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Exercise 10 Page 6 of 11

"Riffles, Runs and Pools." Lake Superior Streams . School of Fisheries, University of Washington., n.d. Web. 09 Apr.
2016.
"Crawfish Water Quality and Management." The Fish Site . N.p., 07 Mar. 2010. Web. 09 Apr. 2016.
18. You are responsible for preparing and submitting a formal lab report for Exercise 12. To prepare
you for this report, please read pages vii to x in your lab manual. Please complete Library Modules 4
and 5. You will find a link to the Library Modules and cricket references pertinent to the report under
the ‘Formal Report’ tab on LabClicker. Include your answers to the questions in Modules 4 and 5 in
this lab analysis.
Module 4: Boolean Operators & Search Strategies
 Module 4 Video
Question : Please move only animals that lay eggs AND fly.
Answer : Birds and ladybugs lay eggs and fly.
Question : Please move the animals to show those that lay eggs OR fly.
Answer : Blowfish, ostriches, beavers, and seahorses lays eggs. Bats fly. Birds and ladybugs lays
eggs and fly.
Question: Please move only those animals that lay eggs but do not fly
Answer : Blowfish, ostriches, beavers, and seahorses lays eggs.
 4A (via lab manual)
Question: Indicate the numerical results from the “search history” of the terms “virus” OR/AND/NOT
“bacteria” searches. Which search produces the most results? Which search produces the least?
Answer: Virus or Bacteria: 237,961 results  most results
Virus and Bacteria: 3,622 results  least results
Virus not Bacteria: 147,333 results
 4B (via lab manual)
Question: Indicate your concept of terms with AND/OR Boolean operators for the reference on
salamanders by Prosen, et al. 2004.
Answer : Courtship AND Plethodon
Behavior AND amphibian
Reproduce AND salamander
 4C (via lab manual)
Question : Make a list of keywords that you think would be useful to find additional references for
your formal report.
Answer : cricket, Acheta domesticus , sexual selection, fight, competition, mate, behavior, male,
female, sing, food, offsprings
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 4D (via lab manual)
Question: Using many of the keywords as possible from 4C, design a hierarchy type or concept map
with the search terms.
Answer:
1. Cricket
a. Acheta domesticus
2. Sex
a. Male
b. Female
3. Behavior
a. Mate
i. Sexual selection
ii. Fight
iii. Offsprings
b. Competition
i. Sing
ii. Food
 4E (via lab manual)
Question : Based on your hierarchy of the search terms, create several search strategies using
Boolean operators to find similar articles for your formal report. Use “OR” for terms that express
the SAME concept and use “AND” to connect terms that express different concepts.
Answer : Female or sexual selection; male or competition; competition and mate; cricket and
singing; offsprings or sexual selection
Module 5: Databases vs. the Library Catalog
 (Understanding Citations Tutorial – Elements of Citations – sublink within video)
Question : What type of source is this? Volanto, Keith. Texas, Cotton, and the New Deal . College
Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2005.