Eng Comp 2 - week 2 test
Imagine a student is searching Keiser's library databases for information on transportation. He is looking for information on ground and air transportation. However, he does not want information on water transportation. What is the best search?
(trains AND planes AND automobiles) NOT boats
A Key Word Search identifies the search term
Anywhere in the document
You can access only English sources through Keiser's e-Library databases.
False
Which of the following databases predicts possible topics for you as you begin to type in the search bar?
Gale
Moore, Heather Cherie. "Teaching in grief: critical reflections, redefining justice, and a reorientation to teaching." Radical Teacher, no. 106, Fall 2016, p. 70+. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A496085847/AONE?u=lirn99776&sid=AONE&xid=2ef62eb7. Accessed 27 Feb. 2020. Based solely on the reference, from what database did a student retrieve this article?
Gale Academic OneFile
Look at the following search a student has performed using ProQuest. What are three steps the student should take in order narrow the 370,688 sources to a more manageable amount?
Limit "Publication date" to "Last 5 Years" Choose "Full Text" Click "Peer Reviewed"
An academic publication that has a board of experts who decide what articles should be published is a ______________
Peer-reviewed journal
Publications that are published at regular intervals are called
Periodicals are magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, and newsletters. They are publications that are published at regular intervals.
Which of the following specific types of materials are NOT available in the online library databases?
Test Preparation
Why might this source not be the best to use for a freshman/sophomore level course?
The source type is a dissertation, which would be far too long for the purposes of most freshmen/sophomore level classes.
Which of the following step would best help this student to improve his search at this point in his research?
The student should select dates to search in.
If a student does not select "Full Text" when researching, what may happen?
The student will locate articles to which Keiser University does not provide access.
Boolean searching refers to a search technique that uses tools called "Boolean Operators" to limit, widen, and refine your search results. Which of the following terms are NOT Boolean Operators? Select all that are not applicable. Or Include Maybe And With Not
include, maybe, with
