1)
When evaluating a website as a potential source of information
it is important to consider its:
a) x and y
b) x and z
c) y and z
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
2)
Navigation links that bring the user directly to
subscription databases are found on the top page of the B.U.
Libraries’ site under
a) Services
b)Research Tools
c) How To
d) ask@bu.edu
e) Facts and Services
3)
You can get to the B.U. Libraries’ website:
a) provides broader terms.
b) provides narrower terms.
c) provides related terms.
d) contains "descriptors" or subject headings.
e) all of the above..
10)
The use of "and" as a boolean search operator always:
a) expands the retrieval.
b) narrows the retrieval.
c) limits the search to only one database.
d) eliminates all irrelevant documents.
e) is logically correct.
11)
A subscription database:
|
x- is a collection
of records which may be searched by author, subject, or
date |
y-
may only cover certain subjects, publications
or years of publication |
z-may
contain citations, abstracts and links to full-text articles. |
12)
The citation for a book and a journal article listed in a
bibliography have all of the following elements in common
except:
The next 3 questions will ask you to distinguish
between cited works.
| ____
Lipman, P. (2003). High stakes education: Inequality,
Globalization, and Urban School Reform. New York: Routledge.
|
13)
This citation is for:
|
_____ Sparks, D. (2004). Focusing staff development on
improving the learning of all students. In G. Cawelti
(Ed.), Handbook of research on improving student achievement.
Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service. |
14)
This citation is for:
|
_____ Mackey, M. (2003). Researching new forms of literacy,
Reading Research Quarterly, 38 (3), 403-407. |
15)
This citation is for:
16)
An abstract of a journal article can not be found in:
17)
Government documents may be indexed in all the following databases
except:
18)
Statistical data can be found in all the following
databases except:
19)
Newspaper articles are found in
20)
The following databases belong to the Wilson “family”
except:
21)
Subscription databases can be found in
22)
E-Resources are listed under
23)
Branch libraries include all of the following except:
24)
Patrons can find help in which of the following ways:
25)
An advanced search usually has the following characteristic(s):
26)
An advanced search usually allows the searcher to set limits
regarding:
27)
The search string “special education and mathematics”
will retrieve articles that are about:
28)
Usually all of the following are true about a search history
except
29)
A bibliography may be defined as:
30)
An abstract of an article is:
31)
A full-text article might not contain:
a) author information.
b) the name of the journal.
c) the date of publication.
d) the text of the article.
e) graphs and images.
a) a statistical compilation.
b) derived from, or about, an original work.
c) an original work, such as a transcript of a first-hand account.
d) a government document.
e) a formerly copyrighted work that has passed into the public
domain.
