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Unit C: Finding Specialty Information
TRUE/FALSE
1. Subject guides are relatively large, which is an advantage.
ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 56
2. A subject guide might provide its lists of topics arranged in multiple ways, such as listing topics
alphabetically, geographically, chronologically, or by the Dewey Decimal subject classification
system.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 56
3. You navigate or browse a subject guide primarily by 揹 rilling down.?
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 56
4. Most subject guides' engines still search only their hand-selected indexes.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 56
5. In a subject guide, if the path you drill down doesn't yield the results you need, navigate back and
try another path.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 58
6. Because distributed subject guides have many contributors working independently, each with
varying levels of expertise and resources, distributed subject guides tend to have an uneven quality
and a lack of standardization.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 58
7. Two tools that focus on the same narrow area are exactly alike.
ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 60
8. Specialized search engines are available for a wide variety of topics.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 68
9. Specialized search engines do not limit the web pages they search by subject.
ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 68
10. When you find a good reference sites, add them to your browser's Favorites or Bookmarks file for
easy access.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 70
11. Portals originated in the education sector.
ANS: F
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 72
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12. Portals or vortals are sometimes considered a type of specialized search engine.
ANS: T
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research 72
COMPLETION
1. A(n) ____________________ is a ranked order.
ANS: hierarchy
PTS: 1
REF: Internet Research