 The
next few pages include definitions and practices for using Boolean
and Mathematical signs in your searching strategies. These are most
often used in keyword search engines.
Boolean and Mathematical Sign
geology and rockhound
geology + rockhound
geology+rockhound |
Keyword
Search: and/+
The word and and the sign + will connect your concepts together
by requiring that both of these words appear in the results.
Try adding or deleting spaces between the plus sign and the
concepts to discover variations in the number of results that
are returned. |
Now use the "Practice Exercie" below to try out this
concept. You can either use key concepts that you brainstormed earlier
in this course or use the "rock" suggestions seen in the
above left-hand column.
After
completing the practice exercise, go to the next
page.
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