Search Strategies, Boolean Logic

Hello

            Boolean logic, while completing research, can be a very useful tool. I have used it in the past and it has served me well before. Boolean logic helps to make specific research searches to get relevant hits on the internet.

            Putting “and” between search words would make a search engine look for results containing only BOTH parameters. Putting “or” would broaden the search to either parameter. Putting “not” between search words makes the results show stuff about the former, but anything containing the latter would be excluded. For a much more in-depth explanation, I recommend visiting this site. Putting “” will make the search engine try to find everything inside the quotation marks exactly the way it is written in the search engine. However, some search engines don’t adhere to the quotation marks.  

            For this assignment, the Boolean logic has not served me well. The results kept repeating or some results were just too out dated. It has helped me with other subjects and can still help me on this assignment I just need to find the right parameters. I will continue to use Boolean logic in the future.

Thanks for reading

Christopher Chin