phrase needed

[Bill Feidt]

These are normally called "compound" search statements, I believe.

A good Web page covering the concepts is:

  http://www.lib.ua.edu/boolean.htm

Bill Feidt
NAL
wfeidt at nal.usda.gov

At 06:11 AM 11/7/97 -0800, Donald Barclay wrote:
>I've heard such searches called "nested searches," but this may not be the
>universally accepted term. Could there be a term from algebra that
>describes such searches?


>On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, bruce pomerantz wrote:

>> Hope you take the adage, "The only dumb question is the one unasked" to
>> heart as I ask: 
>> 
>> In boolean searching, what do you call the search strategy when you
>> use one or more pairs in parentheses.  An example: 
>> 
>> (Cats or Dogs) (Mice or Birds) 
>> 
>> Thanks for not laughing. 
>> 
>> Bruce Pomerantz
>> On Sabbatical in Cincinnati