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How to get better results when researching essays, reports and posters etc.
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Why use the advanced search box in Ebsco?
Allows you to search several relevant keywords at once
Allows you to retrieve more search results
Allows you to retrieve fewer search results
Allows you to search more sources
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Allows you to exclude a term from your search
WITHOUT
NOT
EXCEPT
YET
3
What are good ways to narrow your results?
Publication year, subject, popularity
Source type, publication year, subject
Source type, subject, cost
Subject, popularity, cost
4
What does Ebsco offer that Google doesn't?
Peer reviewed articles
Popular articles
Current articles
Intelligent articles
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What do limiters do in database searching?
Slow down the speed of search
Widen your search area
Restrict the number of search results
Let you search very specific types of information
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Which operator allows you to search 2 or more similar terms together?
YET
AND
NOT
OR
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What do Boolean Operators do?
Allow you to perform slower operations
Allow you to search for scientific sources
Allow you to combine keywords in a single search
Allow you to use non-English terms
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What do EBSCO's MarketLine reports offer?
Latest company share prices
Company annual reports
Company Profiles, SWOT Analyses, Industry Profiles
Locations of key markets internationally
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Which is not an indexed search term type?
Broader terms
Related terms
Narrower terms
Irrelevant terms
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What is NOT a common limiter for Ebsco searches?
format
subject
subscription cost
publication year
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Which statement is correct for Google single search box vs Ebsco search box?
They are the same
They are partially the same
They are not the same
They are sometimes the same
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What is the most useful action after searching?
Print
Cite
Export
Save
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What is another good way to narrow your results?
Search within an irrelevant publication
Search within a relevant publication
Search outwith a relevant publication
Search outwith an irrelevant publication
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What do good ACADEMIC search results have?
Popularity and ease of reading
Ease of reading and quick to find
Popularity and relevance
Relevance based on keywords used
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What do you use to search two or more terms together?
OR
NOT
AND
YET
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How does a good database search work?
It always works first time
Trial and error
Cross your fingers
Use the first article on your results list
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Which is the best way to narrow your results?
Search for social media blogs
Be specific, add another search term in new box e.g. blogs
Search for blogs instead
Search for social media AND blogs
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Which compound search term is best for Ebsco?
social PLUS media
social + media
social media
"social media"
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What feature can you use to research companies?
EBSCO Host Business section
EBSCO Host Company Profiles section
EBSCO Host Corporate section
EBSCO Host Commercial Information section
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What does NOT cause a problem in searching?
Search uses limiters
Search is too specific
Search is too broad
Search is too narrow
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What is a reasonable number of search results?
four million
four thousand
four hundred
forty
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What citation style do we use here?
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
MLA
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What tool is best for doing scholarly research?
Google
Ebsco
Chrome
The Evening Standard
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Which answer does NOT list a Boolean Operator?
AND
BUT
OR
NOT
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How can the subject terms index help?
It explains your subject better
It helps you pick the correct keywords to use
It gives definitions of search terms
It gives you extra search results
