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1. Most material published on the Internet has not gone through the editorial process, therefore you should take special care in determining its quality and authenticity.
True
 False
2. Yahoo! is an example of a Web ____________ .
Search Engine
 Index
 Directory
 Catalog
3. Yahoo! is organized into subject categories which allow you to browse the directory similar to a print periodical index.
True
 False
4. One way to limit your search results in Yahoo! and AltaVista so that the results better reflect your topic is to use phrase searching. To search for words as a phrase you (Choose one):
put quotation marks around the words
 put question marks around the words
put asterisks around the words
5. Truncation searching allows you to locate words with variations in spelling and with different endings. To perform truncation searching in Yahoo! or AltaVista you use which symbol?
#
 *
 +
6. AltaVista uses computer programs called spiders or crawlers to automatically go out and copy data from Web servers and bring it back for indexing.
True
 False
7. If you do a search in AltaVista and get a very large number of results, you can use which of the following options to narrow your search? (Choose as many as apply)
phrase searching
 the Boolean NOT operator
 truncation
 the Boolean AND operator
 limiting by date of publication on the Internet
8. Electronic library catalogs and periodical indexes are different from Web search engines because: (Choose as many as apply)
they are more difficult to use
 they index material that has gone through an editorial and publishing process
 they include only material that has been selected by a librarian or indexer
 they can be searched by subject headings that have been assigned by a librarian or indexer
9. Many modern library catalogs allow you to search for books, videos, sound recordings, etc. by: (Choose as many as apply)
author
 title
 keywords
 subject headings
10. Some libraries are beginning to index Web sites on their library catalog just like they do books.
True
 False
11. The Minnesota State College and University system uses the PALS library catalog. The PALS system consists of more than 70libraries in the state of Minnesota. Other member libraries of PALS include: (Choose as many as apply)
many private college libraries
 the University of Minnesota
 state agency libraries
 special libraries
12. When you perform an author search in a library catalog you type the author's first name followed by the author's last name.
True
 False
13. PALS allows you to perform two types of title searches, e.g., Title Keyword, and Title Exact. When would you most likely use a Title Keyword search? (Choose as many as apply)
when you don't remember the exact title of the work
 when you are trying to locate a work on a specific subject
 when the title of the work is very long
14. When performing an exact title search you leave out the initial article of the title ("a," "an," or "the").
True
 False
15. When searching for information on a certain topic you can choose to search PALS using either keyword, subject keyword, or subject exact. Keyword searching is the broadest type of search you can do in PALS. When you request that PALS perform a keyword search, it searches which of the following fields: (Choose as many as apply)
author
 title
 note
 subject heading
 call number
16. If you choose to do an exact subject heading search in the PALS library catalog you need to know? (Choose one)
the Dewey classification number
 the exact Wilson subject heading
 the exact Library of Congress subject heading
17. In the PALS databases you perform a truncation search by using what symbol? (Choose one)
*
 #
 +
18. The PALS databases do not allow you to perform Boolean searches.
True
 False
19. The PALS General Magazine Database indexes over 1,500 periodicals, with a total of over 6.5 million individual articles. The General Magazine Database also provides you full text access to all the articles indexed.
True
 False
20. The PALS General Magazine Database informs you if your library owns a specific periodical. Which field in the database record informs you that your library owns or does not own a periodical? (Choose one)
the Library field
 the Location field
 the Citation field
21. The title of a periodical, its volume and issue number, and the date of publication appear in which field in the article record?
the Location field
 the Citation field
 the Title field
22. You know if the full text of a periodical is available online if: (Choose as many as apply)
there is an asterisk * next to the date in the results list
 the phrase "full text available" appears in the citation field
 a "view article" button appears at the top of the article record
23. The purpose of the article abstract is to summarize the main ideas of the article.
True
 False

 

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