Dan was using Alta Vista on the web to find sources on the history of Latin American dance.When he typed in that phrase,he ended up with a list of 10,000 finds.What did Dan fail to do?
A) He should have limited his hits by using a Boolean search.
B) He should not have used the word "history" in his search.
C) He should have started in the library rather than on the Web.
D) He should have used a different search engine.

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Dan should have limited his hits by using a Boolean search, which allows for specific combinations of words or phrases to be searched for. This would have reduced the number of irrelevant results he received.

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