Learning Exercise

Use boolean operators in reseach

Construct a good search strategy using boolean operators and truncation for a research topic of your choice.

Course: Writing courses

Material:: PLUTO (Pacific Library User Tutorial Online)
Date last modified:: May 27, 2008
Created by:: Sally Robertson
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PLUTO (Pacific Library User Tutorial Online)

PLUTO (Pacific Library User Tutorial Online)

Online interactive information competency tutorial to introduce college students to effective use of the library... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: Lorrie Knight, University of the Pacific; Nathan Finley, University of the Pacific

Exercise

Choose any topic and construct an effective search strategy for it using boolean operators and truncation.

Disciplines

Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information Retrieval

Audience

Requirements

Basic computer skills.

Type of Task

Learning Objectives

To learn how to effectively search library databases.