Saturday, July 21, 2012

Research Journal Part 6 - Boolean Operators

Practice Research Statements
  •  Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat based diet?
    • vegetarian and health* and "meat based" and diet 
  •  Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?
    • "sunspot activity" and "global warming"
  •  Debate the pros and cons of fish farming 
    • (pros or positives) and (cons or negatives) and "fish farming"
  •  How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
     someone with a high school diploma?
    • "college graduate" and earn* and "high school" and diploma
  •   What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
    • dog and  breeds and "therapy pets"

Research Question - Search Statement

  •  How do computer forensics protect society from cyber crime?
    • "computer forensics" and (protect or guard) and "cyber crime"

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Doug:

    You a good job identifying key concepts and creating search statements using boolean connectors. You are developing a good understanding of the techniques including quotes around phrases and truncation. You may need to explore some synonyms depending on your results, i.e. (earnings OR salary OR wages), Also are cyber crime and online crime synonyms? I'm not familiar with the topic but it's possible.

    Thank you for your efforts,
    Andrea

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