Google Scholar search results:
I have not used google scholar before when searching for articles. I found I needed to try many of the Boolean search terms to make my search more specific to what I was searching for.
Here are some examples of Boolean operations that assist searching.
This is a table of the search strings and results within Google Scholar.
In Managing E-Learning this week there were a number of applications, ITC'c and websites explored. Some really got me confused and frustrated but after a little playing around I managed to work them out. Food for thought definition: something worth thinking seriously about:. 2497 quotes have been tagged as food-for-thought: Jess C. Scott: ‘The human body is the best work of art.’, Jess C Scott: ‘A fit, healthy body—that is th. Wow what an epic, and creative idea. I would have never thought to have done something like this. This has made me want to slightly rethink my idea. I approve of this as I too consider my self to be a bit of a Little Monster. This is will give you so many different choices on how you can approach this infographic. Sep 07, 2013 Like, Her memory was suposed to be gone for good, or so we thought. I know you can't say 'thought' in te sentence cause it wouldn't make sentence like we thought her memory was suposed to be gone for good or so we thought. So how do you use ' or so we thought' in a sentence. Is it used to show the opposite of something. We were going to survive or so we thought. So how do you use it?
When I began my search in google scholar I was impressed by the quality of articles that the search generated. I added a few of the Boolean operators to assist my search strings. Again I began my search with inquiry learning, and then added alternate searches which included:
“inquiry learning”, “inquiry model”, “inquiry learning” (history OR “SOSE” OR “HSIE”) (primary OR elementary), “Inquiry learning” history (primary OR elementary OR “middle school”), “inquiry learning” history (“Australian Curriculum” OR “Primary School”).
To allow for full access to documents within google scholar I activated the QUT library within library links in settings.
This was a crucial step to allow viewing of some documents without having to pay. While having this access allowed for exploration of a wider range of documents within the search it was also distracting as it took several extra tabs to get to the document. When accessing the document through QUT databases, it also suggested documents with similar topics that I was not able to see in my original google scholar search, therefore increasing my access to relevant information. This process would be acceptable if you knew the document you were looking for as this would allow you to easy access, however, in my search when opening many documents that seemed relevant to my search it was very laborious as it was easy to get off track in the search process.
I found that even though I had specified history (and other variations) in my search string some of the results included science, historical perspectives, and again primary source. When I adapted my search to say primary school, it did not generate many extra relevant resources.
Questions arising from my research:
– When searching in the databases is it going to be restricting applying too many boolean operations in one search or is it going to give me more accurate documents?
Sose Font For Thought Provoking
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Sosefont For Thought Meaning
Search operators – Search Help – Google Help. 2013. 24 Aug. 2014 <https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861?hl=en>