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Assignment 2
Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course
Date
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Technical Writing for Software CEN-3100C-16370
Literature by Japanese writers:
Japanese AND literature
Japanese AND writers AND literature
Japanese AND authors OR poets AND literature
Drug use among Olympic athletes:
Olympic athletes AND drug use
Doping AND athletes AND Olympics
Drug abuse NOT recreational AND Olympians
Role of Chinese immigrants in building railroads in 19th century America:
Chinese immigrants AND railroads
19th century America Chinese, AND railroad workers
Chinese laborers NOT Japanese AND railroads
Ethnic diversity in community colleges in California:
Community colleges AND California AND ethnic diversity
Diversity AND community colleges AND California
Ethnicities OR races AND California community colleges
Power of health care lobbyists in Washington, D.C. to influence policy decisions:
Health care lobbyists AND Washington D.C. AND policy decisions
Lobbying AND healthcare AND Washington, D.C.
Influence of lobbyists OR healthcare industry AND policy decisions in D.C.
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Experience with Boolean search techniques.
In my research, Boolean search can help to limit search results. Besides, when these
methods are used, it is also important to note that problems are related to them when used. One
of the problems was how to strike the correct chord to obtain desired outcomes by using the right
mixture of keywords and operators. My search returned nothing, and I had to reconsider it from
scratch by employing synonyms or broader expressions. However, whenever I faced so much
data and too many items, I had to do a more detailed search to determine the most crucial or
pertinent data. If I desired a narrowly defined result, I should have used more excellent precision
words or terms for searching. Friends, colleagues' input, and online participation are constructive
during these circumstances (Aliyu, 2017). I obtained practical recommendations regarding
related databases and suggested ways of extracting meaningful information from a pool of search
results that required improving the accuracy of my Boolean search. The learner must learn by
doing and get feedback using Boolean search strategies to gain helpful information.
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References
Aliyu, M. B. (2017). Efficiency of Boolean search strings for Information retrieval. American
Journal of Engineering Research, 6(11), 216-222.
