Week 5 Assignment

Part One, Practicing Boolean Search Phrases/Statements:

1. Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

<vegetarian AND meat-based AND diet*>

<”healthy diet*” AND vegetarian AND meat>

<”healthy eating” AND plant-based AND meat-based>

2. Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?

<Wal-Mart AND Target AND economy>

<”Big box store*” AND economy>

<”corporate retail” AND economy>

Part Two:

Part Three:

Reflection- 

I found the lesson about boolean search phrases and statements very helpful. Before this week's lesson I knew how to perform basic searches for research topics. I would use different words and different combination of words. I also knew that by using quotations around a search phrase would give more specific results. But now I have a much better understanding of how to get more results in less time. For any future searches I will look at my research questions and search phrases in such a way that will make more send to a database rather than using natural language.