1. What set of criteria is the best for evaluating information on a web site?
A. currency, relevance, authority, purpose, credentials of webmaster
B. currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose
C. currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, credentials of webmaster
D. authority, relevance, and accuracy
2. Which of the following are effective strategies for choosing search terms?
A. Brainstorm synonyms, broader terms and narrower terms, and alternate spellings.
B. Check subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and bibliographies for ideas and concepts.
C. Search for terms in article databases by reading the abstracts of articles related to your topic.
D. All of the above.
3. The purpose of the Library of Congress Classification System is to arrange books and other materials in the library collection by:
A. Subject
B. Title
C. Author
D. Publication date
4. When searching in a database for information about the effects of television advertising on children, which Boolean operator would give you the most concise search results?
I. OR
II. NOT
III. AND
IV. NEAR
5. If you were searching for information on the impact of the Endangered Species Act in El Paso County, which of the following search strategies would yield the most concise results?
A. El Paso County AND Endangered Species Act
B. Endangered Species Act AND (Colorado Springs OR El Paso County)
C. wildlife conservation AND El Paso County AND impact
D. Endangered Species Act AND impact AND El Paso County
6. In the Kraemer Library Catalog, a KEYWORD search will look for words in which field of an item record?
A. any field in the item record
B. the abstract field only
C. the subject field only
D. the title field only
7. Which statement is false?
A. Article databases allow you to search by keyword.
B. Article databases often specialize in a specific subject area or discipline.
C. Article databases only index journal articles that the library subscribes to.
D. Article databases contain bibliographic citations and often include abstracts and/or full-text.