Week 6

Dear Reader:
  This time around I am going to be playing with Boolean logic strings.
  My statement choices are as follows:
1. Has the U.S. trade and globalization policy hurt the middle class?
  (A potential Boolean logic string might look like this)
"U.S. trade*" and "globalization polic*" and "middle clas*"
2. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
breed* AND dog* AND therap*
3.  What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?
("Great Depression" OR "The Depression" AND *30*) AND ("recent economic problems" OR "current economic problems")
4. Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?
sunspot* AND "global warming"
5. Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?
("big box stores" OR Walmart OR Target) AND econom*

This next section deals with my revised research question:

"What are the federal laws and state laws in the US concerning assault rifles?" 

A boolean string for this query might look like this:

"U.S. (federal OR state)" AND "(law* OR regulation*)" AND "assault (rifle* OR weapon*)"

I know it's not required, but I went ahead and posted this on good ol' Google, just to see what would happen.  It came up with 53 MILLION results.  I might need to pare down my research statement should I ever research this topic.  At this point I think I would need to limit my sources with a sit:.edu or a site:.gov sort of string.