English 1302 - Portales, Patricia: Richard Wright's Native Son: Search Strategy

Which search would find the LEAST amount of search results? (Tip: the * finds alternate endings)

Which search statement would give you the FEWEST number of hits? Tip (The * picks up alternate endings, plastic* = plastic and plastics)

Which search statement would give you the FEWEST number of hits? (Tip: the * picks up alternate endings. bird* = bird, birds, birding)

Which search statement would give you the FEWEST number of hits?  (Tip: the * finds alternate endings)

Using the two tools listed below, let's type in the searches from our poll and see what we get.

If you're researching a particular topic, then you need to list as many synonyms and related key words as possible. Use the list of words to create multiple combinations with the word AND in order to have a successful search. For instance, one of the themes in Yellow Wallpaper is depression:

• WHAT: poverty, racism, violence
• WHO: african americans, blacks, negroes
• WHERE/WHEN: united states, american chicago, urban, Great Depression

• Use symbols such as the * at the end of key words to pick up alternate endings. (black* = black, blacks)

Truncation broadens your search by allowing you to retrieve all variant endings or spellings of that word.