The type of searching that uses AND, OR, NOT is called

• A. Keyword searching
• B. Boolean logic
• C. Proximity searching
• D. Fuzzy searching

Answer: (B)

Boolean searching uses operators like AND, OR, and NOT to connect search terms and control which records match. These operators come from Boolean logic and let you express how terms relate to each other in a query. For example, using AND requires both terms to appear, narrowing results; OR allows either term to appear, broadening results; NOT excludes a term, filtering out unwanted results. This approach is specifically about combining terms with those operators to shape the search, which is why it’s described as Boolean searching. Other options describe different facets of searching—keyword searching is a general term for using words, proximity searching looks at how close words appear to each other, and fuzzy searching accounts for misspellings or variants without relying on explicit logical connections.