1)    a)

       “

new york state”  and  ( “death penalty or capital punishment”) 26 hits

       b)

       (“

new york state and “death penalty”) or “capital punishment” 371 hits

      c)

       “

new york state” and “death penalty” or “capital punishment”  371 hits

      d)

       (“

new york state” and “capital          punishment”)                                                                                        26 hits

2)     a and d showed the same results . “ NYS” and “death penalty” or “capital punishment”  means the exact same thing as “NYS” and “death penalty” or “NYS” and “capital punishment”. The first is just a simpler way to state it.

        b and c  had the same results. Whether using brackets or not these statements are the same.

3) 

     a) corresponds with the  c) Venn diagram.    

     b) corresponds with the  d) Venn diagram.

     c) corresponds with the  d) Venn diagram.

     d) corresponds with the  c) Venn diagram.

1)   a)  death and penalty   934  results

          death penalty        934

1)   b) The words death and penalty sometimes do not appear at all.  Instead the phrase capital punishment comes up in the title.  Sometimes the word death comes up by itself in the title .  .  A few times the two words death and penalty are adjacent in the title and the text.

1)   c) If you wanted the exact phrase death penalty to appear you would use quotation marks.  ie)  “death penalty”

2)  a)  d ^ p  =  934  results    -  death and penalty

     b)  d v p  =   23, 395  -    death or penalty

     c)  s =  479      -  “death penalty”

     d)  s ^ n  = 17   -   “death penalty” and  “New York
State”

     e)  s ^  ~ n =  462  -   “death penalty”  and  not “New York
State”

     f)  s v c =  734   -“death penalty” or  “ capital punishment”

     g)  s ^ c =  101  -  “ death penalty”  and “ capital punishment”

3)

•   Boolean “operators” AND, OR, and NOT are supported:
  • Either type in “operators” AND, OR, and NOT in the search statement.
  • Or, use the multiple boxes in advanced screen and select the operators from the pull-downs.
• Use quotation marks (“”) to search for phrases (words together in exact order).
• Search boxes in both basic and advanced screens automatically combine terms so you don’t need to type “AND.”

4) a)  d ^ p =  428   -  baseball and players

        d v p =  4702  -  baseball or players                   

        s  = 126  -   “baseball players”

        s ^ n =   0  -“baseball players” and  “steroid use”

        s ^ ~n =  126  - “ baseball players” and  not “steroid use”

        s v c =  405  -  “baseball players”  or “drug abuse”

       s ^ c =  1   - “baseball players” and “ drug abuse”