Appendix 5A

and 5B Bibliographic Database Searchers and Advanced Searches

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

1. All of the following are popular bibliographic databases used by business researchers except _____. 
 

A. ABI/Infor
m
B. Business Source
C.  InfoTrac
D. Dow Jones Interactive
E.  Lexis-Nexis
 
2. The _____ describes the function of every government agency and is useful for identifying key personnel
and agency contacts, including those at the local and regional levels. 
 

A. ABI/Infor
m
B. Congressional Directory
C.  U.S. Government Manual
D. J.D. Power
E.  Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
 
3. Which source of information listed below lists members of congress and congressional committees as well
as key personnel throughout the U.S. government? 
 

A. ABI/Infor
m
B. Congressional Directory
C.  U.S. Government Manual
D. J.D. Power
E.  Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
 
4. Which database listed below provides the texts of laws as they are passed? 
 

A. Public Laws
B. U.S. Code
C.  Federal Register
D. Congressional Bills
E.  Congressional Directory
 

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5. Which of the following is not a source for finding government statistics? 
 

A. Statistical Abstract of the United States

B. U.S. Code
C.  FedStats
D. U.S. Bureau of the Census
E.  All of the above are sources for government statistics
 
6. Boolean operators enable a search to _____. 
 

A. combine terms or sets of terms

B. identify which source fits the search term the best
C.  identify the most current source
D. eliminate sources that lack credibility
E.  include encyclopedia listings
 
7. All of the following are basic Boolean operators except _____. 
 

A. or
B. and
C.  not
D. adj
E.  but
 
8. An inter library loan is: 
 

A. A financial arrangement between libraries, from a common source of finance.

B. An arrangement between libraries to cooperate on the sharing of costs relating to electronic databases.
C.  An arrangement to obtain hardcopy material from other libraries, if the lending library does not have it.
D. A financial facility to enable students to buy discarded library books.
 
9. A URL is? 
 

A. Unique Remote Location where a data mart is located

B. An unauthorized Internet user
C.  Internet address where a document, database, or image is located
D. Internet dedicated client server station
 
10. The search engine consists of? 
 

A. A set of linked documents.

B. A set of computerized databases.
C.  An Internet "crawler" and the "indexer" to prepare searchable indexes.
D. All of the above.
 

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11. You have learned that there is a magazine published under the title, Journal of Accounting Research. You
go to your library and find they do not have it. Which of the following would be most helpful to you in this
situation? 
 

A. Ayer's Directory of Publications

B. Coman's Sources of Business Information
C.  Union List of Serials
D. Library of Congress Subject Catalog
 
12. One of the disadvantages of computerized searches is 
 

A. A computer search can combine subject items in different ways than is possible using a manual search.
B. Computerized databases do not contain references to the most recent published periodicals.
C.  Computers are hard for most people to use.
D. Computerized searches will find sources that contain the key words but each source may not be related to
the subject of interest.
 

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Answer Key
 
 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

1. All of the following are popular bibliographic databases used by business researchers except _____. 
 

A.  ABI/Infor
m
B.  Business Source
C.  InfoTrac
D.  Dow Jones Interactive
E.  Lexis-Nexis
 
Level: Moderate
 
2. The _____ describes the function of every government agency and is useful for identifying key personnel
and agency contacts, including those at the local and regional levels. 
 

A.  ABI/Infor
m
B.  Congressional Directory
C.  U.S. Government Manual
D.  J.D. Power
E.  Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
 
Level: Difficult
 
3. Which source of information listed below lists members of congress and congressional committees as
well as key personnel throughout the U.S. government? 
 

A.  ABI/Infor
m
B.  Congressional Directory
C.  U.S. Government Manual
D.  J.D. Power
E.  Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
 
Level: Moderate
 

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4. Which database listed below provides the texts of laws as they are passed? 
 

A.  Public Laws

B.  U.S. Code
C.  Federal Register
D.  Congressional Bills
E.  Congressional Directory
 
Level: Easy
 
5. Which of the following is not a source for finding government statistics? 
 

A.  Statistical Abstract of the United States

B.  U.S. Code
C.  FedStats
D.  U.S. Bureau of the Census
E.  All of the above are sources for government statistics
 
Level: Moderate
 
6. Boolean operators enable a search to _____. 
 

A.  combine terms or sets of terms

B.  identify which source fits the search term the best
C.  identify the most current source
D.  eliminate sources that lack credibility
E.  include encyclopedia listings
 
Level: Moderate
 
7. All of the following are basic Boolean operators except _____. 
 

A.  or
B.  and
C.  not
D.  adj
E.  but
 
Level: Moderate
 

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8. An inter library loan is: 
 

A.  A financial arrangement between libraries, from a common source of finance.

B.  An arrangement between libraries to cooperate on the sharing of costs relating to electronic
databases.
C.  An arrangement to obtain hardcopy material from other libraries, if the lending library does not have
it.
D.  A financial facility to enable students to buy discarded library books.
 
Level: Easy
 
9. A URL is? 
 

A.  Unique Remote Location where a data mart is located

B.  An unauthorized Internet user
C.  Internet address where a document, database, or image is located
D.  Internet dedicated client server station
 
Level: Easy
 
10. The search engine consists of? 
 

A.  A set of linked documents.

B.  A set of computerized databases.
C.  An Internet "crawler" and the "indexer" to prepare searchable indexes.
D.  All of the above.
 
Level: Easy
 
11. You have learned that there is a magazine published under the title, Journal of Accounting Research.
You go to your library and find they do not have it. Which of the following would be most helpful to you
in this situation? 
 

A.  Ayer's Directory of Publications

B.  Coman's Sources of Business Information
C.  Union List of Serials
D.  Library of Congress Subject Catalog
 
Level: Easy
 
12. One of the disadvantages of computerized searches is 
 

A.  A computer search can combine subject items in different ways than is possible using a manual
search.
B.  Computerized databases do not contain references to the most recent published periodicals.
C.  Computers are hard for most people to use.
D.  Computerized searches will find sources that contain the key words but each source may not be
related to the subject of interest.
 
Level: Easy
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