Lesson 7 Flashcards

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Boolean Search

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A search strategy that uses one or more additional keywords separated with the words AND, OR, or NOT to produce better results.

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Boolean “AND”

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The Boolean AND operator can be used to narrow or limit your search. For example, the search “second-hand smoke” AND cancer will only retrieve documents that contain BOTH of these keywords.

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Boolean “OR”

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The Boolean OR operator can broaden or expand your search. For example, a search on the yellow-eyed leaf frog may be limited, but a search for “yellow-eyed leaf frog” OR “agalychnas annae” will return documents that contain one, or the other, or all of the keywords.

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Boolean “NOT”

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Boolean “NOT”: The Boolean NOT operator can exclude a topic when you find you are getting a lot of results that have nothing to do with your topic. For example, a “mullet” is both a fish and a hairstyle. Mullet -hair is the same as mullet NOT hair.

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Wildcard search

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Place an asterisk () on the root of a word to bring back results that include all forms of that word. For example behav will find behave, behavior, behaviour, behavioural, behaviourism.

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Domain search

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To limit by a particular domain or site (e.g., .edu, .gov, .org), type in the domain you want at the end of your search string. “gaming in education” site:.edu will retrieve information about gaming in education only from sites with the .edu domain.

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Control-F

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A way to quickly find information on websites by holding down the Ctrl button (Command on a Mac) and hitting the F key at the same time. This opens a search where you can skim a website or other document.

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Search Engine

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A way to search the internet. Common search engines include Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

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Database

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An extensive collection of information that is available on the Internet. Library databases have authoritative information that is difficult to find elsewhere.

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Annotated Bibliography

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An MLA formatted citation followed by a descriptive paragraph that notes key elements of the source.

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Authoritative

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A term that describes a source that has been edited and often peer reviewed before being accepted for publication.

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Proprietary idea

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Information that most people do not know and thus requires a citation.

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