Astudent completing research for a project enters the following search terms: baseball and history not semi-professionalwhich of the following best describes the likely results of this search? a. sources that reference only general baseball history and exclude semi-professionalsb. sources that reference only semi-professionals and history but not baseball in generalc. sources that reference semi-professional baseball and historyd. sources that reference semi-professional baseball only and not history

A). Sources that reference only general baseball history and exclude semi-professional.

Explanation:

The selection or use of search terms play a vital role in determining or restricting the search results displayed by excluding the undesired or unwanted outcomes.

As per the question, option A reflects the most likely results of the given search as the capitalized words 'AND' and 'NOT' reflects the Boolean terminology to restrict the unwanted results(excluding semi-professional) and display only the specific results('sources that reference only general baseball) as filtered by the user. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.