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English 101 A (Olmedo): Search Strategies

Friendly Letter as Malcolm X (class research)

Topic Worksheet

 

Topic Worksheet

Boolean Operators

 

Boolean Operators: Search with AND, OR, NOT

 

Searching tricks

 

Searching term tricks

*   Expand the word you are searching to include plurals. etc.: Apocalyp* gives you Apocalyptic, Apocalypse


"quotes"   Use for phrases: "Phillip Dick"


OR   Use for either or searching: Androids or Robot


And   Use to combine terms you want to have: Apocalyp* and scifi


Not   Use when you want to eliminate a word from your search (Warning: if you cut a word and it is in an article with words you want, you won't see that article!)

      Not Alien or invasion