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1. The database PsycArticles is an example of:

A multidisciplinary database that covers many different subjects
A book about psychologists
A database only for Psychology majors
A subject-specific database for Psychology articles

2. What is an academic discipline?

A consequence, like a failing grade, for plagiarizing
A subject area that can be studied or researched
A college degree
Another name for a professor

3. The subject-specific database you use for your research will depend on:

How many credits you’ve completed
The subject you are majoring in
The subject your research topic is about
The most popular subject discussed in your class

4. Why would you use a subject-specific database?

To find information that has been researched in a specific discipline
Because there are no books on specific disciplines
Because newspapers do not deal with specific disciplines
To figure out which discipline your research topic is about

5. To find out if the library has access to a specific article, you only need to know the title of the article.

Choose:

6. All scholarly articles you find using Google Scholar can be accessed in full-text for free from the publisher’s website.

Choose:

7. Although different databases will have different search screens, many similar search features and tools are available in every database.

Choose:

8. By doing the search in the example below, what kind of results will you get?

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All articles about feminism
Articles with the word feminism anywhere in the article
Articles from the Journal Feminism
Articles with the word feminism in the title of the article

9. To find all articles that contain the word "discrimination" and also all articles that contain the word "prejudice", which search should you do?

discrimination or prejudice
discrimination and prejudice
discrimination not prejudice
"discrimination prejudice"

10. In the example below, clicking the link for "Discrimination" will do what?

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Retrieve all articles that are tagged with the subject heading "Discrimination"
Retrieve all articles with the word "Discrimination" anywhere in the article
Retrieve all articles with the word "Discrimination" in the title
Retrieve a definition of the word "Discrimination"