1. Suppose
you were searching for materials that had to do with children?
How could you use truncation to get a variety of words on the
topic? Give examples of some of the words you would retrieve.
2. Many students
appreciate the chance to practice forming Boolean search statements.
We gave you some examples --
- rivers
AND salinity
- fruit
OR vegetables
- fruit
NOT apples
- "Monterey
Bay" NEAR otters
Try your
own hand! What would be a good Boolean search statement for
these topics?
Select two.
- What Boolean search
statement could you use if you were interested in crime and
the Internet?
- What Boolean search
statement could you use if you were interested in people who
raise alpacas in the Santa Cruz mountains?
- What Boolean search
statement could you use if you were interested in solar energy
systems, but specifically not interested in passive systems?
- What Boolean search
statement could you use if you were interested in a guide
to restaurants in the Santa Cruz area (i.e., you wanted the
word restaurants to be near the term Santa Cruz)?
Put in your name, and then write responses to no. 1 and no. 2.
