EBSCO Workshop Quiz

1. What is EBSCO?

The name of a group of databases subscribed to by the SCF Library.

Another name for the SCF Library catalog.

A database for eBooks only.

The SCF Library mascot's name.

2. Only SCF students, faculty and staff have access to the EBSCO databases available through the SCF Library.

True

False

3. The "Choose Databases" option allows you to...

Select additional EBSCO databases and add them to your search.

Search Gale and JSTOR from within EBSCO.

Select only material from eBooks.

Link out to material from colleges other than SCF.

4. Citations from EBSCO are always correct, so you can just "copy and paste."

True

False

5. By creating an individual MyEBSCOhost account, you can save searches, create email alerts, create custom folders, and even share folders with other users.

True

False

6. If you do a keyword search using the Boolean operator "AND" how will this affect your search results?

It will narrow your search results (i.e. fewer results).

It will broaden your search results (i.e more results).

It will have no effect on your results.

It will only return results that have the word "and" in them.

7. Which of the following options are available from the Advanced Search page in EBSCO? (Choose all that apply.)

Full text

Scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals

Published date

Time zone

8. Once you have retrieved a set of search results, you can no longer apply filter options such as "full-text," "publication date," etc.

True

False

9. What are subject headings? (Choose all that apply.)

Preferred terms used by the EBSCO databases.

The same thing as keywords.

Terms used to index articles in the EBSCO databases.

The names of the authors of articles in EBSCO.

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10. The "Advanced Search" option...

Allows the adding of multiple fields linked by Boolean operators.

Contains limiters for full-text, scholarly journals, publication date. language, and more.

Is only recommended for students taking advanced classes.

Is no different from the "Basic Search."

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EBSCO Workshop Quiz

1. What is EBSCO?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Only SCF students, faculty and staff have access to the EBSCO databases available through the SCF Library.

3. The "Choose Databases" option allows you to...

4. Citations from EBSCO are always correct, so you can just "copy and paste."

5. By creating an individual MyEBSCOhost account, you can save searches, create email alerts, create custom folders, and even share folders with other users.

6. If you do a keyword search using the Boolean operator "AND" how will this affect your search results?

7. Which of the following options are available from the Advanced Search page in EBSCO? (Choose all that apply.)

8. Once you have retrieved a set of search results, you can no longer apply filter options such as "full-text," "publication date," etc.

9. What are subject headings? (Choose all that apply.)

10. The "Advanced Search" option...