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You've just read a wonderful book on the Jacobite uprising of 1745 in Scotland and you'd like to learn more. You're not sure whether uprising is the right word, or whether you should use rebellion. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic? (jacobite uprising AND jacobite rebellion) AND scotland (jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) OR scotland (jacobite uprising OR 1745) AND scotland (jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) AND scotland (scotland OR great britain) AND jacobite uprising
(jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) AND scotland
You want to search for articles that discuss Chinese ceramics during the Sung Dynasty. You've learned that an alternate spelling of Sung Dynasty is Song Dynasty, and you're not sure whether the term ceramics or pottery would be a better choice. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic? ceramics AND (chinese AND dynasties) (china OR chinese) OR (sung dynasty AND song dynasty) (ceramics OR pottery) OR dynasties in chinese history (chinese AND ceramics) OR (sung AND song) (sung dynasty OR song dynasty) AND (ceramics OR pottery)
(sung dynasty OR song dynasty) AND (ceramics OR pottery)
It's important to know where to find a book in the Library. You heard about a book called Washington: A legacy of leadership. Search for that book now in Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to answer the following questions: What is the call number of this book? Now click on the Map It button to view the book's location within the library. On which Floor or Tier is this book located?
E312.25 V53 2010 Floor2
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book Culture, inculturation, and theologians: A postmodern critique. Where is this book located? Reference Collection Design Reading Room Stacks Media Center Leisure Collection General Collection
General Collection
You look up the book Communications law: Liberties, restraints, and the modern media by John D. Zelezny. Quick Search shows that the book is on Tier 2 with call number KF2750 Z45 2011. When you get to Tier 2, you see these signs on the bookcases. According to these book number ranges, this book should be located: Shelf 1 KF141.A43x KF223.H86 Shelf 2 KF223.I53 KF570.C63 Shelf 3 KF540.L4 KF2042.H6 Shelf 4 KF2042.H6 KF2928.S36 None of these - keep looking On Shelf 2 On Shelf 3 On Shelf 1 On Shelf 4
On Shelf 4
Truncation is a keyword search technique that helps you find useful variations of a term or terms. You want to find books on the topic of music and politics or political aspects of music. Where should you best truncate in this example? poli* and music pol* and music politics* and music politic* and music polit* and music
politic* and music
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you search Quick SearchLinks to an external site. for books using the search phrase Twitter OR marketing, you'll retrieve hundreds of records. If you re-do that search as Twitter AND marketing, you will narrow your search results (retrieve fewer records). Why is this so? Because using AND will always narrow your results. AND will give you records containing only one of the search terms. Using Booleans narrows your search results. Booleans give you more control over your search results. AND will show results containing both search terms.
AND will show results containing both search terms.
Using the Material Type drop-down menu in Quick Search'sLinks to an external site. Advanced Search, which search strategy is the most efficient and effective to find the following: Books on nanotechnology. Journal articles on electric cars Anything & everything possible with search terms darwin HMS beagle. CDs for learning Arabic.
Books Articles All items Audio Visual
It's important to know where to find a book in the Library. You heard about a book called Write great essays! A guide to reading and essay writing for undergraduates and taught postgraduates. Search for that book now in Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to answer the following questions: What is the call number of this book? Now click on the Map It button to view the book's location within the library. On which Floor or Tier is this book located?
LB2369 L57x 2004 Floor 2
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Click on the title of the book you just found to see the full display with more details. If you wanted to find more books that address ethical issues like the ones raised in this book, which link in the full display should you click? Cell culture Table of Contents Human experimentation in medicine--Ethics Rebecca Skloot 1972- Medical ethics
Medical ethics
You look up the book The treason trials of Aaron Burr by Peter Charles Hoffer. Quick Search shows that the book is on Tier 2 with call number KF223.B8 H64 2008. When you get to Tier 2, you see these signs on the bookcases. According to these call number ranges, this book should be located: Shelf 1 KF141.A43x KF223.H86 Shelf 2 KF223.I53 KF570.C63 Shelf 3 KF540.L4 KF2042.H6 Shelf 4 KF2042.H6 KF2928.S36 On Shelf 1 On Shelf 2 None of these - keep looking On Shelf 3 On Shelf 4
On Shelf 1
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about honeybees and colony collapse disorder by an author named Halter. The following Quick Search strategy is an effective way to find this book. Why? You have expanded your search strategy by using multiple rows. The search settings best match what you know about the book. It will find a book about honeybees and not a journal article. Using the Boolean AND will greatly expand your search results. It will find the exact phrase "colony collapse disorder".
