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| I. SHORT ANSWER (Questions
1- 6) |
| 1) |
What do we mean by the “scope” of an index?
(3 points)
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| 2) |
What are the 4 basic methods of searching bibliographic
databases? (4 points)
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| 3) |
Subject searching allows you to search a database under
an approved word or group of words known as what?
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| 4) |
According to the reading, what is one major drawback of
doing keyword searching?
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| 5) |
Bibliographic databases are composed of thousands of what?
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When doing a keyword search, you have the option of combining
keywords using what?
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II. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE
EXERCISE (Questions 7- 11) |
For this part of the exercise, you will be
using a general periodical index called the InfoTrac
OneFile. This database indexes millions of periodical
articles on a wide range of topics published from 1980 to
the present. In many cases, the citation is accompanied
by the full-text of the article.
CLICK
HERE to connect to the InfoTrac OneFile.
NOTE: To connect from off campus,
you have to input your Peninsula Library System card number.
If you do not have this card, they are available at the
Skyline Library Check-out desk after showing proper ID.
Complete the exercise below. |
| AUTHOR SEARCH (3 points) |
| 7) |
Stephen E. Ambrose is a highly respected historian who
has written extensively about World War II. Your history
teacher has told you to read a periodical article about
World War II written by Mr. Ambrose.
• Click on “Advanced Search.” (left blue
margin)
• Use the first pull-down menu inside the yellow
“advanced search” window and select “author”
as your search method.
• Type the name of the author in the text entry box.
• Click on “search.”
• From your results list, find an article by Ambrose
that discusses World War II. Click on the article title
(which is underlined) to display the full record.
• Highlight the bibliographic description
only – i.e. the periodical title, date, pagination,
article title, brief summary sometimes given in parenthesis,
and author. EXCLUDE the abstract and full-text.
• Copy and paste this information into the box below:
(3 points)
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| TITLE SEARCH (3 points) |
| 8) |
Your astronomy teacher has asked you to find and read
a 2002 journal article entitled “Black Holes Reveal
their Innermost Secrets.”
• Click on “Back to …. search”
in the left blue margin to go back to the advanced search
mode.
• Click on “start over” (left blue margin)
to erase your previous search statement and search history.
• Use the pull-down menu and select “title”
as your search method.
• Type the title of the article in the text entry
box.
• Click on “search.”
• Copy and paste the bibliographic description only
into the box below:
(3 points)
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| SUBJECT SEARCH (3 points) |
| 9) |
Your psychology instructor has asked you to find a recent
article about research being done on self-esteem. You check
with the librarian and learn that the exact subject heading
for this topic is “self-esteem – research.”
• Click on “Back to …. search”
in the left blue margin to go back to the advanced search
mode.
• Click on “start over” to erase your
previous search statement and search history.
• Use the pull-down menu and select “subject”
as your search method.
• Type “self-esteem research”
in the text entry box. (Do not type quotation marks.)
• Click on “search.”
• Find an article published within the last 2 years.
Display the full record.
• Click on “Links” in
the left blue margin. You’ll be brought to the subject
headings that describe your article. Make sure that “self-esteem
-- research” is one of the headings for your article.
• Click on the browser “back”
button to return to the top of the record.
• Copy and paste the bibliographic description for
your article into the box below:
(3 points)
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KEYWORD SEARCH (3 points) |
| 10) |
You’re doing research for a term paper on whether
or not the death penalty is applied in an unfair or discriminatory
way. You’re not sure what the subject heading would
be for this topic so you decide to do a keyword search.
In order to get precise results, you create a search statement
by combining the two main ideas of your research topic with
the logical operator AND.
(3 points)
• Click on “Back to …. search”
in the left blue margin to go back to the advanced search
mode.
• Click on “start over” to erase your
previous search statement and search history.
• “Keyword” is the default search method.
Do not change.
• Type “death penalty AND discrimination”
in the text entry box. (Do not type quotation marks.)
• Click on “search.”
• Find an article published within the last 2 years.
• Copy and paste the bibliographic description into
the box below:
(3 points)
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