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SIS 201

Introduction to International Political Economy

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Introduction
What is a database?
Searching databases effectively
Choosing keywords
Subject searching
Combining ideas
Searching for phrases
Truncation and wildcards
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Using your search results
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1. Which of the following is not a database?

a. a telephone book
 b. the UW Libraries Catalog
 c. a periodical index
 d. the internet

2. Most library databases can be searched by: (Check all that apply.)

a. author
 b. title
 c. keyword
 d. subject heading

3. Pick the best definition of the Internet from the following:

a. a large, organized collection of information
b. a worldwide database of information
a large network connecting many smaller networks

4. The best way to select subject headings on a topic is to:

a. Browse through magazines and journals
b. Use a database thesaurus or do a keyword search to find a relevant article and then look at the subject headings for the article
 c. Use Roget's thesaurus

5. If you enter the following: dog* Which of the following terms will be retrieved?

a. dog
 b. dogs
 c. dogging
 d. doom
 e. all of the above

6. Which of the following would help you narrow your search if you got too many hits? Choose all that apply.

a. Using an AND
 b. Using more precise terms
 c. Using subject headings instead of keywords
d. Consulting a thesaurus or index for narrower terms

7. Which of the following would help you broaden your search if you didn't get enough hits? Choose all that apply.

a. Using an OR with synonyms to broaden your search
 b. Consulting a thesaurus or index for more search terms
 c. Reducing the number of concepts
 d. Using more general terms
 e. Using truncation to get variations or alternate spellings of your term
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