Test Yourself!
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What is the most efficient way to search for articles in journals or magazines?
- Browse through issues of journals or magazines in your subject area
- Search an article database
- Search Google
- Search the library catalog
The most efficient way to search for articles in journals or magazines is to use an article database, such as Academic Search Premier.
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You can use the library catalog to find all of the following items except:
- Books on a topic
- Periodicals on a topic
- Journal articles on a topic
- Videos and DVDs on a topic
You can use the library catalog to find books, periodical titles, videos, CD, DVDs etc on a topic. However, you will not find journal articles using the library catalog. You can find journal articles using article databases.
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"Structured", "filtered" and "reviewed" are terms that describe information found on:
- The World Wide Web
- Library web pages
- Both A & B
"Structured", "filtered", and "reviewed" are terms used to describe library web pages.
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Which of the following resources would be a good starting place to look for an overview of your topic?
- An encyclopedia
- Newspaper
- Scholarly journal
- A government publication
An encyclopedia is a good starting place to look for an overview of your topic.
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Which of the following is an example of a database?
- Amazon.com
- Academic Search Premier
- ND Catalog
- B & C
- All of the above
All of the above are examples of a database.
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All of the following statements are true except for one. Which statement is FALSE?
- A keyword search scans all words in a record, including the title, abstract, and author.
- Subject headings or descriptors describe the main topics of each article or book.
- A subject search reads only the subject field of a record, so you will get more precise search results.
- Searching by subject headings is strength of search engines like Google that library databases don't have.
