Decision points : Boolean logic for computer users and beginning online searchers / Janaye M. Houghton and Robert S. Houghton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houghton, Janaye Matteson.

Contributor:

Houghton, Robert S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algebra, Boolean.

Computer logic.

Electronic information resource searching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 everyd

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.

ISBN:

9798400638558

9786612416811

9781282416819

1282416812

9780313022722

0313022720

9780585207230

0585207232

OCLC:

55956452