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COMBINING (AND, OR)
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After searching for each piece of our topic independently, we must COMBINE the sets together to create the relationships between the search terms/concepts.

The "Boolean operators" that are used to combine sets are AND, OR, and in rare cases, NOT.

The COMBINE function will create a new set on the Main Search Page.

These Venn diagrams show you a visual display of how the Boolean operators work: