Database Searching
Everything Else
100
Name two ways why using a reference source, like a database that contains encyclopedias, can be helpful to your research
Further readings and keywords common to the topic
100
Name one way you can use Wikipedia in your college research, and one way you should not use Wikipedia in your college research
Use for footnotes and key terms, do not use for citing the content
200
Name 3 features of the Access World News database that can help make your search results more specific.
Map (location search), Date, Publication Type, Source Type, Headline, Author, etc.
200
How can non-profit groups and government agencies be helpful to your research?
Organizations that have a vested interest in your topic and provide current information, publications, and statistics.
300
If you are searching for videos in Davidson Library WorldCat and are not finding many relevant results, what are 2 ways you can troubleshoot?
Broaden your keywords and/or change the search to Libraries Worldwide
300
Researchers in which subject area normally use APA style citations?
Social sciences
400
In library database searching, what are quotes used for?
Phrase-searching: finds words in the exact order in which they are searched
400
Which part of an APA citation is in parentheses?
The date
500
How should you truncate the word countries?
Countr* (count* is too early, and countri* is too late)
500
Which part of an APA citation is italicized?
The title of the main work (like a book title or journal title), not the article title.
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