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Knowledge Check Answers: Search Strategies

Putting quotation marks around the term "Mexico City" will ensure that the words are searched together as a phrase.

  • True
  • False
     

How can you combine different search terms so that you find both terms in your search?

  • By using the operator AND
  • By using the operator OR
  • By placing the words between parentheses
  • By using truncation or wildcards
     

Adding * (star or asterisk) to the root of the word will do what?

  • Find similar words
  • Find variations of the word
  • Make the computer leave out the word
  • Tells the computer that this is the most important word