Prince George's Community College

 

Prince George's Community College

301 Largo Road
Largo, Maryland 20774

 

Using the Online Catalog:
Module 3 QUIZ

To check your understanding of the material in this module, click on the correct answer for each exercise.

1. You have identified several important words or concepts in your topic statement. Which search strategy would be best to use in the online catalog?

a. Author
b. Keyword and Boolean Keyword
c. Title
d. Subject

2. When searching for a particular author in the online catalog, you must do which of the following?

a. Capitalize the first letter of the first and last names
b. Use punctuation marks
c. Include the person's status, such as Dr., Ms., etc.
d. Enter the person's last name first and first name last or enter the last name first

3. When searching by Keyword in the online catalog, which symbol do you use to indicate an essential term?

a. *
b. ?
c. +
d ""

4. When searching by Boolean Keyword in the online catalog, it is necessary to:

a. put the operators AND, OR, NOT in upper case
b. put the operators AND, OR, NOT in lower case
c. disregard the case sensitivity of operators AND, OR, NOT

5. Which of the books with the following call numbers would be shelved last?:

a. HV 6431 .C37
b. HV 6431 .C65
c. HV 6431 .C6472
d. HV 6431 .C548



 



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