The search settings best match what you know about the book.
Chapter 3 discusses searching by specific fields. Click the Advanced Search link under the Quick SearchLinks to an external site. box. In the Advanced Search area select the correct field drop-down menu option to use for finding items.. . that include the words Shakespeare and acting in the title about the natural history of New Zealand written by the Museum of Modern Art written by Goodall and about chimpanzees
Title Subject Author/creator Any field
Chapter 3 discusses searching by specific fields. Click the Advanced Search link under the Quick SearchLinks to an external site. box. In the Advanced Search area select the correct field drop-down menu option to use for finding items... that include the word flexagons in the title about the vaccination of animals written by the National Gallery of Australia written by Goodall and about chimpanzees
Title Subject Author/creator Any field
What is the main purpose of subject headings? To access items that library does not own To organize library subjects by their formats To organize resources according to subject areas To index scholarly articles by head authors To access online resources in subject databases
To organize resources according to subject areas
You're working on a group project and need the book Soil survey of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by Kenneth Johnson. Search for this book by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat (Links to an external site.). On your search results screen find the book and click its title for the full record view. In the Find a copy in the library section enter 50011 as your zip code and click Find libraries button. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book? University of Iowa Libraries University of Minnesota Library Linda Hall Library, Kansas City ISU Library owns this University of Alabama Library
University of Iowa Libraries
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding: US federal and state government websites books and more that the ISU Library owns quick and easy facts on your research topic Interlibrary Loan materials open access online resources
books and more that the ISU Library owns
Quick SearchLinks to an external site. lets you refine or narrow your search results using links on the right side of the screen. Do a search on graphic design. What are some criteria that can refine your search results in Quick Search? by availability by number of versions owned by popularity by author/creator
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Quick SearchLinks to an external site. lets you refine or narrow your search results using links on the right side of the screen. Do a search on wind power. What are some criteria that can refine your search results in Quick Search? by format type by creation date by popularity by search-within-search
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Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book Greek: A history of the language and its speakers. Where is this book located? Media Center General Collection Design Reading Room Stacks Leisure Collection Reference Collection
General Collection
If you discover the ISU Library does not own the book you need, which of the following is the best option for you to access the book? Check Document Delivery to see if another library will buy it for you. Check with staff at the library's Main Desk to see if they can order it for the library. Petition your professor to give you an alternate assignment. Request the book through the library's Interlibrary Loan service. You would need to change your topic to find something the library owns.
Request the book through the library's Interlibrary Loan service.
You're looking for information on developing effective presentation skills. Match the information sources listed below to the appropriate finding tool - WorldCat, Quick Search, or Google Books. Materials in libraries nearest you; libraries nearest you that own copies of your textbook; books owned by any library that you can Interlibrary loan for free Ebooks you can download or buy; scanned full-text or excerpted books to read online; free ebooks for your Android or iPhone Books, ebooks, journals, articles & other scholarly materials from ISU Library; all books available on your topic that you can check out
WorldCat Google Books Quick Search
Now, click on the relevant subject heading that you identified in the previous question and analyze your search results. Which of the following best describes your new results: You discovered the table of contents for this book You saved your search results to your Library account You used Library of Congress call numbers to find the book You retrieved more books by this author on this topic You focused your results to be on this exact subject
You focused your results to be on this exact subject
You're using Quick Search to look for the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. An item in your search results indicates that "2 versions of this record exist." According to chapter 3, which choice below best explains what this means? There happen to be two different films in the Library with this exact title You have found two music CDs (music records) with this exact title You have found two items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title The Library owns two duplicate copies of the popular film with this title Librarians do not agree on the cataloging of this item, thus two different versions exist
You have found two items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title
You need to read a copy of Geology of the National Capital Region: Field trip guidebook, but all copies are checked out from ISU Library. What are your choices in Google Books (Links to an external site.) for this title? buy it from Amazon.com since Google Books doesn't have it get the free mobile ebook since Google Books doesn't have scanned full-text for this title you need first to have an Android, iPhone, iPad, or Nook in order to read the ebook read scanned full-text online or download the free mobile ebook find it in other libraries & use ILL since Google Books doesn't have free full-text of the whole book
read scanned full-text online or download the free mobile ebook
