English 2-4

Boolean Searching Assignment

1. If I were interested in researching professional baseball, but not minor league, what would be my search?

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2. How would I truncate the subject feminism?

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3. If I wanted a broad search about movies, what would my search possibly be? (Be sure to

include synonyms.)

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4. If I wanted articles on racism in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what would my search be? (Don’t forget synonyms and truncations!)

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5. Truncate the following subjects:

cat _____________________________ education _____________________________

sexually _________________________ catastrophe ____________________________