DomRev – Domain Names

Quiz on database searching?

1. Why would you use a periodical index?
to check your e-mail
to search the Internet
to find citations to articles on a topic
to search for materials available at Milner Library
2. In order to use the databases that Milner library subscribes to
you must be in the library.
you must be on campus.
you must either be in the library or have a valid ULID and password.
you will be required to pay an annual user fee.
3. Which of the following is NOT true when conducting a Google search
use the “+” to indicate that a term must be present
use the “-“ sign in front of a word to exclude it from the search
using upper case letters is important
putting the most important terms first in your search is recommended
4. You are writing a paper about the migration of Africanized honey bees to the United States and you have found the following article:
“Flight of the Killer Bees.” Newsweek, v. 117 no 9 (Nov. 14, 19940 p. 25.
Would this be considered a scholarly journal article?
Yes
No
5. Which of the following is a good use of the Internet?
To find articles in scholarly journals
To obtain information about other colleges
To search databases that index articles in many academic disciplines
To find books on your topic
6. Which statement about periodical indexes is NOT true?
Periodical indexes allow you to search for articles by subject.
Periodical indexes often specialize in a subject or type of material.
Periodical indexes only index items owned by the home library
Periodical indexes always contain citations and sometimes also include abstracts or full text.
7. Most of the indexes listed below would help you find information on recent events in Afghanistan. Which of these article indexes would NOT be a good choice to find this type of information?
New York Times Index (articles from the last 365 days of the New York Times)
BIOSIS Previews (articles in the life sciences literature)
Newpaper Source (provides selected articles for 143 U.S. and international newspapers.
LexisNexis (a full-text database service strong in law, business, and news.
8. To look up a journal, magazine, or newspaper in the Milner Catalog you would useTitle search
Journal title search
Keyword search
Subject heading search
9. How can you tell you are looking at a popular magazine?articles are written for the general public
articles are in-depth and often have a bibliography
issues have few, if any, advertisements
the credentials of the author are featured
only a and b.
10. Consider the following citation:

Canaan, Joyce. 1987. "A Comparative Analysis of American Suburban Middle Class, Middle School, and High School Teenage Culture." In George Spindler and Louise Spinler, eds., Interpretative Ethnography of Education: At Home and Abroad. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

This citation is for a

book
journal article
chapter in a book
doctoral dissertation
11. Use the Databases and Article Indexes section of the library web page when searching forbooks
citations to journal articles
government documents
recommended web sites
12. When looking for a book on a topic, a good strategy to use is to first do a Guided Keyword search and then select the subject terms that you might want to use.
True
False
13. Which item CANNOT be found using the Milner Catalog (which is located on Milner’s web site?books owned by Milner Library
journals owned by the library
journal articles
video recordings
14. Consider the following citation:

Corsaro, William. 1985. Friendship and Peer Culture in the Early Years. Norwood, N.J.: Abllex.

This citation is for a

book
journal article
chapter in a book
doctoral dissertation
15. You have this citation for an article:
Thomas, Susan Gregory. "Capitalists on Campus: Students with Computer Skills Cash In." U.S. News & World Report, 7 Sept 1998: 82.
What term would you search in the Milner Catalog to see if the library owned this article?
search the article title “Capitalists on Campus”
search the source title “U.S. News and World Report”
search the author “Susan Gregory Thomas”
Search the subject “college students and work”
16. Who publishes information on the Internet?Students
Faculty
Government agencies
Companies
Non-profit organizations
All of the above
17. When using Internet sites, the domain name tells you the type of organization sponsoring a page. It is a three-letter code that is part of the URL and proceeded by a "dot." Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
Even though a page comes from an educational institution (.edu), the institution does not necessarily endorse the views published by students or faculty members.
Federal and state government agencies use the Internet (.gov) to publish legislation, census information, weather data, tax forms and many other documents.
Nonprofit organizations (.org) use the Internet to promote their causes. These pag

Since many of the answers are specific to the school, check the study materials you were given. (No one here knows which databases the library subscribes to or where you have to be to access them.)

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