Exercises

Exercise 3: Answer the following questions; then click the Check Yourself button to review the answers.

1. Write out a search strategy for the Playstation 2 search we just conducted so that the search strategy appears in one search statement.

(Hint: Check Learn More #2 in this lesson for help.)

2. What command would you use for the following:

I want to perform a search in Gale Group PROMT®, File 16 and make sure the search is only conducted in the current year, plus two years back.
I want to search for information on lessons managers or executives can learn from presidents' management styles.

Check yourself
Click the Check Yourself button to see the answers.

Once you have completed Exercise 3 and checked your answers, go on to the Summary.

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Learn More #2:

There are two ways to put the search strategy together:

We can put all of the search terms together in one search statement. If this method is used, and we use AND and OR operators in the same search query, we must group the synonyms using parentheses.

Example: s (threat? or hazard?) and (radon or asbestos)
We can create a separate set for each concept and then group the sets together.

Examples:

s threat? or hazard?
s radon or asbestos
s s1 and s2

We are using Method 2 in our search strategy.