Friday, February 22, 2013

Unit Five Assignment


Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?

To me, search topics/subjects would be
television
advertising
pharmaceutical industry
impact, 
prescription
medicine
drug 
abuse 

Ways I could look it up would be
-----"television advertising" AND "pharmaceutical industry" AND "drug abuse"
-----advertise* AND prescription AND abuse
-----television AND impact AND "drug abuse"
-----advertising AND impact AND "drug abuse"
-----"pharmaceutical industry" OR prescription AND abuse
-----advertising AND medicine AND abuse



Debate the pros and cons of fish farming

To me, search topics/subjects would be
Debate
Discuss*
Argue
Pro(s)
Con(s)
Benefit*
Disadvantage*
“fish farming”
Fish*
Farm*
Aquaculture

Ways I could look it up would be
-----Benefit* AND Disadvantage AND "fish farming"
-----Debate AND Benefit* AND “fish farming”
-----Debate AND Disadvantage AND "fish farming"
-----Discuss AND pros/cons AND "fish farming"
-----Argue AND pros/cons AND Aquaculture
-----Discuss AND Benefit* AND Aquaculture
-----Debate AND Aquaculture AND Fish*


  
Is a Vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

To me, search topics/subjects would be
Compare
Contrast
Vegetarian
diet
health*
meat
herbivore
Carnivore

Ways I could look it up would be
-----vegetarian AND meat AND diet
-----compare AND vegetarian AND meat
-----contrast AND vegetarian AND meat
-----diet AND herbivore AND carnivore
-----vegetarian AND diet AND health
-----meat AND diet AND health

1 comment:

  1. Saleh,
    Good job of using the Boolean Operators. I will make comments on the search statements in the class email.
    Sue

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