Monday, February 16, 2009

3b: Writing Search Strings

Search engine math:
ethnicity
+ethnicity +politics
+race +politics +United States

politics
+African-American +politics +Unites States
+minorities +politics +representation
"ethnicity in politics"
"race in politics"

United States
+race +government +United States
+Barack Obama +race +United States
"ethnic representation in United States politics"

search engine Boolean:
ethnicity
ethnicity OR race in politics in the United States
race AND ethnicity in government
ethnicity AND race (United States or government)

politics
poltics AND minorities in the United States
conservative OR liberal race representation
poltics AND Barack Obama NOT Jesse Jackson

United States
United States AND ethnicity (politics OR government)
United States NOT world (ethnicity AND race in politics)

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