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Lecture 10: Using Online Databases, Part II:
Journal Article Databases
Quiz Questions

Note: Check ALL correct answers to each question. There may be more than one correct answer.

Question 1: Logically speaking, what should be the first feature you look for when you go into an electronic database for the first time?

  1. _____ Check to see if the database has search options (basic, advanced, other), because searching is what you are there to do.
  2. _____ Determine the customization options so that you can set up a profile (if available) before you begin searching..
  3. _____ Determine what options there are for printing, downloading or e-mailing results, so you know if you'll need to have a storage device to save your answers.
  4. _____ Find out how to link to full text of electronic documents from this database.
  5. _____ Locate the Help screens, because that's where you'll find answers to all of the above.

Question 2: In database searching, truncation means...?

  1. _____ Narrowing your search by truncating (cutting off( the answer set.
  2. _____ Searching multiple terms at one by searching for all the terms beginning with a sequence of letters.
  3. _____ Finding all the broader, narrower and related subject headings for your initial subject heading.
  4. _____ Restricting a search by publication type or publication date.

Question 3: Proximity searching is usually a more restrictive (more focused, narrower) version of which Boolean operator?

  1. _____ AND
  2. _____ OR
  3. _____ NOT
  4. _____ LIMIT.
  5. _____ NOR.
Question 4: Which of the following would be likely to have records for articles from trade publications?
  1. _____ PubMed.
  2. _____ Compendex.
  3. _____ BIOSIS.
  4. _____ Business Source Premier.
  5. _____ INSPEC.
Question 5: Rank the following in order of which would contain the oldest records (1 through 5, wher 1 is the oldest.)
  1. _____ Expanded Academic Index ASAP.
  2. _____ Compendex.
  3. _____ BIOSIS.
  4. _____ Biological Sciences Database.
  5. _____ INSPEC Archive.
Question 6: "Analysis" features in databases are useful for which of the following?
  1. _____ Identifying key subject headings to focus a search more tightly.
  2. _____ Identifying key subject headings that might be used as synonyms to broaden a search.
  3. _____ Finding out in which years your topic was most heavily researched.
  4. _____ Identifying key authors or institutions working in a particular field.
  5. _____ Locating articles on the chemical analysis of a particular compound.

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