Boolean searching outcomes

It's been a while since I've posted but that doesn't mean I haven't been working. It just means I haven't had a whole lot of reliable Internet access and I keep forgetting to update here.

I've been working on organizing information for the tutorial on Boolean searching. Naturally, the first step of this was to come up with some measurable objectives. I'm in a quandry on this one because I really feel like the ACRL outcome, I.1.e. "Identifies key concepts and terms that describe the information need" should be included, because students must have those key concepts and terms in order to do a successful Boolean search. However, it seems like focusing on the skills they need for that outcome/objective is really beyond the scope of this particular tutorial. I fear that adding that piece into this tutorial will make it too long. Perhaps there should be a short tutorial on identifying keywords and concepts for searching first.

The main objective/outcome for this tutorial will tie in to ACRL standard 2.2.d "Constructs a search strategy using appropriate commands for the information retrieval system selected (e.g. Boolean operators, truncation, and proximity for search engines, internal organizers such as indexes for books)".

Measurable objective for this tutorial: Upon completing this tutorial, students will be able to use Boolean operators (and, or, not) to refine a search.