Overview Exercise OR, AND, NOT Examples Activity Sample Search Quiz End Contact

Check your understanding

You are beginning research on Hispanic-American literature
for your Latino Studies course.

1. To expand the number of resources you find, start by searching for:
A. Latino AND Hispanic American
B. Latino OR Hispanic American
C. Latino NOT Hispanic American

2. To narrow down your search to get fewer but more precise results, enter:
A. Hispanic Americans AND literature
B. Hispanic Americans OR literature
C. Hispanic Americans NOT literature

3. A search for "Latino NOT Chicano" will give you:
A. All results with "Latino"
B. All results with "Chicano"
C. Results with "Latino" excluding anything that includes both "Latino" and "Chicano"


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