Friday, May 18, 2012

Search Statements


Topic Statements Provided:
1. Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?
Revised: television and advertising and (pharma* or prescription) and drug

2. Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?
Revised: anti-smoking and advertis* and tobacco and smok* and youth

3. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?
Revised: similar* and “Great Depression” and current econo* and problems

4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
Revised: breed* and dogs and therap* and pets

5. Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?
Revised: lack* and “sunspot activity” and global and warming

My Topic Statement:

1. How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?
Revised: privacy and laws and protect* and identity
OR
Privacy and laws and (protect* or identity)
OR
Privacy and laws and protecting and identi*

~Kendra~

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Kendra:
    You seem to be getting the idea of how to break down a question into key concepts and creating a search statement using boolean connectors. I would suggestion you modify your question to privacy AND (law* OR legal) AND identity to start out your searching. I recommend starting simply with 2 terms or concepts and adding in more as needed to hone your results.

    Cheers,
    Andrea

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