Asked by caleb
You are researching beach erosion on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Which phrase shows the best way to conduct an accurate Boolean search on this topic?
Beach erosion AND Florida OR Gulf Coast
Beach erosion AND Florida Gulf Coast
Beach OR erosion OR Florida AND Gulf Coast
Beach AND erosion AND Florida AND Gulf AND Coast
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Best choice: Beach erosion AND Florida Gulf Coast
Reason: You want the two-word concepts kept together as phrases (beach erosion; Florida Gulf Coast) and combined with AND so results must cover both concepts. To be even clearer in most databases/search engines, use quotes:
"beach erosion" AND "Florida Gulf Coast"
Or equivalently: beach AND erosion AND Florida AND "Gulf Coast"
Reason: You want the two-word concepts kept together as phrases (beach erosion; Florida Gulf Coast) and combined with AND so results must cover both concepts. To be even clearer in most databases/search engines, use quotes:
"beach erosion" AND "Florida Gulf Coast"
Or equivalently: beach AND erosion AND Florida AND "Gulf Coast"
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