Water Shortage
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PART 1: Breaking down your research question/topic
How would human consumption have effects on water resources in US?
In order to begin constructing effective searches using Boolean Operators, you’ll need to break down your topic and brainstorm some search terms, or keywords, to build your searches with. Write the main ideas or concepts of your research question/topic here: * Human behavior ,* water, effects, United State
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PART 2: Brainstorming Search Terms (Keywords)
Now that you’ve identified the main ideas and concepts of your research question/topic, brainstorm additional search terms for those ideas so you can search catalogs and databases more effectively.
For example:
*Brainstorm and write your keywords for each main idea or concept* in the boxes* below*(refer back to 2a on page one for your main ideas). Feel free to use a thesaurus or talk with other people if that helps you think of additional keywords.
(Don’t worry if you don’t have a total of four main ideas…only use the boxes above you need)
PART 3: Building Keyword Boolean Searches
Now that you have many search terms to use, construct a couple of Boolean searches to try in the databases you were shown in class.
Construct searches using the keywords you feel best describe each main idea of your topic
Use the Boolean Operators AND, OR, ( ), *, ?, and “ ” like we’ve done in the examples below:
Search #1: “Compan” AND “e-waste” AND “recycl”
*Write your searches* here: Search #1: “water shortage” AND “population growth”
Search #2: “water scarcity”
PART 4: Performing your Boolean Searches
English 102 web guide: http://libguides.uwb.edu/ENG102pouliot
(try starting with Expanded Academic Index or Academic Search Complete).
Record the following information from the sources you think are most useful for your...
PART 1: Breaking down your research question/topic
How would human consumption have effects on water resources in US?
In order to begin constructing effective searches using Boolean Operators, you’ll need to break down your topic and brainstorm some search terms, or keywords, to build your searches with. Write the main ideas or concepts of your research question/topic here: * Human behavior ,* water, effects, United State
_
PART 2: Brainstorming Search Terms (Keywords)
Now that you’ve identified the main ideas and concepts of your research question/topic, brainstorm additional search terms for those ideas so you can search catalogs and databases more effectively.
For example:
*Brainstorm and write your keywords for each main idea or concept* in the boxes* below*(refer back to 2a on page one for your main ideas). Feel free to use a thesaurus or talk with other people if that helps you think of additional keywords.
(Don’t worry if you don’t have a total of four main ideas…only use the boxes above you need)
PART 3: Building Keyword Boolean Searches
Now that you have many search terms to use, construct a couple of Boolean searches to try in the databases you were shown in class.
Construct searches using the keywords you feel best describe each main idea of your topic
Use the Boolean Operators AND, OR, ( ), *, ?, and “ ” like we’ve done in the examples below:
Search #1: “Compan” AND “e-waste” AND “recycl”
*Write your searches* here: Search #1: “water shortage” AND “population growth”
Search #2: “water scarcity”
PART 4: Performing your Boolean Searches
English 102 web guide: http://libguides.uwb.edu/ENG102pouliot
(try starting with Expanded Academic Index or Academic Search Complete).
Record the following information from the sources you think are most useful for your...