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How To Narrow Or Broaden A Search

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Jerry Stovall

Use connecting words to reduce of increase the amount of information you receive from a database search.

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HOW TO NARROW OR BROADEN A SEARCH
I DID SOME RESEARCH FOR MY PAPER AND: I FOUND A GAZILLION ARTICLES ON MY TOPIC. I FOUND ZILCH ON MY TOPIC
FOUND TOO MUCH? Couldnt find anything? 56,724,991 ARTICLES 0 ARTICLES
AND OR NOT USE CONNECTING WORDS TO NARROW OR BROADEN YOUR SEARCH
USE AND TO GET FEWER RESULTS SAUDI ARABIA: 985,884 RESULTS HOCKEY: 873,350 RESULTS SAUDI ARABIA AND HOCKEY 42 RESULTS
AND MEANS THAT ALL WORDS MUST BE PRESENT. SMOKING 2505 RESULTS CANCER 9435 RESULTS SMOKING AND CANCER 735 RESULTS
USE OR TO GET MORE RESULTS BASEBALL: 20,590 RESULTS BASKETBALL: 19,303 RESULTS 37,258 RESULTS
OR MEANS THAT ONLY ONE WORD MUST BE PRESENT. ALABAMA 341,000 RESULTS GEORGIA 935,000 RESULTS ALABAMA OR GEORGIA 1,260,000 RESULTS
OR SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED DIFFERENT NAMES.
USE THE WORD NOT TO NARROW A SEARCH.
SUPPOSE I WANTED TO DO A SEARCH ON GOLDEN STATE I DID A SEARCH AND I LIKED THE RESULTS. BUT A NUMBER OF RESULTS DEAL WITH THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS BASKETBALL TEAM. CAN I GET RID OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE BASKETBALL TEAM?
USE NOT TO GET FEWER RESULTS GOLDEN STATE NOT WARRIORS MY ORIGINAL SEARCH HAD 97 ARTICLES. I ENDED UP WITH 60 AFTER USING NOT.
YOU CAN ALSO USE QUOTATION MARKS TO NARROW YOUR SEARCH
USING QUOTATION MARKS AROUND YOUR SEARCH TERMS MEANS THAT ALL OF THE TERMS WILL APPEAR IN YOUR RESULTS AND THEY WILL BE IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDER.
AN EXAMPLE SUPPOSE YOU WANTED A PIECE OF APPLE PIE. SO YOU WENT TO A DATABASE SEARCH ENGINE, AND DID A SEARCH ON APPLE PIE. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT: THIS IS NOT A PIECE OF APPLE PIE.
PUT YOUR SEARCH TERMS IN QUOTATION MARKS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET: A PIECE OF APPLE PIE. APPLE PIE
REVIEW AND MEANS THAT ALL OF YOUR TERMS WILL APPEAR IN YOUR SEARCH RESULTS. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH. OR MEANS THAT ONLY ONE OF YOUR TERMS IS NEEDED FOR YOUR SEARCH RESULTS. THIS BROADENS YOUR SEARCH. NOT MEANS THAT RECORDS WITH THOSE TERMS WILL NOT BE IN YOUR RESULTS. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH. QUOTATION MARKS REQUIRE SEARCH TERMS TO APPEAR IN ORDER. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO NARROW AND BROADEN A SEARCH, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE YOUTUBE VIDEOS: https://youtu.be/n2xDRDASVf8 Broaden and Narrow Your Search Results How to power search with boolean https://youtu.be/_X2UhyzWfR8

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How To Narrow Or Broaden A Search

  • 1. HOW TO NARROW OR BROADEN A SEARCH
  • 2. I DID SOME RESEARCH FOR MY PAPER AND: I FOUND A GAZILLION ARTICLES ON MY TOPIC. I FOUND ZILCH ON MY TOPIC
  • 3. FOUND TOO MUCH? Couldnt find anything? 56,724,991 ARTICLES 0 ARTICLES
  • 4. AND OR NOT USE CONNECTING WORDS TO NARROW OR BROADEN YOUR SEARCH
  • 5. USE AND TO GET FEWER RESULTS SAUDI ARABIA: 985,884 RESULTS HOCKEY: 873,350 RESULTS SAUDI ARABIA AND HOCKEY 42 RESULTS
  • 6. AND MEANS THAT ALL WORDS MUST BE PRESENT. SMOKING 2505 RESULTS CANCER 9435 RESULTS SMOKING AND CANCER 735 RESULTS
  • 7. USE OR TO GET MORE RESULTS BASEBALL: 20,590 RESULTS BASKETBALL: 19,303 RESULTS 37,258 RESULTS
  • 8. OR MEANS THAT ONLY ONE WORD MUST BE PRESENT. ALABAMA 341,000 RESULTS GEORGIA 935,000 RESULTS ALABAMA OR GEORGIA 1,260,000 RESULTS
  • 9. OR SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED DIFFERENT NAMES.
  • 10. USE THE WORD NOT TO NARROW A SEARCH.
  • 11. SUPPOSE I WANTED TO DO A SEARCH ON GOLDEN STATE I DID A SEARCH AND I LIKED THE RESULTS. BUT A NUMBER OF RESULTS DEAL WITH THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS BASKETBALL TEAM. CAN I GET RID OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE BASKETBALL TEAM?
  • 12. USE NOT TO GET FEWER RESULTS GOLDEN STATE NOT WARRIORS MY ORIGINAL SEARCH HAD 97 ARTICLES. I ENDED UP WITH 60 AFTER USING NOT.
  • 13. YOU CAN ALSO USE QUOTATION MARKS TO NARROW YOUR SEARCH
  • 14. USING QUOTATION MARKS AROUND YOUR SEARCH TERMS MEANS THAT ALL OF THE TERMS WILL APPEAR IN YOUR RESULTS AND THEY WILL BE IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDER.
  • 15. AN EXAMPLE SUPPOSE YOU WANTED A PIECE OF APPLE PIE. SO YOU WENT TO A DATABASE SEARCH ENGINE, AND DID A SEARCH ON APPLE PIE. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT: THIS IS NOT A PIECE OF APPLE PIE.
  • 16. PUT YOUR SEARCH TERMS IN QUOTATION MARKS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET: A PIECE OF APPLE PIE. APPLE PIE
  • 17. REVIEW AND MEANS THAT ALL OF YOUR TERMS WILL APPEAR IN YOUR SEARCH RESULTS. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH. OR MEANS THAT ONLY ONE OF YOUR TERMS IS NEEDED FOR YOUR SEARCH RESULTS. THIS BROADENS YOUR SEARCH. NOT MEANS THAT RECORDS WITH THOSE TERMS WILL NOT BE IN YOUR RESULTS. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH. QUOTATION MARKS REQUIRE SEARCH TERMS TO APPEAR IN ORDER. THIS NARROWS YOUR SEARCH.
  • 18. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO NARROW AND BROADEN A SEARCH, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE YOUTUBE VIDEOS: https://youtu.be/n2xDRDASVf8 Broaden and Narrow Your Search Results How to power search with boolean https://youtu.be/_X2UhyzWfR8