Lib 160 Chapter 2-3

What is the Open Web?

A collection of all available free information

What is Document Delivery

A free service for getting access to Articles and Book Chapters online provided by the library

What is a sponsored link?

A link that pays to be featured towards the top of search results

What is a paywall?

A system that prevents internet users from accessing information without paying a fee

What are the things that quick search searches?

Articles from the libraries online indexes E-books and Book chapters Digital Films, arts and music Digital content from the special collections Online course and research guides Open Access Web resources such as Project Gutenberg or the Directory of Open Access Books Other items that the library doesn't have direct access to but you can request through interlibrary LOAN

How are numbers later in a title sorted?

As decimals, so MBA214 832, would be 214.832

How are numbers read when sorting sections?

As whole numbers, example, MBA214 832, would be listed as 214

What are some searchable fields?

Author Subject Title Format Publication Date Language

What is included in an Item Record?

Author Title Source Name

What are some of the weaknesses of Quick Search?

Because it covers a wide range of results and media types, you may get an overwhelming number of results it has less extensive coverage when compared to subject specific indexes Unlike specific subject indexes it lacks highly specialized search tools for specific subject indexes

Why can't you just use Google to search for everything?

Because most scholarly information is behind a paywall, if you only use google you'll miss a lot of other resources.

What are ways information can be misinterpreted?

Both sides of an argument are depicted to have equal validity Exaggeration of somethings importance Deceptive Titles

What are some subject focused indexes?

CAB Abstracts Design and Applied Arts Index Compendex Engineering Village Food Science and Technology Abstracts Sociological Absrtacts ABI/INFORM Global ERIC Communication & Mass Media Complete

What should you do if your book is not where it should be?

Check the surrounding area it may have fallen or been placed in the wrong spot Check the reshelving area, like a clothes return rack Verify with quick search to make sure you're in the right collection and its not checked out

How do you log in on the ISU Library website?

Click the library account link

What is the Reference Collection?

Contains books like encyclopedias or anything used to look up something quickly

What are item records?

Descriptions of individual books journals and other materials

What are the Weaknesses of Google Scholar?

Difficult to focus or refine your search Finds things that are not just articles, even when you limit your search to articles only Lists older articles before new ones that haven't been referenced as much yet

What are some weaknesses of search engines?

Difficult to focus or refine your search and the number of results may be overwhelming Has more difficulty finding scholarly information such as articles Search. engines may interpret the meaning incorrectly based on past searches

What should you do if you want to nest two different topics?

Divide key words into two topics, put keywords for each topic in two different sets of parentheses and place the boolean AND in between

What are questions to consider whether a source is relevant?

Does it meet the requirements for your assignment does it address your research question directly Does it add something new to your project beyond what your other sources already state

Go to 3.2 and

Draw the vendiagrams for and, or, not, on your note sheets

What is one way that you can tweak your results?

Filter by availability

What are the different Collections?

General Collection Reference Collection Media Center Special Collections

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GetIt@ISU is on 3.9

What do you need to be careful about truncation?

If you truncate too early you can get a lot of irrelevant results truncating too late reduces the number of results greatly Depending on the word it might not be useful, protest could get you protesters, but it will also get you Protestants

What is Nesting?

It allows you to combine multiple searches into one

What are the Strengths of Quick Search?

It covers a wide range of topics and materials It has an easy to use simple search interface It can provide books and other materials the library provides access to in addition to articles

What's a helpful feature Quick Search has when you find the resource you need?

It has a ready to go citation for you

How does google find results?

It takes what it knows about the user and keywords and tries to predict what will be the most relevant to the user

What does Full text Available mean?

It tells you whether or not the whole thing is available or just a snippet

How will a search engine read: anxiety AND (reasons OR causes Or factors)?

It will find results with any of the factors in the parentheses, but it will also make sure to include the word anxiety in the results

What is Subject searching?

It's like searching with tags generated by the search engine

What are search features you are likely to find in an article index?

Limiting to only peer reviewed articles Full text or abstract only Specifying a date range you want to search in Restricting to specific languages document type

What does the FastTRAC do?

