AOMS Lesson - Search Strategies



For this lesson you will be using the Oregon School Library Information System tutorial on internet search strategies and then you will answer the questions on this page, then send your answers to Mrs. Kelsey!
TO GO TO THE OSLIS Search Strategies Tutorial:
  • READ these instructions before you start clicking
  • Open OSLIS homepage ...it will open in a NEW WINDOW you can close later!
  • Click on TUTORIALS under SECONDARY
  • Click on Search Strategies - it is the first tutorial listed.
  • Complete the tutorial including the "Check Your Knowledge" section
    - it may take you 1/2 hour, but you do not have to do it all at once; you may come back later to post your answers to Mrs. Kelsey.
  • Answer the questions below and post them to Mrs. Kelsey for CREDIT.
    **This is NOT a test - please go back and look in the tutorial if you are not sure of an answer**
Your Name:
Your Language Arts Teacher:
Period:
When you are done answering the questions, click on to have her correct them for you!


1. List 2 of the things you should do before you start any information search (There are several things you should do to show you know what you are really looking for - just describe 2 of them.)


2. Correct spelling doesn't matter at all when you do a search on a computer source.
TRUE FALSE
3. Which kind of search uses the subject headings assigned to an article by a Librarian or Cataloger?
SUBJECT SEARCH KEYWORD SEARCH
4. Which kind of search is fairly wide because it looks in a record's title, author, summary as well as subject?
SUBJECT SEARCH KEYWORD SEARCH
5.What pieces of punctuation do you put around a set of search terms when you want the computer to search for a phrase exactly as you wrote it in?
; Semicolons ;
" Quotation Marks "
( Parentheses )
* Asterisks *
6. You are looking for articles on music censorship. To limit your BOOLEAN search to articles that cover only your subject you will enter the search words:
music NOT censorship
music OR censorship
music AND censorship
I only want articles on music censorship
7. Why do you think you need to limit your search for bears (the animal) by typing in BEARS NOT FOOTBALL
EXTRA CREDIT
8. What is the name of the diagram that uses circles to demonstrate how a Boolean Search works? (feel free to go back and look in the Search Strategies tutorial!)

When you are done answering the questions, click on to have her correct it for you!