Research basics for Professor Van Dam's English C1000 classes. Below is the Prezi presentation that covers topics, resources, brainstorming, and Boolean operators and gets you ready for searching the library databases.
We use Boolean Operators to construct our search inquiries in library databases to find articles. I have the 3 major operators listed below with examples. Remember to keep your search terms simple to keywords that relate to your subject of your research.
Quotation Marks: To search multiple worded search terms together.
"Monterey Peninsula College"
"social media"
"death penalty"
AND: To tell the database that these search terms must appear in your results and to help you narrow your search.
"social media" AND students
"death penalty" AND racism
Facebook AND anxiety AND teens
OR: When you want to search for either term and help expand your search.
"social media" OR Facebook
California AND ("death penalty" OR "capital punishment")