Instructions  

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Database Search Strategy
Questions

  1. Which of the following is NOT an important concept for a database search? (Circle one.)

    Topic: The influence of birth order on academic achievement in adolescents

  2. Which of the following would you use in a Subject search? (Circle one.)

  3. Fill in the appropriate Boolean operators.

    Topic: How effective is pet therapy with the eldery?

    Search statement:

    (pet therapy ____animal assisted therapy) _____ (elderly _____ aged)

  4. Which command employs truncation to pick up any ending of the root counsel? (Circle one.)

    • (counseling or counselor or counselors)
    • counsel*
    • root=counsel
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