A student 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.