LIBRARY SCIENCE 102 FINAL EXAM WITH SOLUTIONS #7
Database - correct answer collections of information organized so that the desired
information or data can be retrieved quickly
Fields - correct answer single piece of information within a record; (address, name,
telephone number)
Records - correct answer collection of related items of information treated as one unit
Library catalog - correct answer primary finding tool for the materials owned by a
particular library
Keyword searching - correct answer choosing the right words to search when searching
Boolean operators - correct answer used to connect search terms in ways that narrow
or broaden a search; and, not, or
Truncation/wildcards - correct answer symbols that can be used to truncate or add
wildcards to keyword searches
Nesting - correct answer grouping words together using parenthesis
Proximity operators - correct answer locate records in which the search terms are in
close proximity within the same record; same, with, near, adj
Primary source - correct answer serve as foundation material for a particular subject
area; result of someone doing primary research; (novel, poem, diary, interview,
newspaper report, letters, etc.)
Secondary source - correct answer interpret and analyze primary sources; (literary
critique, editorial, review, case study, etc.)
Popular source - correct answer online newspaper or magazine
Scholarly source - correct answer peer-reviewed journal
Plagiarism - correct answer the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published
or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; stealing
and passing of ideas and/or words of another as one's own; using a created production
without crediting the source; the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another
person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials
Classification system - correct answer three different types; library congress, dewey
decimal, and superintendent of documents; helps you find books
Database - correct answer collections of information organized so that the desired
information or data can be retrieved quickly
Fields - correct answer single piece of information within a record; (address, name,
telephone number)
Records - correct answer collection of related items of information treated as one unit
Library catalog - correct answer primary finding tool for the materials owned by a
particular library
Keyword searching - correct answer choosing the right words to search when searching
Boolean operators - correct answer used to connect search terms in ways that narrow
or broaden a search; and, not, or
Truncation/wildcards - correct answer symbols that can be used to truncate or add
wildcards to keyword searches
Nesting - correct answer grouping words together using parenthesis
Proximity operators - correct answer locate records in which the search terms are in
close proximity within the same record; same, with, near, adj
Primary source - correct answer serve as foundation material for a particular subject
area; result of someone doing primary research; (novel, poem, diary, interview,
newspaper report, letters, etc.)
Secondary source - correct answer interpret and analyze primary sources; (literary
critique, editorial, review, case study, etc.)
Popular source - correct answer online newspaper or magazine
Scholarly source - correct answer peer-reviewed journal
Plagiarism - correct answer the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published
or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; stealing
and passing of ideas and/or words of another as one's own; using a created production
without crediting the source; the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another
person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials
Classification system - correct answer three different types; library congress, dewey
decimal, and superintendent of documents; helps you find books
