Database Basics

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Database Basics

• General Principles of Database Searching

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? Dogs 2 Documents ? Cats 2 Documents
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? Dogs OR Cats 3 Documents ? Dogs AND Cats
1 Document ? Dogs NOT Cats 1 Document
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Did you know that 1 2 3 can 0?
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Search Vocabulary
Keyword dog dawg canine canidae mutt pooch hound m
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Subject canine canidae
Found in Keyword searching in ALICE, Academic
Search Premier, Google, Yahoo, etc.
Found in Yellow Pages, many structured databases,
e.g., Subject searching in ALICE, Academic
Search Premier, etc.
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Pet
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