Decision Points

Boolean Logic for Computer Users and Beginning Online Searchers

Janaye M. Houghton, Robert S. Houghton

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 1999
• eBook ISBN: 9780313022722
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1—Decision Points
• Chapter 2—It All Depends. On What? Exploring Conditions and Outcomes
• Chapter 3—Boolean Logic AND More
• Chapter 4—NAND Logic: Combining AND and NOT
• Chapter 5—Your Choice: OR
• Chapter 6—NOR Logic: Combining OR and NOT
• Chapter 7—Combining AND and OR Logic to Make One Big Decision
• Chapter 8—Knowledge in the Information Age
• Chapter 9—Person, Place, or Thing
• Chapter 10—Person, Place, or Thing
• Chapter 11—Person, Place, or Thing
• Answer Key
• Table of Selected Boolean Features
• Index
• About the Authors