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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 used Library of Congress call numbers to find the book -You saved your search results to your Library account -You retrieved more books by this author on this topic -You discovered the table of contents for this book
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? -The Library owns three duplicate copies of the popular film with this title -You have found 2 items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title -You have found three music CDs (music records) with this exact title -There happen to be three different films in the Library with this exact title -Librarians do not agree on the cataloging of this item, thus 2 different versions exist
You have found 2 items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title
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: 1. Books on Mahatma Gandhi. 2. Journal articles on cybersecurity & cyberwar. 3. Anything & everything possible with search terms chance the rapper. 4. A DVD of the Chinese movie Raise the Red Lantern.
1. Books 2. Articles 3. All items 4. Audio Visual
You want to search for articles that discuss inherited traits. Some other words to describe the same concept as "inherited" might be words such as "genetic" or "hereditary." As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic? -(inherited OR genetic) AND (hereditary OR traits) -(inherited AND genetic AND hereditary) AND traits -(inherited OR genetic OR hereditary) AND traits -(inherited AND genetic AND hereditary) OR traits -(inherited OR genetic OR hereditary) OR traits
(inherited OR genetic OR hereditary) AND traits
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 1745) AND scotland -(scotland OR great britain) AND jacobite uprising -(jacobite uprising AND jacobite rebellion) AND scotland -(jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) AND scotland -(jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) OR scotland
(jacobite uprising OR jacobite rebellion) AND scotland
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. 1. Books, ebooks, journals, articles & other scholarly materials from ISU Library; all books available on your topic that you can check out. 2. 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
1. QuickSearch 2. WorldCat
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... 1. that include the word flexagons in the title 2. about the vaccination of animals 3. written by the National Gallery of Australia 4. written by Goodall and about chimpanzees
1. Title 2. Subject 3. Author/creator 4. Any field
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? 1. By availability 2. By number of versions owned 3. By popularity 4. By author/creator
1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True
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? -Booleans give you more control over your search results. -AND will show results containing both search terms. -Using Booleans narrows your search results. -AND will give you records containing only one of the search terms. -Because using AND will always narrow your results.
AND will show results containing both search terms.
You're working on a group project and need the book We will be heard: Voices in the struggle for constitutional rights past and present, by Bud Schultz. 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? -Des Moines Public Library -University of Minnesota -Drake University Law Library -ISU Library owns this -University of Northern Iowa
Drake University Law Library
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book Culture, inculturation, and theologians: A postmodern critique. Where is this book located? -Leisure Collection -Design Reading Room Stacks -Media Center -General Collection -Reference Collection
General Collection
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? -Human experimentation in medicine--Ethics -Medical ethics -Table of Contents -Cell culture -Rebecca Skloot 1972-
Medical ethics
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you do a search in Quick SearchLinks to an external site. 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? -Because using AND always narrows search results. -Booleans give you more control over your keyword search results. -OR will show results containing either one or all of the search terms. -Using Booleans narrows your search results. -OR is useful when you need to search synonyms or variant forms of a word.
OR will show results containing either one or all of the search terms.
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? -You would need to change your topic to find something the library owns. -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. -Check Document Delivery to see if another library will buy it for you. -Request the book through the library's Interlibrary Loan service.
Request the book through the library's Interlibrary Loan service.
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about business innovations and ethics by an author named Hanekamp. The following search strategy is an effective way to find this book. Why? -Using the Boolean AND will greatly expand your search results. -The search settings best match what you know about the book. -It will find the exact phrase "business innovations and ethics" as a subject. -You have expanded your search strategy by using three rows. -It will find a book about business innovations and not a journal article.
The search settings best match what you know about the book.
What is the main purpose of subject headings? -To access items that library does not own -To organize resources according to subject areas -To access online resources in subject databases -To organize library subjects by their formats -To index scholarly articles by head authors
To organize resources according to subject areas
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? -ad* and biology -ada* and biology -adaptab* and biology -adaptation* and biology -adapt* and biology
adapt* and biology
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding: -quick and easy facts on your research topic -Interlibrary Loan materials -open access online resources -US federal and state government websites -books and more that the ISU Library owns
books and more that the ISU Library owns
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? -pol* and music -politics* and music -polit* and music -poli* and music -politic* and music
politic* and music
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.) for this title? -read scanned full-text online or download the mobile ebook free -you need first to have an Android, iPhone, iPad, or Nook in order to read the ebook -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 -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 mobile ebook free
