Test what you have learned throughout this tutorial. Select an answer for each choice click on "Answer" and you will get immediate feedback.

1. From the topics listed below select the narrowest topic.

(a) Football
(b) Sports
(c) Dan Marino
(d) Baseball

2. From the topics listed below select the broadest topic.

(a) Science
(b) Biology
(c) Botany
(d) Vascular Plants

3. If you were asked to give an overview of developmental psychology which source do you feel would best answer your question?

(a) World Book
(b) Encyclopedia of Psychology
(c) The New York Times Almanac
(d) The Timetables of History

4. The Boolean operator AND is used to limit searches while the Boolean operator OR is used to expand searches.

(a) True
(b) False

5. If you were researching a topic you know nothing about, where would be a good place to start?

(a) General or Subject Encyclopedias
(b) Dictionary
(c) The Internet
(d) Periodicals

6. The Moody's database is an ideal source for:

(a) Articles on abortion
(b) Information on major companies
(c) Information on computer and communications products

7. Electronic books can be accessed through:

(a) netLibrary
(b) Library Catalog
(c) EBSCOhost
(d) DataPro

8. The Internet is not recommended as a primary research tool because:

(a) Much of the information is unverified and therefore suspect.
(b) Much of the information is biased.
(c) The Internet is poorly organized and conducting research on it is time consuming and inefficient.
(d) All of the above.

9. If you were researching a specific type of telephone system, which of the listed sources would be the best?

(a) EBSCOhost
(b) The Internet
(c) DataPro
(d) General and Subject Encyclopedias

10. Which search statement is likely to result in the fewest number of hits in EBSCOhost or ProQuest Databases?

(a) HIV OR AIDS
(b) HIV AND children