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Advanced Search : Positional Operators

The Positional Operators are same as the Boolean Operators, they tell the system to search words or phrases which appear anywhere in the catalogue record.  They can be used in Basic Search and Advanced Search.  The only difference is:-

Positional Operators :  All the search terms appear in the same field (e.g. all in title, all in author, all in notes, or all in subject)

Boolean Operators :  The search terms appear anywhere in the record

There are 4 operators (SAME, WITH, NEAR, ADJ) and their function is as follows:-

• SAME or WITH : only records containing both words within the same field will be retrieved.
• NEAR : only records with the words next to each other within the same field will be retrieved.
• ADJ : only records with the words adjacent to each other within the same field will be retrieved, and the order is the same as they were entered. 

Quick Search : Boolean Operators

The Boolean Operators provide broader search results and they are not restricted to Advanced Search.  You can use them in Quick Search as well.  They tell the system to search  records if the search terms appear anywhere in the record.

If you use more than one word to perform keyword searching without any operators, TAFECat uses the "AND" Boolean Operator by default.  For example, if you search under "fruits vegetables", the result is the same as for "fruits AND vegetables".

If you want to use the Boolean Operator (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) in Quick Search, insert the operator between the words to perform the search.