Database Search Strategies: Home

What's in the Guide

This guide provides tips and information about effective Database Search Strategies:

Boolean Operators - Information and tutorials that can be used to effectively search for materials in library databases and online resources.
Boolean (Pizza) Operators - Explanation of Boolean Operators in terms of pizza toppings
Other Search Strategies - Additional tips, tricks and tutorials for effective searching.

Last Updated: Sep 9, 2025 11:56 AM
URL: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/databasesearchstrategies
Print Page

University of Washington Bothell & Cascadia College
Campus Library
Box 358550
18225 Campus Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011-8245
425-352-5340 (Voice & Relay)

Text on this page created by UW Libraries is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License. Images and video are not included.See details.

Land Acknowledgment:The University of Washington Bothell & Cascadia College Campus Library occupies Land that has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. Specifically, this campus is located on Sammamish Land from which settler colonists forcibly removed Coast Salish Peoples to reservations in the mid-19th century. Today, descendants of the Sammamish are members of several Coast Salish communities.