CHEM 585 - 1st Yr Graduate Workshop

Boolean Operators are short words used to combine search terms in logical operations. Most databases, discovery layers and search engines recognize them and use them to to bring search results that fulfill the requested operations.The most common are AND, OR and NOT. They are written in capitals to differentiate them from regular keywords. 

Check the image below to understand how each of them affects the results of your searches. Parenthesis are used to combine different sets of instructions and to signal the order in which they should happen. 

NYTimes.com subscription (New York Times Online)

1. Visit AccessNYT (https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/edu-access/university-of-rochester-rochester-ny)
2. In the search box, enter “University of Rochester” then follow the prompts on the next page.
3. Be sure to use your rochester.edu email address when setting up your account.  If you are already a paid subscriber, you will need to cancel before linking to the institutional account.

Once you've signed up, all content is at nytimes.com. Students will have access until they graduate. Faculty and staff must renew once every four years; add a reminder to your calendar; there will be no subsequent reminder.

WSJ.com subscription (Wall Street Journal Online)

1. Visit WSJ.COM/ROCHESTER
2. Enter your university credentials
3. Create your WSJ account (to explore your membership benefits visit https://www.member.WSJ.com)

Chronicle of Higher Ed subscription

1. Visit https://www.chronicle.com/
2. Use the "sign in" link to create an account using your rochester.edu email address
3. Follow the prompts to complete your account profile