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    You feel like you do not have enough research, which Boolean operator would you use to expand your search?

    • OR
    • AND
    • NOT
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  • 2. 

    What result will performing a search like the one below be more likely to return? "embryonic stem cell research" 

    • A newspaper article: NIH cannot fund embryonic stem cell research

    • A governmental site: FAQs: Stem Cell Information

    • A Wikipedia entry: Fetal tissue implant

    Correct Answer
    A. A newspaper article: NIH cannot fund embryonic stem cell research
    Explanation
    Putting quotation marks around words is called a phrase search and will produce results that contain the phrase in the exact order in which you typed it.

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  • 3. 

    Academic Search Complete contains _______________.

    • Full-text books.

    • Articles from the St. Petersburg Times.

    • Full-text journal articles.

    • Feature-length educational videos.

    Correct Answer
    A. Full-text journal articles.
    Explanation
    For Full-text books, try NetLibrary database; for St Pete Times, try Newsbank database; for educational videos, try FMG on Demand database.

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  • 4. 

    A good way to assess the credentials of a journal article's author is to __________. 

    • Send an email through the publisher's website.

    • Search for the author's name in Google Scholar.

    • Search for the author's name on Author.com.

    • Search for the author's name on YouTube.com

    Correct Answer
    A. Search for the author's name in Google Scholar.
  • 5. 

    If you wanted to connect symptoms to a disease, the best Boolean operator to use would be _______________.

    • OR

    • AND

    • NOT

    Correct Answer
    A. AND
  • 6. 

    The more ANDs you use in your search, the ________________.

    • More results you'll have.

    • Less results you'll have

    • Best results you'll have.

    Correct Answer
    A. Less results you'll have
  • 7. 

    What results will the following search be more likely to produce? ball*

    • The definition: a round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

    • Information on balls, ballasts, and balloons

    • Information on globes, spheres, and dance parties.

    Correct Answer
    A. Information on balls, ballasts, and balloons
    Explanation
    Ball* is a truncated search and will produce results with various stems/suffixes that follow the original search term/prefix.

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  • 8. 

    Top-level domains can help you _______________. 

    • Limit your search to certain terms.

    • Limit your search to certain types of sites.

    • Limit your search to public domain information.

    Correct Answer
    A. Limit your search to certain types of sites.
  • 9. 

    An article from a peer-reviewed journal  _____________.

    • Represents properly conducted original research and/or writing.

    • Contains current events on a specific topic within a professional field.

    • Includes the latest information on general interest topics.

    • Delineates what is popular from what is not.

    Correct Answer
    A. Represents properly conducted original research and/or writing.
  • 10. 

    Five evaluative criteria to use when analyzing the reliability of any piece of information are  _______.

    • Authorship, accuracy, innovation, novelty, and credibility.

    • Authorship, accuracy, objectivity, scope, and currency.

    • Originality, point of view, design, circumstance, and audience.

    • Benchmark, activity, productivity, convenience, and conformance.

    • Michael, Randy, Jermaine, Tito, and Marlon.

    Correct Answer
    A. Authorship, accuracy, objectivity, scope, and currency.
  • 11. 

    When creating a bibliography, all sources appear in __________.

    • The order cited.

    • Chronological order by date.

    • Alphabetical order.

    • Numerical order.

    Correct Answer
    A. Alphabetical order.
  • 12. 

    In bibliographies, the second and all subsequent lines of all sources are _________. 

    • Flush left.

    • Indented one inch

    • Indented half-an-inch

    • Indented a quarter-inch.

    Correct Answer
    A. Indented half-an-inch
  • 13. 

    When searching information catalogs and databases, controlled vocabulary refers to ________.

    • Abstracts, keywords, and titles.

    • Titles, authors, and keywords.

    • Subject headings, subject terms, and related terms.

    • Phrase searching, subject searching, and keyword

    • Due dates, fines, and complaint cards.

    Correct Answer
    A. Subject headings, subject terms, and related terms.

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