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1. Online library catalogs, electronic periodical indexes, and Internet search engines are all examples of databases.  True False   2. The largest unit of a database is?  a record a field a subfield   3. Databases search for information using only the specific field which you specify at the beginning of the search.  True False   4. The Internet is able to send information back and forth to different types of computers because of what software?  application software operating system software protocol software   5. The Internet is an example of a client/server model of computing. Client/server computer systems are characterized by which of the following?  server computers contain the information that client computers access server computers run special software that organizes and manages the information client computers are used by individuals to access the information on servers   6. The main software protocol that manages data on the Internet is?  HTTP TCP/IP FTP POP   7. The World Wide Web, Email, Newsgroups, and Telnet are all subsystems of the Internet.  True False   8. Most material published on the Internet has not gone through the editorial process, therefore you should take special care in determining its quality and authenticity.  True False   9. Yahoo! is an example of a Web?  search engine directory catalog   10. Yahoo! is organized into subject categories which allow you to browse similar to a print index. True False   11. One way to limit your search results in Web directories and search engines so that the results better reflect your topic is to use phrase searching. To search for words as a phrase you do what?  put question marks around the words put asterisks around the words put quotation marks around the words   12. Truncation, or wild card searching, allows you to locate words with variations in spelling and with different endings. To perform truncation searching in most Web Search Engines you use which one of the following symbols?  # (pound symbol) * (asterisk symbol) + (plus symbol) & (ampersand symbol)   13. Electronic library catalogs and periodical indexes are different from Web search engines because?  computers not humans do the cataloging and indexing of the information they catalog and index material that has gone through an editorial and publishing process they include only material that has been selected by a librarian or indexer they can be searched by subject headings that have been assigned by a librarian or indexer   14. Many modern library catalogs allow you to search for books, videos, sound recordings, etc., by which of the following?  author title keywords subject headings   15. Some libraries catalog Web sites on their library catalog just like they do books.  True False   16. Northern State University is a member of the SDLN library system. SDLN consists of more than 50 libraries in South Dakota. Other members of SDLN include?  private college and university libraries the University of Minnesota the South Dakota State Library special libraries   17. When you perform an author search in a library catalog you type the author's first name followed by the author's last name.  True False   18. SDLN allows you to perform two types of title searches, e.g., Title Keyword and Title Exact. When would you most likely use a Title Keyword search?  when you don't remember the exact title of a book when you are trying to locate a book on a specific subject when the title of the book is very long   19. When performing an exact title search you leave out the initial article of the title ("a," "an," or "the").  True False   20. When searching for information on a specific topic you can choose to search SDLN by keyword, subject keyword, or subject exact. Keyword searching is the broadest type of search that you can do in SDLN. When you request that SDLN perform a keyword search, it searches which of the following fields?  author title note call number subject heading   21. If you choose to do a subject heading exact search in the SDLN Library Catalog you must know?  the exact Dewey Decimal classification number the exact Wilson subject heading the exact Library of Congress subject heading   22. In the SDLN databases you perform a truncation search by using what symbol?  * (asterisk) + (plus sign) # (pound sign) & (ampersand)   23. The SDLN General Magazine Database informs you if your library owns a specific periodical. Which field in the database record informs you that you library does, or does not, own the periodical?  the Library field the Location field the Citation field   24. How do you know if the full text of a periodical article is available online in the SDLN General Magazine database?  there is an asterisk * next to the date in the results list the phrase "full text available" appears in the citation field a "View Article" button appears at the top of the article record   25. The purpose of the periodical article abstract is to summarize the main ideas of the article.  True False