Transcript Basic Boolean Search Strategy

Boolean Searching
1. Write a clear statement about topic
2. Divide topic statement into concepts
3. Select words to express each concept
1. Write a Clear Statement of Topic
Does race inequality still exist in the workplace?
2. Select words to Express Concepts
Does racial inequality still exist in the workplace?
AND
race
inequality
AND
workplace
3. Select words to Express Concept
Does racial inequality still exist in the workplace?
race
OR
ethnicity
OR
minority
inequality
OR
AND
discrimination
OR
prejudice
AND
workplace
OR
employment
OR
jobs
Synonyms/Closely Related Words
violence:
kids under the age of five:
men:
Sources of Synonyms/Closely-Related Words
Lectures
Reading
Special thesauri
Database records
To retrieve variant forms of a word, truncate.
alcohol*
includes: alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, alcoholism
pollut*
includes: pollute, polluter, polluters, polluted, polluting,
pollution
sexism:
sexism: sexist, sexists, sexism = sexis*
Sexis* retrieves all variant forms of the word “sexism”
Boolean Searching
1. Write a clear statement about topic
2. Divide topic statement into concepts
3. Select words to express each concept
4. Truncate appropriate words
Good and Bad Bound Phrases
What types of treatment are available to
teens who have attempted suicide?
What types of treatment are available to teens
who have attempted suicide?
treatment
AND
teens
AND
attempted
suicide
Good and Bad Bound Phrases
Bad bound phrase: domestic violence
Good and Bad Bound Phrases
Good Bound Phrases:
Global warming
Artificial intelligence
United States
Standard of living
Bad Bound Phrases:
Substance Abuse
United States
Standard of living
Relevant Article
At the doorstep to employment: Discrimination against
immigrants as a function of applicant ethnicity, job type,
and raters' prejudice.
Krings, Franciska. International Journal of Psychology.
Dec 2007, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p406-417,
Abstract: This study examined the impact of applicant
ethnicity, job type, and prejudice on evaluation biases
and intentions to interview in an experimental simulation.
We suggest that bias and discrimination are more likely
when foreign applicants who belong to disliked ethnic
groups apply for jobs that require high interpersonal
skills, and when raters are prejudiced against
immigrants.