Writing 10-25 (DeBoard, Fall 2024)

AND, OR

Join together search terms in a logical manner.

AND - narrows searches, used to join dissimilar terms
OR - broadens searches, used to join similar terms

Examples:

#1
motivation AND grades

#2
“student achievement” OR “student success”

#3
household OR domestic
AND
“food waste” OR "food loss"

TRUNCATION

Truncate a word in order to search for different forms of the same word. Many database use the asterisk * as the truncation symbol.

Example:

Truncate the word education consum* to search for consume, consumes, consumer, consumers etc.

Add the truncation symbol to the word transfer* to search for transfer, transfers, transferable, transferring etc.

" "

To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.

Examples:

“health insurance”

“meat industry”

"child labor"

“community college students”

“star wars the force awakens”