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ENGL 102 - English Composition II (all classes): Google Challenge

Library information and resources for English 102 classes

The Google Challenge

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Challenge #1:

Topic: Using therapy animals for treating PTSD

Compose a search strategy that retrieves fewer than 50 web site results, no older than 2016, with near 100% relevancy. (Relevance means that results are useful and directly related to the topic; results should not include Pinterest, .coms, or other "fuzzy" results.) Hint: Limiting to a top-level domain is very useful!

 

Challenge #2

Topic: Emotional support animals on college campuses

Compose a search strategy that retrieves fewer than 50 web site results, no older than 2016, with near 100% relevancy. (Relevance means that results are useful and directly related to the topic; results should not include Pinterest, .coms, or other "fuzzy" results.)

Challenge Answers

Challenge #1, one possible solution:

intitle:therapy intitle:animal site:.edu PTSD OR "post traumatic stress" 2016..2017

= 29 results

 

Challenge #2, one possible solution:

intitle:"emotional support animals" intitle:college 2016..2017

= 32 results

Google Books

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Using Google Books (books.google.com) find a book about therapy animals. Choose a title, then find the nearest library where you could read that book.

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