- What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets? Breed* and dogs and therapy pets: This one I changed to Dog Breed* and therapy pets, but even with this I only found two sources.
- Debate the pros and cons of fish farming: Fish and farming* (pro and cons): Writing it this way I came up with only one page, but changing it to Fish and farming* (pro or cons) I came up with multiple sources.
- How much of current scientific breakthroughs were influenced by science fiction? Scientific and science fiction and (influenced*)
- Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet? Vegetarian* and diet and health* and meat, this seemed the best way to input to find sources.
- Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth? Smoking advertising* and industry and "increased youth smoking". I found nothing this way, but found multiple pages of sources changing it to Advertising and youth smoking.
Part 2: Boolean and your Own Topic
How will our youth today be effective by Internet addiction?
How will our youth today be effective by Internet addiction?
- Youth and effect* and Internet and (addiction)
- Internet and addiction and (youth)
- Addiction* and youth and (Internet)
- Youth and effect* and Internet and (addiction*)
Hi, Cynthia:
ReplyDeleteYou went to the next assignment already :)
As you found, you sometimes have to modify your search based on results or new vocabulary you are not familiar with. Your question could use some synonyms, i.e. (youth OR adolescents OR teenagers) AND Internet AND addiction, age can be a tricky aspect to describe and fully capture. Different disciplines describe it differently so it's good to use synonyms. You are developing a good understanding of how to construct search statements for database searches. Thank you for your efforts,
Andrea