ES-90 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH METHODS
DATABASE SEARCHING: BASIC CONCEPTS
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INDEX TO RELATED WEB PAGES
THE IMPORTANCE OF DATABASE STRUCTURE	DATABASE STRUCTURE: RECORDS	EXAMPLES OF DATABASE RECORDS & FIELDS
	DATABASE STRUCTURE: FIELDS ( ALTAVISTA EXAMPLE)	DATABASE STRUCTURE: INDEXES
SEARCH REQUIREMENTS: PERSONAL	SEARCH REQUIREMENTS: TOOLS	SEARCH PROCESS: STEPS
	PRECISION & RECALL: VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
INTRO TO USING SEARCH FUNCTIONS & TECHNIQUES.	BOOLEAN OPERATORS: INTRO	BOOLEAN OPERATOR: AND
BOOLEAN OPERATOR: OR	BOOLEAN OPERATOR: NOT	BOOLEAN OPERATOR: XOR
PROXIMITY OPERATORS	NESTING OPERATORS	WILD CARDS & TRUNCATION
PHRASE SEARCHING	FIELD SEARCHING	STOP WORDS & SYMBOLS