Decision points Boolen logic for computer users and beginning online searchers

• Main Author: Houghton, Janaye Matteson (Author)
• Other Authors: Houghton, Robert S.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Englewood, CO. Libraries Unlimited 1999
• Subjects: Electronic information resource searching; Computer logic; Algebra, Bollean
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: viii,155 pages illustrations 28 cm
• ISBN: 1563086727

Teach students valuable information retrieval skills and build information literacy with this excellent guide and activity book. Along with a simplified explanation of Boolean logic and how it is used for online searching, it offers reproducible worksheets that lead students through decision-making and powerful strategic techniques of search process. These skills help online searchers make decisions and gain access to the desired person, place, or thing; off-line, they can be used to narrow a topic and search through library information with focus and direction. They can even be used in everyday situations, such as choosing pizza toppings. A must-buy for school libraries and computer labs, this book can also be used by classroom teachers and for independent instruction with older students and adults. A great tool for working through the cobwebs of online searching.