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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 00:11

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 13:39:31 EST
From: JOHN BARR <barr@shrsys.hslc.org> (HSLC)

For now I'll tell my class that the Gopher/Veronica "Boolean" search
is a little buggy.  But can anyone give a brief overview of
what it's doing?

For instance, if I do a single keyword Veronica search on coffee
I get 25 or so hits.  If I do a boolean Veronica search on coffee
and tea I get 3 hits, all for coffee; so then if I do a single
word _boolean_ search on coffee (surprise!) I the same three hits.

So, boolean is searching a different index.  What is it searching?

Does anyone else have any examples of Veronica Boolean searches
good or bad?

Thanks again,

John Barr
Health Sciences Libraries Consortium
Philadelphia, PA
barr@shrsys.hslc.org

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