Simple searching… or maybe not so simple?

[James Kerr]

A quick guide to boolean logic is almost an oxymoron 🙂 I encounter many students who are ineffective at searching, either using Google or other search engines, definitely within library and journal databases, because of the lack of understanding of AND and OR.

[ElizabethECharl]

I totally agree that to ensure that learners stand a chance of achiveing the best outcomes possible, having this research skill under their belt is imperative. Any activity such as yours Imogen that makes this explicitly clear and raises awareness of how important this will be on their journey through academia is to be encouraged and undertaken as early as possible in the course. It seems the more we assume learners understand the basics the more likely that this is not the case.

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