Glen:
There is a paperback that accompanies the ALR's that I think is useful.
Entitled "Electronic Search Queries and West Digest Key Numbers for
Annotations in ALR4th", it gives the title of an ALR annotation (which is
usually quite narrow and fact-specific) and then gives an example of the
Boolean search that the ALR author used to research the issue.
A handout for first-year students showing an example of a short Boolean
query and of a very long one helps them see get an idea that what is a
"good" Boolean query all depends. And possibly inspires them to browse the
book and look at more examples.
Helen Litwack
Collection Development and
Evening/Weekend Reference Librarian
New England School of Law Library
(617)-422-7436
hlitwack@nesl.edu
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Glen Buries wrote:
> We have been doing some in-house training on Wexis for our judges and
> attorneys. Invariably, the most fearsome part of using the services has
> been the blank research screen where one is required to come up with a good
> terms and connectors search.
>
> Is anyone aware of a good article or source that really nails boolean
> searching, so I can help these folks out?
>
> Thanks in advance. This listserv rarely fails.
>
> Glen Buries
> Research Attorney
> San Diego Superior Court
> 330 W. Bdwy San Diego CA 92101
>
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