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WorksheetsDiscover Discover
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Discover?
Information about Christopher Columbus
The Library Webpage
University of Sunderland's 'Google'
The Library Catalogue
What does Discover do?
Provides access to essays
Makes it easier to copy and paste from sources
Is a gateway to databases, reports and journals
Lists useful addresses
How do you search Discover? (more than one right answer here)
Put some words in and hope for the best
Identify key terms and write them down
Use Basic and Advanced Search
Use sliders to limit date and publication type
What is a search strategy? When you use Discover? (more than one right answer)
Making sure you look for the right book
Deciding the most important things to look for
Using 'AND,'OR','NOT'
Writing down the different ways that a search word can be expressed eg; Obese, Fat, Overweight etc
What is a boolean operator?
A piece of computer jargon
A logical way of organising a search for information
A satellite relay that forwards information for libraries
An artificial language like Klingon
Which of these is not a part of a boolean search query?
AND
NOT
PERHAPS
OR
Why is using boolean operators important?
You have to please them otherwise they get angry
It allows you to narrow down your search
It's not important at all
It prevents datastack overflow in databases
Discover can search all of the text in a document?
True - everything
True - but only if its a full text document
False - it only provides abstract summaries
False - you have to subscribe to the journal
Discover provides access directly to every journal it lists
Yes - everything
Sometimes - depends on publisher access rights
Sometimes it only lists an abstract
No - it only provides general information
I don't need to know how Discover works to be able to use it (more than one answer here) :-)
True - but you won't be able to make use of all its features
Remembering everything is hard I'd better book a 121 with the librarian
I just need a few sources for my essay
No one will notice
