Searching for Resources
which of the following is a research tool containing information on the holdings of many different libraries?
HathiTrust
which of the following choices is a Boolean search?
Library OR Database
select a keyword that may result from the truncation search phil*
Philadelphia
which of the following offers open access to digital books?
Project Gutenberg
Liz needs to find information on quasars in the Milky Way galaxy, but she's getting too many results about quasars in the Andromeda galaxy. Which group of search terms would solve this issue for Liz?
Quasars NOT Andromeda
what academic research tool specializes in connecting you to encyclopedias?
RefSeek
which of the following is a research database?
Refseek
When evaluating a source, why would you analyze who the audience is?
To see if the information is slanted for a certain readership
what's a database?
a catalog showing the holdings of a digital or physical library
which part of a database's results for an article offers a summary?
abstract
one factor which is true of popular search engines is that
advertised websites appear first in the results
which type of website is generally considered to be the most trustworthy and reliable
educational (edu)
which of the following is an example of a search engine?
what does power search from the Penn Foster Library do?
it searches multiple academic databases
why is the use of citations important when evaluating a document as source material?
it's an easy way to judge a document for bias
Which of the following is unique feature of a database?
many of its resources aren't available on the open internet
organic search results are results that are
nonsponsered
what occurs first when a search engine operates?
pages are sorted, ranked, and displayed to the user by relevance
what differentiates DuckDuckGo from other online search tools is that it
presents results based on relevance rather than popularity
which of the following is an example of web browser?
safari
The term peer review means that the
source was evaluated by an expert in the field
which of the following is an advantage of using databases for research?
sources in a database are usually considered academic
if you're looking for historical digitized photographs and newspaper you should look at
the Library of Congress
using the Boolean operator "OR" will retrieve
the largest number of results
when examining a source, why would you evaluate the reason a source was created?
to look for potential biases
you have conducted a database search and have found too many sources. what's one way you can narrow your search?
use a Boolean OR operator
.org
used by associations and nonprofit organizations
.com
used by for-profit organizations
.edu
used for schools and other institutions of learning
.gov
used for sites run by the united states government
