ADVANCED SEARCHING TECHNIQUES

10TH GRADE LIBRARY AND RESEARCH SCIENCE

INSTRUCTOR: MS.LOGAN BLOCK: 5DATE: 12/2/2009

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

WHO? CREATED BY MATHEMATICIAN, GEORGE BOOLE 1815-1864

WHAT? BOOLEAN OPERATORS, HELP NARROW OR BROADEN SEARCH RESULTS

WHERE? ONLINE, DIRECTORIES, DATABASES AND OPAC’S

HOW? USE: AND, OR, NOT

WHY? CONCISE, UNIFORMED, COMPLETE, ACCURATE

BOOLEAN LOGIC ?

HOW TO USE BOOLEAN OPERATOR?

AND: COMBINES SEARCH TERMS, WHICH WILL NARROW THE SEARCH

OR: TO RETRIEVE EATHIER TERM, WILL BROADENS THE SEARCH TOPICS

NOT: ELEMINATES ALL THE RESULTS THAT HAVE THE SEARCH TERM

SUBJECT SEARCH :

FOOTBALL

AND: SPORT

OR: FOOTBALL

NOT: SOCCER

Truncation: (Wildcard)

*WHAT? Truncations OR Wildcard: a search that finds terms with similar

spellings, general meanings or plural spellings. Ex. Theater or Theatre LOOKUP Theat*

HOW? EX. 1 Theater or Theatre LOOKUP Theat* EX.2 Dog or Doggy or Dogma or LOOKUP Dog*

WHEN? Use Truncations or a Wildcard search whenever you are searching for a key word that has alternative spellings.

YOUTUBE VIDEO(S):BOOLEAN OPERATORS: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=CWHPF00JKQG&FEATURE=FVWBOOLEAN OPERATORS: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=XSSZPS3NH-M

WEBSITE(S):UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: NHTTP://WWW.KNOWLEDGECENTER.UNR.EDU/INSTRUCTION/HELP/BOOLTIPS.HTMLCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: HTTP://DISCOVERY.LIBRARY.COLOSTATE.EDU/HELP/HOME?TOPIC=OPERATORS

VITUAL LEARNING TUTORIAL(S): COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: HTTP://LIB.COLOSTATE.EDU/TUTORIALS/TRUNCATION.HTMLUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: HTTP://WWW.LIB.UNC.EDU/INSTRUCT/MATH/SEARCHING/TRUNCATION.HTML

ADDITIONAL LEARNING

REFERENCES

BOOLEAN OPERATORS: ( 2009). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 19. 2009, FROM HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=CWHPF00JKQG&FEATURE=FVWBOOLEAN SEARCH TIPS.(2009). RETRIEVED DECEMBER 1, 2009, FROM

HTTP://WWW.LSCC.EDU/LIBRARY/GUIDES/BOOLSEA.PDF  BOOLEAN OPERATORS: (2009 ). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 19. 2009, FROM

HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=XSSZPS3NH-MCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. ( 2009). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 19. 2009, FROM

HTTP://DISCOVERY.LIBRARY.COLOSTATE.EDU/HELP/HOME?TOPIC=OPERATORSCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. (2009). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 30. 2009, FROM

HTTP://LIB.COLOSTATE.EDU/TUTORIALS/TRUNCATION.HTMLDEFINITION OF TRUNCATION AND BOOLEAN OPERATOR (2009).RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 20, 2009, HTTP://WEB.SIMMONS.EDU/~WATKINS/BOOLEAN.PDFUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO. (2009 ). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 23. 2009, FROM

NHTTP://WWW.KNOWLEDGECENTER.UNR.EDU/INSTRUCTION/HELP/BOOLTIPS.HTMLUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: (2009). RETRIEVED NOVEMBER, 23. 2009, FROM

HTTP://WWW.LIB.UNC.EDU/INSTRUCT/MATH/SEARCHING/TRUNCATION.HTML

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