Library 160 Chapter 3
You want to search for articles that discuss the role of nature in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. You're specifically interested in her repeated mention of bees or flowers in her poetry. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic?
(bees OR flowers) AND dickinson
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 OR jacobite rebellion) AND scotland
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you search Quick Search 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?
AND will show results containing both search terms
You're working on a group project and need the book Understanding immigration law, by Kevin R. Johnson. Search for this book by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book? (You may need to enter 50011 in the zip code box if you are accessing WorldCat from outside of Ames.)
Drake University Law Library
You're working on a group project and need the book Leadership for a better world: Understanding the social change model of leadership development, by Susan R. Komives and Wendy Wagner. Search for this book by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book? (You may need to enter 50011 in the zip code box if you are accessing WorldCat from outside of Ames.)
ISU Library owns this
Use Quick Search to search for the DVD Spirited Away. Where is this DVD located?
Media Center
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you do a search in Quick Search for books using the search phrase graffiti AND Los Angeles, you'll retrieve about 10 records for books. If you re-do that search as graffiti OR Los Angeles, you will broaden your search results (retrieve more records). Why is this so?
OR will show results containing either one or all of the search terms
Use Quick Search to search for the book Facebook: The missing manual by Emily Vander Veer. 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 social networking, which link in the full display should you click?
Online Social Networks
You're looking for information on developing effective presentation skills. Match the information sources listed below to the appropriate finding tool. Books, ebooks, journals, articles & other scholarly materials from ISU library; all books available on your topic that you can check out.
Quick Search
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding?
Quick and easy facts on your research topic Books and more that the ISU library owns
If you discover the library does not own the book you need, which of the following is the best option for you to access the book?
Request the book through the Interlibrary Loan service
Quick Search Result
Showing results of different tiers, subjects, publisher, author, locations, call numbers
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about honeybees and colony collapse disorder by an author named Halter. Which of the following advanced strategies in Quick Search is the most effective way to find this book, and why?
Strategy 3 because 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 Searchbox. 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: Title About the natural history of New Zealand: Subject Written by the Museum of Modern Art: Author/creator Written by Goodall about chimpanzees: any field
Call Numbers
They are decimals after the letter: R82=R.82
What is the main purpose of subject headings
To organize resources according to subject areas
You're looking for information on developing effective presentation skills. Match the information sources listed below to the appropriate finding tool. 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
WorldCat
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 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?
You have found 2 items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title
Boolean Operators
a type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators (or modifiers) such as AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant results. Ex: hotel AND New York Apples OR Orange
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 adaptation or adaptability in relation to biology. Where should you best truncate in this example?
adapt* and biology
Quick Search 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: T by creation date: true by popularity: false by search-within-search: false
Use Quick Search 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?
medical ethics
AND
only where the two circles combine, gives you fewer hits making it more reduced results, narrow search results, the more you words you use, the more focused
You need to read Chaucer's classic Canterbury tales volume 4, but all copies are checked out from ISU Library. What are your choices in Google Books (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for this title?
read scanned full-text online or download the mobile ebook free
OR
the whole two circles, multiple different fields, expands your results, broaden your search, will find records containing either one or both terms
Quick Search
library discovery tool, finding prominently featured on the Library website homepage, it incorporates the traditional functions of a library catalog but also searches some of the library's numerous online indexes to find articles
Using the Material Type drop-down menu in Quick Search's Advanced Search, which search strategy is the most efficient and effective to find the following: Books on Mahatma Gandhi.
Books on Mahatma Gandhi. Books A map featuring Iowa rivers: Maps Anything & everything possible with search terms chance the rapper: All items A DVD of the Chinese movie Raise the Red Lantern: Audio Visual
Using the Material Type drop-down menu in Quick Search's Advanced Search, which search strategy is the most efficient and effective to find the following:
Books on nanotechnology: Books A map of the moon: Maps Anything & everything possible with search terms Darwin, HMS, beagle: All items CDs for learning Arabic: Audio Visual
Quick Search 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: true by creation date: true by popularity: false by search-within-search: false
World Cat
combined catalogs/collection from many libraries, ask what other subjects, nearest academic library: making sure it isn't checked out
Google Books
full text, download the pdf version, buy digital copy, find out how many pages because if 20 then probably a synopsis or chapter; find prices, full text
