A. Boolean Operators
OR is mORe (joins similar terms) e.g. cognitive OR brain
AND is less (joins dissimilar terms) e.g. outsourcing AND Mattel
Sample Search Using both AND and OR
"eating habits" OR diet
AND
"college athletes"
B. Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks to search for a phrase
- "upper class"
- "marital status"
- "consumer debt"
- "income gain"
- "minimum wage"
- "living wage"
C. Truncation
Use a symbol, the asterisk * is the most common, to look for variant endings of a word
- financ* will search for finance, finances, financial, etc.
D. Combine search strategies
Combine search strategies for more efficient searching
- "social network*" will search social network, social networks, social networking etc