Lists items from all partner libraries relating to your search

Whats a good way to find subject headings?

Make a keyword search or use a thesaurus

What element of Quick search helps you locate materials?

Map It

What are the elements of quick search's result pages?

Material Type Multiple Versions Available or not available Full text available

What are the General Collections?

Most library material on the lower levels, 2, and 3 floors, and tiers 1 through 7 of the library

What is true about scholarly material when it comes to paywalls?

Most of it is locked behind paywalls by universities

What is the order of operations in a boolean search?

Not takes priority, then and, then or

What are some weaknesses of Article Indexes?

Often too specific for finding general or background information Interfaces may be clunky or not compatible with mobile devises May not include the full text of articles

What is the Special Collections?

Old manuscripts and historical texts relating to different majors

What can you use to make the order of booleans clear?

Parentheses

What are some of the things users must do to access behind a paywall?

Pay a fee Become a member log in so that data can be collected

What is the ISU library discovery tool?

Quick Search

What is Interlibrary Loan?

Same as Document Delivery but it relies on resources from other libraries

What are Article indexes best at finding?

Scholarly journal articles and summaries of articles you can request through interlibrary Loan Newspaper articles including many historical news papers Highly specified documents used in certain subject areas

What does WorldCat do?

Searches Libraries across the world for your search

What is Field searching?

Searching for information in a specific field

what is Google Scholar?

Similar to Google, but it filters out non scholarly results.

What is the first interface of quick search?

Simple Search box

What are the strengths of web search engines?

Simple and mobile friendly Available to anyone with internet access Media content, such as videos and images, is much easier to find than with other finding tools

What are the Strengths of Google Scholar?

Simple to search and Mobile friendly A good choice if you have a partial citation missing some information on a specific item Can find free versions of articles, although most articles will not be free to begin with Can be linked to ISU library for greater access to subscription content

What if something is listed with four numbers and no letters?

That is the publication year

What is the Media Center?

That's where all the DVDs and CDs are

What system does ISU use to organize books?

The Library of Congress Classification System

What are some strengths of Article Indexes?

The best finding tool for locating scholarly articles Provide many robust search features and give you control over your searches Provide a list of what subjects and dates are covered Provide a list of what journals and conference publications may be found within Connect directly to full text articles Subject specific indexes cover an extensive set of journal articles and other materials focused on a subject area

What are the things that effect search results?

The computer being used, the internet browser being used, the search history on the browser

What do article indexes allow you to do?

They allow you to search for your topic in hundreds of articles at once

What are Finding Tools?

They provide structure for information sources

Who created the World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-lee

Why should you evaluate information according to Bergstrom and West?

To sniff out Bullshit

What is Truncation?

Truncation is when you search the beginning of a word with an asterisk on the end to tell the search engine to find results with different endings. An example is: electric* this will get results like electric electrical electricity

What does Quick Search do to help you distinguish between dvds cds and books?

Uses labels in your result list

What are the three main categories of Finding Tools?

Web search engines Library Discovery tools Article Indexes

What are search engines best for finding?

Websites News Sources Images Statistical information from government sources and some other organizations most of the information on the open web

What is Phrase Searching?

When you take a specific phrase and put it in a search box with quotation marks around it

Are you able to access certain paywall material on Google Scholar through Iowa State?

Yes

What are Library guides?

a list of information in a specific area compiled by a Librarian.

What does the advanced search Quick Search do?

alows you to apply filters to results

What are examples of boolean operators?

and, or, not

What are Library discovery tools best at finding?

books, ebooks and encyclopedias scholarly journals and journal articles other materials that a specific library owns or provides access to

What is citation Chaining?

following a list of citations to reach the primary source

Where are options to filter your search in Academic Search Ultimate?

on the left side of the screen in the Refine Results section

What is listed first, single letters or double letters?

single letters

What is a Library catalog?

tells you what materials the library owns and where they are located

What are general purpose indexes?

they cover many different subject areas and formats

go to 2.1 and

write the chart at the bottom of the page on your note sheet

What can the term Author include?

writers music composers companies organizations performers

What does evaluating your sources as you collect them do?

you can avoid having to redo research