Boolean
Cats AND dogs
AND
What will this search strategy bring back?
obesity AND child
Any resources that have both child and obesity mentioned
What will the following search strategy retrieve?
child*
child, children, childhood, childhoods
Identify the keywords in the following research question:
What are the barriers for children living in poverty to access healthy, nutritious foods?
children, poverty, "healthy food", "nutritious foods"
Name the search strategies:
(felines OR cats) AND allergies
nesting, OR boolean, AND boolean
What Boolean operator excludes results?
NOT
What does the below search strategy do?
"american nurses association"
Quotes search for string of words in specific order.
What will the following truncation retrieve?
col*r
color and colour
What are some synonyms for the following keyword:
diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1
Type 2
hypoglycemic
"information literacy" AND "academic libraries"
2 phrase searches, AND boolean
Which Boolean reduces results?
AND
What will the following search strategy retrieve?
Educat*
Educat with all alternate endings
How do we truncate to retrieve both women and woman?
wom*n
What are some narrow terms for: drugs?
marijuana
cocaine
crack
heroine
fentanyl
opioids
("fake news" OR disinformation) AND educat*
truncation, AND boolean, OR boolean, nesting
dogs OR cats NOT birds
OR and NOT
What results will you get from the following search strategies?
(colleges OR universities) AND California
colleges AND California
universities AND California
What will the following truncated word retrieve?
sun*
suns, sunshine, sunny, sunshines
What are more broad terms for the keyword:
whiskey
alcohol, liquor, spirits
(universit* OR college*) AND (ACT OR SAT) AND "college admissions" NOT "wait list"
nesting (2), AND boolean (2), OR boolean (2), Not boolean, truncation (2), phrase (2)
Boolean operators are also called?
connectors
What does the following search strategy retrieve?
("heart attack" OR "myocardial infarction") AND ("high blood pressure" OR hypertension)
"heart attack" AND "high blood pressure"
"myocardial infarction" AND "high blood pressure"
"heart attack" AND hypertension
"myocardial infarction" AND hypertension
Why do we truncate keywords?
To retrieve as many possible ending to the base of a word as possible. It's a more effective search.
How does a keyword search differ from a subject search?
A keyword search locates the word anywhere in the record. A subject search requires that the term be determined as the main topic of the resource.
("heart attack*" OR "myocardial infarction") AND (obes* OR overweight NOT fat) AND ("high cholesterol" OR "clogged artery")
nesting (2), Or boolean (4), AND boolean (2) truncation (2), phrase (4), Not boolean (1)