Name: Caleb Harden

Apply the Boolean Search skills you learned in class to your topic to complete
this assignment. A valuable part of search is learning more about your topic.
This assignment will help you keep track of what you learn in your research
to make a more effective search.
1. Write out your question:
How does media portray police brutality in the justice system?
2. What
a.
b.
c.

are your three main concepts?

Media
Police Brutality
Justice system

3. Find at least four subject terms that deal with your topic. Select ones
that will be good synonyms to use when searching.
a. News & press
b. Police abuse
c. Social media
d. Corruption
4. Read the abstract (summary) of relevant articles and find at least
four synonyms or related termsadd them to your search statement.
a. Complaints against police
b. Police in the media
c. Bias media
d. Violent officers

5. Your Best Search Statement should find relevant articles and

incorporate synonyms and truncation
Influence, police brutality, media

6. How many results from your most successful search statement:_____43_