Quiz 2B: Print Index Citations (General Science Index)

Examine this sample print index citation from "General Science Index":

Ataxia

See also Friedreich’s ataxia

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: case 27-1995 [A 29- month-old girl with worsening ataxia, nystagmus, and subsequent opsoclonus and myoclonus] E .C. Engle and E. T Hedley-Whyte. bibl il

N Engl J Med v333 p579-86 Ag 31 ’95

Use the information in the citation above to select the one best answer to each of the first 15 questions below. Review preceding sections for help in choosing the one most correct answer to each of the remaining questions. When you finish the quiz, click "Submit Answers" to send your answers.

  1. The subject heading of the article above is

    2. Your answer:
    Atavism
    Ataxia
    Friedreich's Ataxia
    E.C. Engle

  2. The title of the article is

    3. Your answer:
    E. C. Engle
    Friedreich's Ataxia
    Case record of the Massachusetts General Hospital: case 27-1995
    Ataxia

  3. An informational note for the article is

    4. Your answer:
    Med v333
    Ag 31 95
    Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: case 27-1995
    A 29 month old girl with worsening ataxia, nystagmus...

  4. Another informational note is

    5. Your answer:
    Ataxia
    Atavism
    bibl il
    Transgenic mice

  5. The author(s) of the article:

    6. Your answer:
    E.C. Engle
    Ataxia
    E.T. Hedley-Whyte
    E.C. Engle and E.T. Hedley-Whyte

  6. Is the article illustrated?

    7. Your answer:
    yes, but only on the middle page
    yes
    no, but it will be later
    no

  7. Does the article contain a bibiliography?

    8. Your answer:
    no
    yes
    no, but one will be added later
    yes, but only for two sources

  8. Does the article contain maps?

    9. Your answer:
    no, but one will be added later
    yes, but only for one city
    no
    yes

  9. The title of the periodical containing the article is

    10. Your answer:
    "Med v333" (Medical Veteran)
    "N Engl J Med" (New England Journal of Medicine)
    Case 27-1995 (Lancet Case Book)
    Ataxia (Journal of Ataxia News)

  10. The volume number of the periodical is

    11. Your answer:
    1995
    333
    579-86
    Ag 31 '95

  11. The page number for the article is

    12. Your answer:
    1995
    579-86
    333
    Ag 31 '95

  12. The date of the periodical is

    13. Your answer:
    April 27, 1995
    August 27, 1996
    August 31, 1995
    579-86

  13. A cross reference for the article is

    14. Your answer:
    libraries
    See Also Friedreich's Ataxia
    bibl il
    Maps

  14. "bibl" means

    15. Your answer:
    bibliography
    books listed by color
    bibelots
    biography

  15. "il" means

    16. Your answer:
    illustrious author
    international languages
    illustrations or illustrated
    an author was ill when writing the article

  16. An index tells you where to look for

    17. Your answer:
    libraries
    articles on specific subjects
    books listed by color
    addresses of printers

  17. General indexes have

    18. Your answer:
    articles on one subject area only
    3"X5" notecards
    books listed by color
    articles on many subject areas

  18. "Subject" indexes have

    19. Your answer:
    3"X5" notecards
    books on many subjects
    books listed by color
    articles on one subject area only

  19. "The SMC Library Periodical Holding List" tells you

    20. Your answer:
    which periodicals the SMC Library subscribes to
    colors of the periodicals
    names of the periodical publishers
    addresses of the periodical publishers

  20. Periodicals are

    21. Your answer:
    magazines
    journals
    newspapers
    all of the above

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