Quiz 4: Online Searching Basics

Review the preceding section(s). Then, select the one best answer to each of the following questions. When you finish the quiz, click "Submit Answers" to send your answers.

  1. The two types of searches usually available in web-based databases are

    2. Your answer:
    Internet and microfilm
    print and pamphlet
    subject and keyword
    subject and publisher

  2. A keyword search

    3. Your answer:
    is available only at SMC
    is better than a lockword search
    must have a subject and a verb
    allows researchers to customize a search

  3. Boolean operators are

    4. Your answer:
    AND, OR, NOT
    AND, MAYBE, PERHAPS
    BUT, ALSO, AND
    BUT, OR, Either

  4. Stopwords are words that

    5. Your answer:
    have more than 5 syllables
    begin with the letter "x"
    are unimportant for retrieving information
    have a meaning for a search

  5. Keywords are words that

    6. Your answer:
    contain abstracts
    have substance and meaning for a search
    have more than 5 syllabes
    begin with the letter "x"

  6. In a keyword search, the OR operator

    7. Your answer:
    broadens a search
    narrows a search
    usually has no effect on a search
    comes from SMC Library's OPAC

  7. In a keyword search, the AND operator

    8. Your answer:
    usually has no effect on a search
    broadens a search
    narrows a search
    comes from SMC Library's OPAC

  8. In a keyword search, the NOT operator

    9. Your answer:
    narrows a search
    usually has no effect on a search
    comes from SMC Library's OPAC
    broadens a search

  9. "Netscape Communicator" is

    10. Your answer:
    the University of California libraries' online catalog
    UCLA's online catalog
    A web browser
    SMC Library's online catalog

  10. ORION2 is

    11. Your answer:
    a World Wide Web browser
    the University of California libraries' combined catalog
    UCLA's online catalog
    SMC Library's online catalog

  11. MELVYL is

    12. Your answer:
    a World Wide Web browser
    SMC Library's online catalog
    the University of California libraries' combined catalog
    UCLA's online catalog

  12. An OPAC is a(n)

    13. Your answer:
    package of rules for editing papers
    Online Public Access Catalog
    oil cartel from the Middle East
    online package of articles from a database

  13. Students can find out UCLA library holdings via

    14. Your answer:
    MELVYL
    cable television
    "Biological Abstracts"
    "Reader's Guide"

  14. MELVYL searching will locate

    15. Your answer:
    books at SMC Library
    books and periodical articles at UCLA libraries
    books and periodical titles at UC libraries
    none of the above

  15. Boolean searching is named for

    16. Your answer:
    Governor Frank Booleang
    mathematician Henry Booley
    mathematician George Boole
    the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

  16. When searching MELVYL, you can

    17. Your answer:
    limit your search to Delaware public libraries only
    call on the telephone
    dial into the Bibliotheque Nationale
    limit your search to UCLA libraries only

  17. Microsoft "Internet Explorer" is

    18. Your answer:
    a life sciences index
    a union catalog
    an OPAC
    a web browser

  18. Alta Vista is a

    19. Your answer:
    California library network
    search engine
    web browser
    cable televison network

  19. SMC Library's catalog is

    20. Your answer:
    written on microfiche
    a microfilm catalog
    web-based
    found in the Administration building

  20. CD-ROM means

    21. Your answer:
    Certificate of Deposit, Roman
    Car and Driver Road Manual
    Compact Disc Ready Output Mechanism
    Compact Disc Read Only Memory

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