in Discover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you use OR searching in Discover (or other EBSCOhost databases) to look for alternative terms, there are a couple of things you should know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The OR should always be in capital letters, or your search results will be skewed.<\/strong> For examp<em><\/em>le:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Don&#8217;t do this! <\/span><\/span>The search below asks Discover to look for results that have <strong>all of these words<\/strong>: <em>or<\/em> <em>teen* adolescen* youth* <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2186 alignnone\" alt=\"discoversearch1\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch1.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch1.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch1-100x30.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Do it like this! <\/span><em><\/em>The search below asks Discover to look for results that have <strong>at least one of these words<\/strong>: <em>teen* adolescen* youth* <\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2187 alignnone\" alt=\"discoversearch2\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch2-100x28.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The other thing to be aware of at the moment is that OR searches are not working quite as they should in the single search box.<\/strong> Discover is not automatically assuming that there is an AND between the other search words, when you include an OR search in brackets. This problem is being worked on, but in the meantime there are a couple of solutions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">If you use the single search box, insert AND (must be in capitals) between your other search words. For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188 alignnone\" alt=\"discoversearch3\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch3.jpg\" width=\"348\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch3.jpg 348w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch3-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch3-100x19.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Or use the Advanced Search with multiple search boxes. For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2189\" alt=\"discoversearch4\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch4.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch4.jpg 259w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/10\/discoversearch4-100x44.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use OR searching in Discover (or other EBSCOhost databases) to look for alternative terms, there are a couple of things you should know&#8230; The OR should always be in capital letters, or your search results will be skewed. For example: Don&#8217;t do this! 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