
Lecture 12.3 Searching Effectively in Databases
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What is the primary difference between searching in academic databases and using a general search engine like Google?
Academic databases require complete sentences for searches.
Academic databases require specific search terms and Boolean operators.
Academic databases provide less credible resources.
Academic databases are faster than Google.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
Which of the following is an example of using truncation in a database search?
Searching for "climate change"
Searching for "educat*"
Searching for "global warming"
Searching for "renewable energy"
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
How does using Boolean terms like "AND," "OR," and "NOT" affect your search results in a database?
They make the search results less relevant.
They help refine and narrow down search results.
They increase the number of irrelevant results.
They are not recognized by most databases.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
If you want to find articles that discuss both "renewable energy" and "climate change," which Boolean operator should you use?
OR
NOT
AND
WITH
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What is the purpose of using keywords instead of complete sentences in database searches?
Keywords are less effective than complete sentences.
Keywords help in retrieving more precise and relevant results.
Keywords are only used in Google searches.
Keywords are not recognized by databases.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
Which of the following search queries would likely yield the most specific results in an academic database?
"healthcare"
"healthcare AND policy"
"healthcare OR policy"
"healthcare NOT policy"
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What is the effect of using the Boolean operator "OR" in a search query?
It narrows the search to include only one term.
It broadens the search to include any of the terms.
It excludes certain terms from the search.
It has no effect on the search results.
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