Boolean operators, truncation, databases refresher

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Refresh students' knowledge of Boolean operators, truncation, creating search strings, and searching databases. My lecture/activity notes (and additional, hidden slides with lesson plan material) are available in the downloaded file, but aren't visible in the Slideshare viewer.

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How to

your research

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Your mission:

• Earn power-ups with more + better search terms

• Earn extra lives by using subject-specific databases

• Level up and find sources!

Don’t forget to consult the FAQ…

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athletics

athleticism

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athletes

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• 1 concept per line• Connect related terms with OR (all caps)

• Use * to search for an idea rather than multiple words

• thesaurus.com• snappywords.com• Search result subject headings