Quiz: Building a query – Principles of information search

You can increase the number of search results

by adding search terms with the operator NOT

by replacing the word ending with an asterisk

by adding search terms with the operator AND

by adding search terms with the operator OR

When building a query you can use quotation marks

to mark important words

to mark unimportant words

to find an exact phrase

to mark word that should not appear in the search results

You can reduce the number of search results

by adding search terms with the operator OR

by adding search terms with the operator NOT

by replacing the word ending with an asterisk

by adding search terms with the operator AND

You are searching for literature about the influence of violence shown on tv on children or teenagers. Which of the following queries could give you the best results?

"aggressive behavior" AND television OR tv

(aggressi* OR violen*) AND (television OR tv) AND (child* OR adolescen* OR teen*)

(aggression OR violence) AND television AND children OR adolescents

(aggressi* OR violence) AND children

When building a query you can use the asterisk

to replace characters in the middle of the word

to mark important words

to find words with the same stem and different endings

to mark words that should not appear in the found texts