We’ve all heard of Boolean logic at some point in our careers whether it be during a consultation with an MSK Informationist (or other librarian), or in a more formal training setting during a survey college course. Whether we use the AND, OR, and NOT operators during simple and complex database searching is a different story. Take a look at the following examples for tips on effectively using Boolean operators.

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The MSK Library has an institutional site license to the New York Times (NYT). In order to gain access to this content from off-campus (note: mobile device access is restricted to browsing on the web, not accessing via the NYT app), you must register for an account while on site or on VPN. This is a change from the former way of accessing NYT content – there is no longer a generic username and password to be used by all. You must now have your own account to gain access. There are more details on accessing NYT on our resource page for this publication. Ask us if you have any questions or run into any trouble.

The main search box on the MSK Library website searches our web-scale discovery tool known as Summon. Summon pulls from many different resources and content types such as book chapters, whole books/eBooks, journal articles, databases, PMIDs, DOIs, and newspapers, along with other digital collections that we subscribe to. Take a look at the Venn diagram below for a visual representation of what Summon contains and check out our What am I Searching? page for more detailed information and screen shots on how Summon works.

Ask us if you have any specific questions or would like assistance with leveraging Summon for your research – we are happy to help!