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I. Evaluation

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II.  Quiz

1.  The search screen you see when you first open the National Newspaper database is called:

A.  Advanced search
B.  Basic search

2.  An abstract is:

A.  The full text of the article
B.  A short summary of the article

3.  You can use National Newspapers from either on-campus or off-campus locations.

A.  Yes 

B.  No

4.  To limit your search to The Washington Post only, you need to use the 

 database option publication title:

           A.  Yes

           B.  No

5.  To limit your search to full text articles only, you need to select the following option:

A.  Publication title

B.  Look for terms in:

C.  Show results with full text availability only

  

6. Suppose you are working on a paper about the effects of violence on television and in the movies.   The BEST keywords to start with would be:

A.  effects, media, television  C..  society, guns, television

B.  violence, television, movies,

           effects

 D.  causes, effects, violent

             movies

7.  You found the following article when you did your search.  It sounds good.  Will it be available full text in the database?

No, I'm Not Talking to You; Lisa Guernsey; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; Jun 8, 2000; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. G.1  Full text Full text

A.  Yes 

B.  No

8. You want to find articles on community colleges. You started with a search on community colleges, but now you want to restrict your search to Maryland. Which of the following approaches would locate fewer articles, but still include all of the items that you want to find?

  A.  community colleges AND Maryland
  B.  community colleges OR Maryland
  C.  community colleges NOT Maryland

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