Friday, February 27, 2009

Module Four Tasks – Boolean Searching

As the copernicus task became optional, I decided to get creative and came up with my own task by merging the search engine and the boolean searching tasks.  I used google and dogpile and performed the following parameters in both search engines:

  • constructing identity
  • constructing and identity
  • constructing +identity

(if you recognise the phrases, then yes I am multi-tasking ;))

The top 5 hits were recorded from each search and out of 30 search results only 6 were unique.  The old saying “seek and ye shall find” might need to be changed to “seek and ye shall find the same thing over and over unless you start to think outside the box!”.

Google search - “constructing identity”

Hits: 334,000

The construction of identity

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Constructing Identity By Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon

Media Use in Identity Construction

A Storied Career: Storytelling and Constructing Identity Archives

Google boolean search - “constructing and identity”

Hits: 3,720,000

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Constructing Identity By Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon

Amazon.com: Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity ...

Constructing Patrician Identity- Palaces and Tombs in Renaissance ...

Wiley::Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity Through ...

Google implied boolean search - “constructing +identity”

Hits: 321,000

The construction of identity

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Identity Construction with Cross-cultural Experience of Japanese ...

Constructing Identity By Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon

Media Use in Identity Construction

Dogpile search - “constructing identity”

The Best kids Name labels

The construction of identity

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Virtual products Enhancing identity construction and communication in ...

Identity Construction with Cross-cultural Experience of Japanese ...

Dogpile boolean search - “constructing and identity”

The Best kids Name labels

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Civil Religion and American Exceptionalism: Constructing national ...

Constructing Creative Identity

Wiley::Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity Through ...

Dogpile implied boolean search - “constructing +identity”

The Best kids Name labels

The construction of identity

Constructing Identity through Social Interaction: Developmentally ...

Virtual products Enhancing identity construction and communication in ...

Girls Constructing Identity and Transforming “Femininity ...

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