Using AND, OR, NOT, or quotations when you're searching for information can help you narrow down, expand, and limit your search results. You can use these operators when you're using databases, OneSearch and other search tools.
AND: combines your keywords in a search
Example: active learning AND student engagement
OR: lets you search for similar terms
Example: higher education OR university OR college
NOT: lets you exclude terms (this is especially helpful if you have very specific terms to search for)
Example: community college NOT four year college
Most databases allow you to limit your search results to "Full Text," meaning results that will be in the database. If you choose not to do this, you will still be able to get to your non-full text results, but there may be an extra step or two.
Limiting to full text will provide results like this:
Otherwise, you may see the "Find it @ CUNY" button next to some of your results. Click this button to explore your options for retrieving this resource.
Clicking the Find it @ CUNY button will lead to a page like this:
If there is a full text link available, click it and you should be all set. If not, you can still retrieve your article via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).