Familiarity with search operators
When asked if they knew how the use of different
Boolean and proximity operators would change their
search results, 92.1%of the nurses said that theywere not
familiar how the use of different proximity operators
would change their search output. The percentage of
nurses not familiar with Boolean ‘‘AND,’’ ‘‘OR,’’ and
‘‘NOT’’was 75.9%, 77.2%, and 85.2%, respectively.Once
again compared to nurses with other qualifications,
graduate nurses had comparatively better understanding
of Boolean and proximity operators.