Parentheses

Another way you can control how the computer searches is to use parentheses or brackets (  ).  Here is an example of using parentheses when you are searching:

(UAE OR United Arab Emirates) AND education

Notice that there are two Boolean operators in the above search string (AND and OR). 

Rule of thumb for using parentheses: If there is an AND & an OR together in the same search string, you must put brackets around the words connected by OR.

 

Other examples:

(women OR female) AND journalists

(girls OR boys) AND mathematics AND learning

environment AND (UAE OR Gulf)

Using parentheses like this when you are searching in a computer database or on the internet is often referred to as nesting.