ENGL 1102 - Johnston (Floyd) - Spring 2025: Searching in Galileo

Now that we've covered some basics, let's look at the Galileo Advanced Search!

You can find it tucked under the search bar on the Galileo home page and the library home page, or under the search box while you are looking at a list of results. 

And look what you see!  The ability to use BOOLEAN OPERATORS! (Want to know more? Check out the Boolean box on this page! They are a fantastic way to really narrow your search.)

You can also use the "select a field" dropdown to get even more specific, by searching specifically by author, subject, or even journal title!

Boolean Operators connect the search terms together in different ways.

Boolean logic defines logical relationships between terms in a search. The Boolean search operators are and, or and not. You can use these operators to create a very broad or very narrow search.

• And combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, travel and Europe finds articles that contain both travel and Europe.
• Or combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college or university finds results that contain either college or university.
• Not excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, television not cable finds results that contain television but not cable.

Note: When executing a search, And takes precedence over Or.

The following table illustrates the operation of Boolean terms: