Searching Using Keywords and Boolean Logic – Review and Conclusion
Test your knowledge
Click the links below to answer some questions on what you've learned in this module. These questions are just for practice: your results will not be recorded by the system.
- Activity 1 – Multiple Choice and True or False
- Activity 2 – Drag-and-Drop
- Activity 3 – Fill-in the Blanks
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Congratulations!
You've finished Searching Using Keywords and Boolean Logic, a learning module designed by law librarians at the Brian Dickson Law Library.
You should now be able to:
- Develop a search strategy using the research question(s) you have identified with a model such as the FILAC method;
- Choose effective keywords and keyword alternatives; and
- Create, using Boolean logic and operators, search strings that will successfully and efficiently return relevant research results.
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