Google Searching Activity

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1	Student Initials	What did you notice about the results?	Original Google Search	Now do the Boolean search (no need to add here)	What did you notice about the results?	Do you feel there is a difference in the results? Please explain	Pros of Google	Cons of Google

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3	MQ	8.4 million results, top results from NCBI research	Lemon and Garlic for High blood pressure		Results are more specific and related to the effects of lemon/garlic on HBP	Yes, more reliable sources.	Wide range of sources	Wide range of sources
4	AA	About 39 million results.	how well does ginger work with colds		Ginger in general is great to use for prevention or pain relief.	I believe that all sources were very similar.	Many sources	there could be a issue with having so many resources.
5	NI	Broad and general information. Nothing too specific. Gave benefit of spearmints for other illnesses as well	Spearmint as a natural remedy for anxiety		Was able to get more articles in regard to the relationship between spearmint and anxiety. Less results.	Yes, there is a difference in the results. By using the Boolean search, I was able to get a more condense search and was able to find more articles that relates to my topic of interest.	Wide range of sources, easier to find more broad information.	Too many resources and some of them does not related to my topic of interest.
6	VQ	Results mainly focused on effects of Vicks on cough.	Vicks Vapor Rub treat cough and cold symptoms		I was able to find more information on treatment of both cough and cold. Also found how it can help alleviate these symptoms.	Yes, it provided more information on how and why Vicks can help with cough and cold.	Plenty of information can be found and enables us to do more research and find other resources.	Might not be specific to what I am trying to find. Have to click on different links and resources to find my answer, possibly more research to find a definite answer.
7	KM	I can specify which antibiotic to help narrow the search.	proper dosing of antibiotics in obese patients		It was much more specific and provided different studies on dosing and also dosing at different ages	Yes. At first a random google search can seem overhwheling. The Boolean search helped narrow my search and made it much easier to find relavent information.	can give good insight to other componets you may need to add to your search.
8	AS	27 million results, with the top results focusing more on self help information. Not many of the resources were very helpful.	potassium supplements effect on blood pressure		The results were narrowed down to 183,000 results, and the top results were almost all from academic journals or research institutions	The biggest difference I noticed was that the top results were all from more reliable sources. The information provided was much more relevant to what I wanted to know.	It can be very user-friendly and offer a wide range of sources to build your knowledge from.	The range of results was far too broad and overwhelming, and you can easily get lost in all of the information presented to you.
9	SR	I was missing key components. For example, I was only seeing just insulin for the treatment of hyperk or I was seeing just albuterol	albuterol and insulin for the treatment of hyperkalemia		I was able to get more articles relating to both insulin and albuterol.	I defintely feel like there was a difference. It was much more refined and in tune with the results I wanted.	wide range of sources to find what you are looking for	the wide range of sources can be overhwhelming
10	JT	13,900 results. Not many journal articles or research papers. Many different blogs and articles. Opinion pieces	Use of prevagen for memory loss in the elderly population		More articles relating to all 3 parts of my search. 243 results	There was a big difference in the number of results I could search through.	Access to so many different resources that can be helpful	Can be difficult to narrow down search for what is needed. Advertisements pop up
11	NO	There were a significant amount of news articles.	Coffee and how it affects ADHD		It pulled up more articles related to health studies and scholarly articles with actual data.	Yes, it refined the results to be more specific to relevant data.	Wide range of access plus user friedly accesabilty	Must know the refinments of using the search engine.
12	FN	a lot of result for honey usage	Honey and cough					Must be specific, otherwise too many result
13	DM	4.2 million results, mostly from healthline and other similar resources	Ginger's ability to soothe sore throat		less results now, approximately on 2.2 million and there were more articles that were relevant to what i am looking for	Yes, I think there is a difference, there are more relevant articles and more scientific articles like NIH showing real scientific evidence	easy to search through articles, easy to find what we are trying to look for	without boolean search, may be hard to find what you are looking for.
14	DAM	2.2 million results. But the top results are actually somewhat useful resources, such as NIH.	codeine and dosing range for pediatric bone fractures		Now there is only 410 results, thats very radical. The resources are all much more useful now being primarily research studies and medical documents.	Yes there is obviously a significant difference in the results. Without the boolean search parameters it came back with lots of blogs and opinionated articles.	You can find anything on google	You can find anything on google
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16	MG	~81,200 results. The top result was from NIH followed by healthline and other blogs.	the use of St. Johns Wort to help treat anxiety in the African American community		less results now ~70,800. The top ones were by 'verywellmind' followed by NIH.	There's ~10,000+ difference in search results, but I think that if we're looking specifically for St. John's Wort, anxiety, and African American then we have plenty to go off of, It narrows down what I'm searching for.	Easy way to search for information and it provides plenty of articles, journals, answers, etc. to whatever you need.	Too many results to choose from as well as credibilty.
17	ANN	8.14 million results, the top results compare surgical intervention to conservative treatments	Efficacy of ac separation repair via surgery		The numberof results is reduced to 7,880 and the top results are about sugical outcomes	Yes, the results are more closely related to the question.	Easy to use and accessible	Overwhelming number of results
18	KCM	23 million results. Top results came from healthline and medical news today	How well does peppermint essential oil work to treat colds		Less results now. Cut out about 1/2 of the results.	Yes, the results are more relevant to my question.	Easy to use and can search for anything	Too many results to look through
19	BB	approximately 37.7 million results	Prevention of upset stomach with ginger		results dropped significantly and resources are more reliable	Yes, the number of results is lower and more reliable resources appeared	Easier to guide and more results appear	challenging to find definite answers for search due to number of results
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21	MP	Over 20 billion results	Use of levothyroxine in treating dogs		Only 470,000 results, more dependable sites	Yes, there is huge difference. More relevant and useful data was given.	Useful sources can be found and it is a good starting point	It can give too many results that are not useful if you are not being specific
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23	HN		How effecitve is honey as a natural remedy for sore throat		The results were more concise, and there were way less results.	Yes, the results were more relevant to my intial search and it didnt contain lists of other options for sore throat.	Gives you general information	Very broad and alot of the results contained information that was not relevant
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25	ZR		The use of lysine in treatment of mouth ulcers		There were not nearly as many results and the first result gave dosages of lysine to help treat mouth ulcers	Yes, the first search pulled up articles that mentioned lysine on a list of other treatments. The second search gave direct dosages for using lysine to treat a mouth ulcer	It pulls up so many articles and webpages that you could find something you were looking for that ends up being very helpful	It's very general and finding something specific is hard unless you do use boolean operators
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28	TS	The results are some what specific, however contain numerous results with lots of information on claravis for treatment of acne.	The use of Claravis in patients with severe acne		There's more notable recognized sites to cite information from.	Yes, I belive the information was more specific for what I was looking for.	Google has a lot of information that is useful if you're not looking for something specific.	There's a lot of information in google and not all sites are reputable
29	AB	Over 1 million results	Gila monster venom use in diabetes		About 700,000 results; top results changed	Yes, because the new top listed were more specific and were more reputible resouces	Quick, gives a very basic and easily understood answer	Lacks specificity and sometimes accuracy
30	AS	Lots of results of cough medicine cotaining honey and some ads trying to get people to purchase a product to help with a cough	Does honey help with cough		Much more narrow results, now I'm seeing a few studies of how honey has helped with cough along with how it actually helps with cough like a MOA.	Yes because I feel like the normal search really wasn't showing me what I was looking for	Very quick searches and usually has recommended searches that are related to what I'm looking for.	There is sometimes ads and promoted websites which can make what I'm looking for a little bit more confusing.
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