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| 1. Online library catalogs,
electronic periodical indexes, and Internet search engines are all examples
of databases.
2. The largest unit
of a database is?
3. Databases search
for information using only the specific field which you specify at the
beginning of the search.
4. The Internet is able
to send information back and forth to different types of computers because
of what software?
5. The Internet is an
example of a client/server model of computing. Client/server computer
systems are characterized by which of the following?
6. The main software
protocol that manages data on the Internet is?
7. The World Wide Web,
Email, Newsgroups, and Telnet are all subsystems of the Internet.
8. 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.
9. Yahoo! is an example
of a Web?
10. Yahoo! is organized
into subject categories which allow you to browse similar to a print
index.
11. One way to limit
your search results in Web directories and search engines so that the
results better reflect your topic is to use phrase searching. To search
for words as a phrase you do what?
12. Truncation, or wild
card searching, allows you to locate words with variations in spelling
and with different endings. To perform truncation searching in most
Web Search Engines you use which one of the following symbols?
13. Electronic library
catalogs and periodical indexes are different from Web search engines
because?
14. Many modern library
catalogs allow you to search for books, videos, sound recordings, etc.,
by which of the following?
15. Some libraries catalog
Web sites on their library catalog just like they do books.
16. The Minnesota State
College and University System is a member of the PALS library system.
The PALS system consists of more than 80 libraries in the state of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota. Other members of PALS include?
17. When you perform
an author search in a library catalog you type the author's first name
followed by the author's last name.
18. 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?
19. When performing
an exact title search you leave out the initial article of the title
("a," "an," or "the").
20. When searching for
information on a specific topic you can choose to search PALS by keyword,
subject keyword, or subject exact. Keyword searching is the broadest
type of search that you can do in PALS. When you request that PALS perform
a keyword search, it searches which of the following fields?
21. If you choose to
do a subject heading exact search in the PALS Library Catalog you must
know?
22. In the PALS databases
you perform a truncation search by using what symbol?
23. The PALS General
Magazine Database informs you if your library owns a specific periodical.
Which field in the database record informs you that you library does,
or does not, own the periodical?
24. How do you know
if the full text of a periodical article is available online in the
PALS General Magazine database?
25. The purpose of the
periodical article abstract is to summarize the main ideas of the article.
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