- Redskap - Quiz
Test your knowledge about tools for information searches!
1. What is metadata? a) Information about fishing b) Information about information. In, for example, a database or a library catalogue c) Instructions about how to use a PC d) A programming language
2. What information is not included in a library catalogue? a) Books b) Articles c) Encyclopaedias d) Journals
3. If you want to search for as much information as possible about Swedish Americans and their lives, which word-stem would be best suited for truncation? a) emigra* b) emigrant* c) em* d) emi*
4. What is the point of searching information through subject portals? a) The subject portals contain the most webpages of all the services b) It is free to search it c) The webpages are chosen, evaluated, structured and described d) It is quick to use these services
5. If you want to search for an organization that you know the name of, which search possibility would you use? a) Truncating b) Phrase search c) Boolean operator AND d) Boolean operator OR