Online Research Post-test

Complete the collocation in the following sentence.

A good place to start is by looking at a definition of your topic or your essay question and making a (a)   of any keywords.

Select the right words to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

You can often search by keyword in ...... ...... to find

older articles that might be relevant.

• back

• issues

• editions

• past

• previous

Type the right verb to complete the collocation which means to pay for or ask to receive (journals) regularly.

Many university libraries (a)   to online journals so that students can access them for free.

Type the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

Use those to do a web (a)   and start reading through the results.

Select the words to complete the collocation. Order is not important.

Many search engines have hints and tips pages which show you how to use them more efficiently and this can help you to ...... ...... ...... .

• your

• refine

• define

• search

• research

Select the right answer.

Useful online materials are...

• online resources

• online sources

• online journals

Complete the collocation with the right word.

Be sure you keep a (a)   of the source so you can reference it correctly in your work.

Type the right word to complete the collocation.

You need to (a)   information from websites critically.

Select the right words to complete the collocation in the following sentence. Order is not important.

And remember, once you’ve found information you want to use, don’t just ...... and ...... it into your essay!

• copy

• paste

• duplicate

• scan

• create

Type the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

Many search engines have (a)   and tips pages.