XuTutor: Defining the Question

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1.	Topic: What determines the number of Ohio high school students that go on to college? What are the main concepts in this question which you would search for in a database?
	a.		Issues, numbers, high school students
	b.		High school students, Ohio, College
	c.		Ohio, college students, issues
	d.		Issues, Ohio, college

2.	Topic: What safety issues are involved with rollerblading? You can only come up with a few articles. Your next step is to:
	a.		Use another term for rollerblading such as inline skating
	b.		Try another database
	c.		Check your spelling
	d.		All of the above

3.	In an Academic Search Premier keyword search for rollerblading, was rollerblading a subject heading in the first five articles?
	a.		Yes
	b.		No

4.	Topic: Are dot.com companies successful? In a Business Source Premier keyword search for dot.coms, was dot.coms a subject heading in the first five articles?
	a.		Yes
	b.		No

5.	Topic: What are the various kinds of PDAs available for purchase? In an Business Source Premier subject search for POCKET-computers, which keyword terms are used in the first five abstracts that you find?
	a.		Personal Digital Assistants
	b.		Wireless Devices
	c.		Handheld Computers
	d.		All of the above.

6.	Topic: What are the effects of inaccurate memories of past experiences on academic achievement? In searching the thesaurus of PsycINFO for "Early Memories", what is the broader term?
	a.		Early Experience
	b.		False Memory
	c.		Memory

7.	What is the best Related Term for your topic?
	a.		Early Experience
	b.		False Memory
	c.		Reminiscence

8.	Topic: What percentage of teens graduate from school? In a thesaurus search in ERIC, what is the best thesaurus suggestion for teens?
	a.		Teens
	b.		Adolescents
	c.		Teenagers
	d.		All of the above

9.	Use keywords when:
	a.		Your topic is well-established in literature
	b.		Your topic is new/ and or unusual
	c.		Your topic will give you a large amount of results

10.	Use subject or thesaurus terms when:
	a.		Your topic is new/and or unusual
	b.		Your topic will give you a small amount of results
	c.		Your topic is well established in literature

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XuTutor: Defining the Question