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Boolean searches contain and/or identifiers.  And will narrow the search, and Or will expand it. 
If combining And/Or, it can only be done once in the search.  Or, Or, Or, And  will return 3 different options with one commonality
 
1. Using AND
Animal Name begins with A  AND Sex is Female will only return females with animal names starting with A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Using OR
Animal Name begins with A OR Sex is Female will return all animals, both male and female with animal names starting with A first, and then will search for Sex is female.  There may be females that do not have animal names that begin with A, and there will also be male animals in the result.  mLIMS is looking for one or the other.