Reference Materials
RADCAB 1
RADCAB 2
Boolean Operators
Oldies But Goodies
100
The definition of obsequious.
What is a dictionary?
100
Relevancy Appropriateness Detail Currency Authority Bias
What does RADCAB stand for?
100
The RADCAB category that is concerned with working links, the site map, and the amount of a topic that is covered.
What is Detail?
100
And, Or, Not.
What are Boolean Operators?
100
The correct shelf order for these books: 1- 043.9 SMI 2- 025.42 CHA 3- 050.01 BYE
What is 2,1,3?
200
Coupons for the sale this Saturday.
What is a newspaper?
200
The website that would be the most unbiased about hamburgers: U.S. National Institutes of Health McDonald’s
What is the U.S. National Institutes of Health?
200
Scroll all the way to the bottom to find this when investigating Currency.
What is the copyright date?
200
This happens when using the word "and" in an Internet search phrase. For example: "eclipse and lunar"
What is narrows the search by searching for both words or phrases?
200
Keywords for the following research question: Describe Peyton Manning's experiences playing in Super Bowls?
What are "Peyton Manning" and "Super Bowl?"
300
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
What is an almanac?
300
The RADCAB category that is concerned with the date the information is updated.
What is Currency?
300
The place to look on a website when investigating its Authority.
What is "About Us?"
300
What happens when two search terms are connected with the OR Boolean operator.
What is the search results increase ?
300
If you want a book about an author, (not BY an author), then you would do a ______________ search.
What is a Subject search?
400
Information about St. Patrick.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
The RADCAB category that you judge by imagining your teacher or parent standing over your shoulder while you read the website.
What is Appropriatenes?
400
The website that would have more authority on the safety of tanning in a tanning bed: www.celebritytan.com – A site with celebrity endorsements for tanning beds www.surgeongeneral.gov – Information from the U.S. Surgeon General on tanning beds
400
The inventor of Boolean Logic.
Who is George Boole?
400
What you need to do if you are not finding the resources or information you need for your assignment while doing Step 3 & 4.
What is return to Step 1?
500
What time the sun rose and set in 1943.
What is an almanac?
500
The most relevant website for a report on the former planet Pluto: www.NASA.gov www.friendsofmickeymouse.com
500
This category of RADCAB is the reason most teachers don't care for Wikipedia as a source for research. "Any old person can add to it."
What is Authority?
500
The operator you need to do an Internet search for Jazz while excluding results for Utah.
What is the minus sign?
500
The next step when you have selected a topic, read about that topic and decided to narrow your topic more.
What is select sources?