Name ________________________________________________________
I. Terminology/Concepts
Fill in the blanks. You do NOT need to run searches for any of these. (9 pts)
A. An organized collection of records is known as a
B. If you are using an OPAC to find a book by Gary Soto, which field would you search?
C. Define the purpose of phrase searching :
How about finding a book about the life of Gary Soto?
Provide an example:
D. Write a search statement that includes the phrase San Francisco earthquake but not the term fire.
E. Write a search statement that includes either the phrases public libraries or information centers.
F. List 2 possible keywords that a search engine might retrieve for “ pre*
”:
G. List 2 examples of stop words :
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II. Union Catalogs (9 pts)
Point your browser to WorldCat < www.worldcat.org
>.
Click the Advanced Search link underneath the search box. Enter haunted houses into the Keyword search box as a phrase search and run the search.
A. How many records come up for this search?
B.
In the left-hand column, limit your search to Book and then English . How many records come up for this search?
Next, limit your search to the year 2000 . How many records come up for this search?
C.
Now, sort the list by title and find a book that focuses on the states of
Washington and Oregon :
Title:
Author:
D. Who is the publisher for this book?
_____
E. How many pages long is this book?
F. List 2 subject headings :
1. _
2.
G. Identify 2 libraries in Washington that own this book:
1. _
2.
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III. Subject Directories (5 pts)
About.com
Point your browser to About.com < www.about.com
>.
A. Click the Browse Categories tab. Which link might you use to find information about raising children ?
B. Click on the link you wrote down in III.A
. Scroll down the screen. Under which sub-category is food allergies listed?
C.
Identify the
“guide” (person’s name)
for this topic:
D. Identify an online book written by this guide:
University:
Who maintains this Web site?
IV. Portals/Gateway Sites
A. The Digital Librarian (6 pts)
Point your browser to The Digital Librarian < www.digital-librarian.com
>.
1.
Title of Book:
E. At which university did the guide earn a master’s degree and in what subject ?
Master’s Degree:
2. Click on the Search Tools link and then Internet Subject Directories (in
See also ). List 2 subject directories listed under this link: a. b.
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3. Click on Best Information on the Net and then Hot Paper Topics . List
2 topics from this list. a. b.
4. In the left-hand column, click Resources by Major . Click Law and then
Federal Law . Which site allows you to actually listen to court debates ?
Title of Web Site:
URL:
B. IPL2: Information You Can Trust (10 pts)
Point your browser to the Internet Public Library (IPL2) < www.ipl2.org
>.
1. Click on Special Collections Created by ipl2 and then Pathfinders .
Name 2 major subject categories from this list:
2. c.
Under General Reference , click Finding Obituaries . Read up to the end of Finding the Name of a Newspaper . a. You can find all kinds of obituaries—especially older ones—on the Web. True or False ? b. Identify the name of a free index you can use to find the date and place of death of a person: death
Title:
URL:
You know someone who died recently within the past 30 days
Which site might you use to find a published obituary?
.
Title:
URL:
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3.
4.
Return to the ipl2 home page and click on
Identify 2 newspapers from a. b.
Newspapers & Magazines
Auckland, New Zealand (South Pacific)
.
:
Return to the Newspapers and Magazines page
< http://ipl2.org/div/news/index.html
> and click the Magazines tab.
Click the Computers & Internet category

Cyberculture .
Identify an Internet peer-reviewed journal on cyperbpunk and global information infrastructure topics:
5.
Title:
Publisher (Check the ):
List 2 subject headings for this record:
V. Search Engines
Yahoo (11 pts)
Point your browser to Yahoo with this link: <search.yahoo.com>.
Click More and then Advanced Search.
A. Notice the first 4 search boxes listed. Identify the Boolean operator that is being applied to your search terms:
1.
All of These Words – Boolean operator:
2.
Any of These Words – Boolean operator:
3.
None of These Words – Boolean operator:
B. List 2 top-level domains by which you can limit your search:
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C. Open the drop-down menu for File Format and list 2 formats by which you can limit your search in the Yahoo database:
D. In Yahoo, you can limit your results to specific languages. Name 2 languages :
E. What is the maximum number of results Yahoo can display per page after you run a search?
F. - Enter [ finding information ] into the exact phrase search box
- Limit your domain to educational sites in English and file format to
HTML files.
- Click on the site from the Berkeley domain entitled Finding Information on
the Internet .
- Click on Search Engines , read this page, and focus specifically on
How Do Search Engines Work?
What is the name of the computer robot programs search engines use to select, gather, and index content for their databases?
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