Exam 1: Searching the Internet Effectively

If you get stuck in your research process, call or visit your local reference ____________________ because they are the information experts.

Your roommate has an assignment that will require finding online resources. He mentions that he isn't sure what to type into a search engine to start searching. You have more research experience and want to help so you stop your work to give him a few hints about identifying the right keywords to get started. Record the guidelines you share with him.

Internet search tools can be divided into four major categories: search engines, metasearch engines, specialized search engines, and social media search engines.

Search devices are tools that produce related keywords by using synonyms, plurals, misspellings, and other grammatical inflections.

The first step in an efficient research strategy is to define your ____________________.

The first step in translating a question into an effective search query is to identify the ____________________ that best describe the topic.

You get an email from a friend who is trying to finish an assignment. He can't remember the exact order of the elements in an MLA citation of a web page and needs you to reply with a format example. Record the format example you send him.

The ____________________ is an enormous repository of information stored on millions of computers all over the world.

Typical words that do not qualify as keywords are also known as ____.

"Fair use" allows students and researchers to copy or use parts of other people's work for educational purposes. Always give credit by ____________________ the source of the material you are using.

"Fair use" allows students and researchers to copy or use parts of other people's work for educational purposes.

The ____ exemption to copyright law generally allows students and researchers to use small parts of published works for educational purposes; however, as with any reference material, you must credit the source.

Search engines use programs called ____________________ to index the web.

You are a reporter for your college paper and are working in advance on some ideas for the weekly Internet column. You decide it would be useful for your readers if you wrote about the importance of creating a research strategy. You start by making notes on the points you want to cover. Record your notes about developing a research strategy.

No matter what your subject or which search tool you use, resources you find must be scanned .