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Quiz
Quiz
- Please define the following commands and give one search example
using each command.
FILE
SEARCH
EXPAND
DISPLAY
- What do the symbols ? and # mean in STN?
- Please define these proximity operators.
(W)
(A)
(2A)
(S)
(L)
- If you search the word "crystallography" in the CA File, where
is it looking in the file?
- Please enter the search strategy you would use to search for
your faculty advisor or a colleague:
- Please write the search strategy you would use to search for
information on one of your research topics.
Briefly describe research topic:
Search strategy:
- Assuming your research topic was L1, how would you limit your
search results to
- articles published since 1990
- articles published in English
- review papers
- What methods (other than time and language) might you use to increase/decrease the
number of articles found on your topic? Please list methods and search strategies
below.
- increase results
- decrease results
- Please state the strategy you would use to find articles on the preparation of
Taxol?
- Specify the file and search strategy you would use to search by molecular formula for
Methyl crotonate (CH3CHCHCO2CH3).
- Name two methods to reduce the cost of an online searching search?
