Vocab 9/22

Question 1

Synonym

Answer 1

Word/phrase that means exactly/nearly the same as another word/phrase

Question 2

String of characters

Answer 2

Letters, numbers, symbols used as search terms which the information tool matches to chew ate results list

Question 3

Record

Answer 3

For every item included in info tool, there’s a separate record. The record displays detailed information about the item

Question 4

Unit search term

Answer 4

Two or more words acting as one thing that we want to stay together in the results enclosed within quotation marks

Question 5

Word bank

Answer 5

List of individual words/short phrases that could be search terms for a specific topic

Question 6

Truncation

Answer 6

Adding a symbol to the end of a root word to search all possible endings

Question 7

Wildcard

Answer 7

Inserting a symbol within a word to search possible alternatives

Question 8

Boolean operators

Answer 8

AND, OR, NOT are examples, used to combine two or more separate search terms

Question 9

Nesting

Answer 9

Using () to group together synonyms or related terms. The computer will search these terms first

Question 10

Prepositions

Answer 10

Extra words in a search set that create phrases which distort the search results

Question 11

Natural language

Answer 11

Search sets that are constructed as we speak

Question 12

Acronym

Answer 12

Abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words; pronounced as a word

Question 13

False hints

Answer 13

Search results that aren’t on target with your information need, but appear in list based on how the search was constructed

Question 14

Multiple meanings of words

Answer 14

Homonyms and homographs(same spelling, different pronunciation and meaning) can lead to false hits

Question 15

Typographical errors

Answer 15

Typing a word wrong even when the correct spelling is known

Question 16

Punctuation

Answer 16

In formatting search sets, specific punctuation is used for specific purposes

Question 17

Field searching

Answer 17

Selecting the field/area within the record where the search terms should be located (author, title, call number, subject heading, etc)

Question 18

Call number

Answer 18

Shelf address of an item in library collection. In JCKL, can either be Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal Classification number

Question 19

Library of Congress Subject Heading

Answer 19

Controlled vocabulary designated by LC to identify broad topics within items in a library collection

Question 20

Keywords

Answer 20

Search terms that can appear anywhere in the record; they can be any word