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Searching the Online Databases

1. The more results you get from a search, the better your results are.

a. Trueb. False

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More is not always better when it comes to searching for information online. Go back and try again.

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That’s correct. You do not want to have a lot of results and have to decipher which articles are best for your research. It’s best to limit your search to the most important words.

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2. What keywords would you use to find the most relevant article about the impeachment of President Bill Clinton? a. Bill Clinton OR Impeachment processb. U.S. Constitution NOT impeachment processc. Impeachment process AND Bill Clinton

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Limiting your results to Bill Clinton OR impeachment process will give you thousands and thousands of results. A few too many, don’t you think?Try again.

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With those words, you are telling the search engine you do NOT want to get results about the impeachment process. Try again.

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Yes! You want to know about the impeachment process along with how it affected the Clinton presidency.

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3. What words are considered Boolean operators?a. AND, OR, NOTb. WHO, WHAT, WHERE

WHO AND OR

NOT IF

WHAT WHERE

Yes! “And,” “or” and “not” are the best words to use to limit your results. Try using them in Google and other search engines – you’ll be amazed at how your results will be more relevant to your topic.

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You are probably researching the who, what and where, but those aren’t the words you want to use to limit your results.

Go back and try again.

WHO?WHAT?

WHERE?

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4. Limiting your search to a particular date gives you too many results.a. Trueb. False

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By limiting your results to a particular time frame, you are telling the search engine that you only want results between Time Period A and Time Period B, which gives you fewer results.

Go back and try again.

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That’s right. If you tell the search engine that you only want results from a certain time period, you do not have to dig through as many results.

Go to the next question.

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5. What is the best way to research Georgia’s current career outlook?a. Georgia AND Career Outlook l

imited by current yearb. Georgia OR Career Outlook li

mited by current yearc. Georgia AND Career Outlook

not limited by current year

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That’s correct. You should include both Georgia and Career Outlook in your search, and you also want to make sure you limit your results to current information, preferably this year.

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Go back and try again. You will probably get too many results by using the Boolean operator “or.”

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You do want to use Georgia AND Career Outlook, but do you want information from five or more years ago?

Go back and try again.

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