Library Databases and Catalogues

Question 1

What resource directs you to appropriate readings in your course?

Answer 1

The subject guide.

Question 2

What do quotation marks do in a database search?

Answer 2

Search for a phrase.

Question 3

What do truncation’s (*) do in a database search?

Answer 3

Searches for what you have put plus any suffix’s.

Question 4

What do wild cards (?) do in a database search?

Answer 4

Change that character to any character.

Question 5

What does AND do in a database search?

Answer 5

Looks for any resource with both variables.

Question 6

What does OR do in a database search?

Answer 6

Looks for any resource with either variable.

Question 7

What does NOT do in a database search?

Answer 7

Looks for any resource with the first variable that does not have the second variable.

Question 8

What should you look for when evaluating literature? (6)

Answer 8

Is it relevant? Is the author reputable? Is the article current? Is it reliable (peer reviewed)? Is it accurate? Is it objective?

Question 9

What was the first scientific journal?

Answer 9

Philosophical Transactions (1665).

Question 10

What are the two types of literature?

Answer 10

Primary and secondary.

Question 11

What are some examples of primary literature? (3)

Answer 11

Journals, Tech Reports and Theses

Question 12

What are some examples of secondary literature? (2)

Answer 12

Text books and hand books