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Give an example of a wildcard search.
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Wildcard search technique is when…
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Give an example of Proximity searching.
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Which Boolean operator combines search concepts?
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Why might you want to use truncation?
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Why is it important to use good search terms when doing research?
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Define the search technique of truncation.
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
Can you define Proximity searching?
Finds words occurring within specified number of words.
tax w8 reform tax found up to 8 words apart from reform
educat* gets results for educate, education, educators, educational
Wom?n retrieves results for woman and women
A symbol is used within a word.
AND
Library databases need descriptive words.
Uses a symbol to substitute for a letter in a search: teen!
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