Search+Techniques

Introduction
How do you find information when you have a question you can't answer by yourself? If you were seated in front of a computer, a search engine on the screen (or a directory, or a online library catalog, whatever), what would you type into the search box if someone asked you this? (Write these down- it's part of an exercise.)

Part 1. 1. What do I feed my chinchilla? Can it have carrots and table scraps? 2. What did the soldiers in the Civil War eat? I want recipes for my project. 3. I need to know more about Astoria, Oregon. Like population and temperatures. I don't want to go there, but I need to know what it's like there. 4. What's the difference between the FBI and the police? Which one do you call in which situation?

Boolean Operators
Now go read about Boolean searching. Take some notes, draw the venn diagrams (those are the circle pictures). Make sure you understand what they're talking about! If you don't get it, ask! [|www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html]

Then, after you have a good idea of what boolean searching is all about, go back to the four questions above and write down what you'd type in using boolean operators. Draw the venn diagrams, too. A couple of them are a little tricky, but give it your best shot.