A student completing research for a project enters the following search terms:
Baseball AND history NOT semi-professional
Which of the following best describes the likely results of this search?
A.Sources that reference only general baseball history and exclude semi-professionals
B.Sources that reference only semi-professionals and history but not baseball in general
C. Sources that reference semi-professional baseball and history
D.Sources that reference semi-professional baseball only and not history
What was asked for in the search terms? What do you think will show up in the Google or Bing results, based on what the keywords were? We'll be glad to check your answer.
The search terms used by the student are "Baseball AND history NOT semi-professional." Let's break down the search terms to understand the likely results:
1. "Baseball" is the first term. This means that the search results will include sources related to baseball.
2. "AND" is an operator that indicates both terms must be present in the search results. So, the results will include sources that mention both "baseball" and "history."
3. "NOT" is another operator that excludes specific terms from the search results. In this case, the term that is excluded is "semi-professional."
Based on these search terms, the likely results of this search would be:
A. Sources that reference only general baseball history and exclude semi-professionals.
The search results will include sources that talk about the history of baseball in general, but specifically exclude any references to semi-professional baseball.