COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION SET FOUR
Research Tools Tutorial Start Over
Name: ______________________________

This exercise requires you to use each of the various internet research tools you have learned about in IVY-072.  Some questions direct you to use a certain tool.  On other questions you may choose a tool with which to find the information.

Using EBSCOhost, search the MasterFILE Premier database using the keyword phrase “virtual library”. Find the fifth article on the results list.  Using the article and citation you find, answer questions 1-6.

1.     Who is (are) the authors?

2.     How many pages long is the article?

3.     What is the name of the journal or periodical?

4.     When was the article published?

5.     What are some other keywords you might use to find articles about this topic?

6.     What is the title of the article?

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7.     In what century was Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written? (Hint: Use an encyclopedia)

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8.   What is the URL for PBS Online?

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9.   What is the URL for the American Accounting Association? (Hint: You may use Program Links)

10.     What is the street address of this organization?

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11.     Who or what is King Lear?

Find the first journal article on the results list.  Using the article you find, answer questions 13-16.

12.     What is the title of the article?

13.     What is the title of the journal?

14.     Who is the author?

15.     What is the date the article was published?

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16.     Name four of the pieces of information you would need for the citation of a book if you found the book on ebrary and used it in a research paper.

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b.  ___________________________________________

c.   ___________________________________________

d.  ___________________________________________

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Using ebrary, do a search for books using the keyword phrase “personality type” and use the results to answer questions 18-21.

17.     How many eBooks were found in this search?

Find the second book on the results list.  Using the book you find, answer questions 18-20.

18.     What is the title of this book?

19.     Who is the author of this book?

20.     What are the names of the first three chapters in this book? (not including table of contents, preface, introduction, acknowledgements, etc.)

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09/27/2005