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1. No Poverty 2. Zero Hunger 3. Good Health and Well-Being 4. Quality Education 5. Gender Equality 6. Clean Water and Sanitation 7. Affordable and Clean Energy 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth 9. Industry Innovation and Infrastructure |
10. Reduced Inequalities 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 12. Responsible Consumption and Production 13. Climate Action 14. Live Below Water 15. Life on Land 16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions 17. Partnerships for the Goals |
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Database Searching Tips -- also known as "Boolean Logic"
Boolean Search Operators for Keywords:
AND Narrows the search by including only results that contain all the specified terms.
- Example: Searching for music AND AI will return results that contain both the term "music" and "AI."
OR Expands the search by including results that contain any of the specified terms.
- Example: Searching for music OR AI will return results that contain either "music" or "AI," or both.
NOT Excludes results containing the specified term after "NOT."
- Example: Searching for music NOT classical will return results about music but exclude those related to classical music.
More Boolean Search Operators for to make your searches more relevant:
" " (Quotation Marks) Searches for an exact phrase by keeping the words together in the specified order.
- Example: Searching for "artificial intelligence" will only return results where the phrase appears exactly as typed.
( ) (Parentheses): Groups terms or phrases to control the order of operations, similar to how parentheses work in math.
- Example: Searching for (music OR performance) AND AI will return results that contain either "music" or "performance" along with "AI."
*** (Asterisk or Wildcard)** Stands in for multiple characters, allowing for variations of a word.
- Example: Searching for comput* will return results for "computer," "computing," "computation," etc.
? (Question Mark) Represents a single character, used for finding words with a common root or small variations.
- Example: Searching for wom?n will return results for both "woman" and "women."
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