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BOOLEAN SEARCHING

BOOLEAN SEARCHING. Ancilla College. Next. Objectives. Know the difference between AND, OR, NOT. Know which one expands results and which ones narrow them. Know when to use which term. Be able to conduct a Boolean search combining two terms.

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BOOLEAN SEARCHING

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  1. BOOLEAN SEARCHING Ancilla College Next

  2. Objectives • Know the difference between AND, OR, NOT. • Know which one expands results and which ones narrow them. • Know when to use which term. • Be able to conduct a Boolean search combining two terms. • Be able to conduct a Boolean search combining three terms. Next

  3. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? Back Next Click on the picture that represents “AND”.

  4. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? Back Next Click on the picture that represents “OR”.

  5. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? Back Next Click on the picture that represents “NOT”.

  6. Can You Tell Which Search Needs Which Boolean Term? Click the Boolean Term you think is best for that search. • 1. Research on lung disease that isn’t related to smoking ANDORNOT • 2. A search for crime statistics in the United States ANDORNOT • Information about stroke in dogs ANDORNOT • Information about ballet or ballroom dancing ANDORNOT • Financial data on Wal-Mart ANDORNOT • Research on cell phone use while driving ANDORNOT • A search for Christmas trees that excludes artificial ones ANDORNOT • 8. Research about either Arbor Day or Earth Day ANDORNOT Back Next

  7. Now Can You Connect Three Terms? Click on the pairs you think are best for this search • Information about rape or assault in the United States: AND/ANDOR/AND • 2. Articles about tumor surgery in small animals but not mice AND/ORAND/NOT • 3. Articles about the trade routes of ancient Egypt except for those with ancient Rome • AND/NOTOR/NOT • 4. Information about violence in PlayStation and X-box games OR/ANDAND/AND • Articles about tumors that aren’t cancerous in mice NOT/ORNOT/AND • Information about public schools in Indiana or Michigan • AND/OROR/AND • Information about mummification and funeral customs in ancient Egypt • OR/ANDAND/AND Back Next

  8. INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION AND REFLECTION: Mission Possible: Find articles on wind farms in the U.S. Play for mission or read summary below. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: to do a search for articles on wind farms in the U.S. This is your chance to practice doing a real search using what you’ve learned. Don’t worry about your database choice—use Academic Search Premier. Focus instead on what your search terms are and how to combine them properly. Start at www.ancilla.edu. To ponder: What did you come up with? Were your results relevant and on-target, or did you combine the terms the wrong way? Boolean searching can take some practice, so don’t be afraid to experiment and come up with your own combinations to test. Next Back

  9. INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION AND REFLECTION: Mission Possible: Find articles on drug use in horse or dog racing. Play for mission or read summary below. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: to do a search for articles on the use of drugs in animal racing. This is your chance to practice doing a real search using what you’ve learned. Don’t worry about your database choice—use Academic Search Premier. Focus instead on what your search terms are and how to combine them properly. Start at www.ancilla.edu. To ponder: What did you come up with? Were your results relevant and on-target, or did you leave out a term or combine them the wrong way? Boolean searching can take some practice, so don’t be afraid to experiment and come up with your own combinations to test. Next Back

  10. Great Job! Your Options: Not ready for tutorial Module 3: Limiters? Go back to beginning of Module 2: Boolean Searching. Did OK but want to practice this again as refresher? Go back to beginning of this PowerPoint. Ready to move on? Go to beginning of tutorial Module 3: Limiters. Feeling really, really brave and want to skip straight to Module 3 practice? Go to Module 3: Limiters PowerPoint. Back

  11. Sorry! That choice excludes an entire search term. “AND” is when two terms overlap. Back

  12. Sorry! That choice has expanded your results to include everything about two search terms. “AND” is when two terms overlap. Back

  13. Sorry! That choice has excluded a term. “OR” expands your search results to include everything on both topics. Back

  14. Sorry! That choice narrows your results to the overlap only. “OR” expands your search results to include everything on both topics. Back

  15. Sorry! That choice narrows your results to the overlap only. “NOT” excludes a term from your results. Back

  16. Sorry! That choice expands your search to include everything from both terms. “NOT” excludes a term from your results. Back

  17. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? NOT OR AND Congratulations! You’re ready to move on! Click here for the next challenge.

  18. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? NOT OR AND Congratulations! You’re ready to move on! Click here for the next challenge.

  19. AND, OR, NOT: Which Is Which? NOT OR AND Congratulations! You’re ready to move on! Click here for the next challenge.

  20. Oops! Try again!

  21. Great work! Lung disease NOT smoking gets you info on lung disease that isn’t caused by smoking! Back

  22. Excellent! Crime statistics AND United States crime stats only for the U.S.! Back

  23. Awesome! Stroke AND dogs combined tell you all about stroke in dogs! Back

  24. Good Job! Ballet OR ballroom dancing is perfect for this search since you want information on each one! Back

  25. Superb! Financial data and Wal-Mart gives you financial information only on Wal-Mart! Back

  26. Correct! Cell phone use and driving gives you both terms in each article! Back

  27. Great work! Christmas trees NOT artificial will just bring up real Christmas trees! Back

  28. Great work! Earth Day OR Arbor Day will bring you information about both holidays! Back

  29. Oops! Try again!

  30. Excellent! Rape OR assault AND United States will give you articles on rape in the U.S. and assault in the U.S. Back

  31. Wonderful! Tumor surgery AND small animals NOT mice returns articles on all small animal tumor surgeries except those on mice. Back

  32. Great! Trade routes AND ancient Egypt NOT Rome gives you info on ancient Egyptian trade routes except for those with Rome. Back

  33. Great! Violence AND PlayStation AND Xbox will bring up articles about violence in both gaming systems. Back

  34. Wonderful! Tumors NOT cancer AND mice will get information about non-cancerous tumors in mice. Back

  35. Great job! Public schools AND Indiana OR Michigan will get you all information about public schools in Indiana and Michigan. Back

  36. You did it! Mummification AND funeral customs AND ancient Egypt gets articles about mummification in ancient Egyptian funeral customs. Back

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