Searching the Catalog, Database and Web
Review some search vocabulary to help you in your catalog, database, and web searches
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Topics of this game:
- an organized grouping of records
- include information that takes electricity to access. This could be a CD, DVD, or databases
- anything that is accessed via the internet. Includes e-books, articles in databases and other inform
- includes the Web, but also includes all of the communication capabilities such as twitter, email etc
- websites affiliated with an educational organization
- websites affiliated with governmental agencies
- websites that do commercial activities
- returns results that Google has identified as scholarly but may not be peer reviewed or complete
- often called an online catalog, OPAC and lists what the library owns
- the location of the book on the shelves (almost like the book's address)
- instructor approved; contains a wide variety of sources including ebooks, and online articles
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