1. Do a search with the terms mozart opera gender. How many books do you find?
Answer 1: 23 books using the terms mozart opera gender - mozart AND opera AND gender
2. In the search examples above the term sex was used with an asterisk (sex*) to search for all the words with sex as the root word. As mentioned this also brings up results with sextet.
For your next search DO NOT use the asterisk but include the word sex, sexual and sexuality to your search for gender. Hint: the search should be an advanced search and with 3 lines. How many books do you find?
Answer 2: 47 books using the terms mozart opera gender sex sexual sexuality - mozart AND opera AND (gender OR sex OR sexual OR sexuality)
3. Do a search where you EXCLUDE the term gender from your search results and you are only viewing the results for mozart opera sex sexual sexuality. How many books do you find?
Answer 3: 24books using the terms mozart opera sex sexual sexuality gender - mozart AND opera AND (sex OR sexual OR sexuality) NOT gender
- Have sex OR sexual OR sexuality in the 3rd line. Place gender in the 4th line.
- Add a 4th search line and change the connector from AND to NOT.
- Place gender in the 4th line.
Note: Use NOT to remove gender once you have reviewed the results for gender and do not want to see them again in subsequent searches.
