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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

Mastery Tests

Using the Library and the Internet



1

In order to locate a book called A Walk in the Woods, what kind of search should you do?
A)Title search under A
B)Title search under W for Walk
C)Title search under W for Woods
D)Subject search under W for Walk
2

The best way to find more than one book about the same topic is to do a search by subject.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

To locate a book in the library stacks, you need to know its .
4

Periodicals include
A)books.
B)card files.
C)magazines.
D)all of the above.
Following is an entry from the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Answer the questions about the entry:

Health
Who'll Care for Dad? K. Springen. il Newsweek
   85–86 N 6, '00

5

What is the title of the article?
6

What is the name of the magazine?
7

On what pages of the magazine does the article appear?
8

What is the date of the issue in which the article appeared?
9

A good way to use the Internet to find books on a topic is to
A)visit an online bookstore and use its keyword search box.
B)visit an online bookstore and use its "Browse Subjects" box.
C)visit the Library of Congress website and use its search form.
D)do all of the above.
10

To narrow an Internet search to a reasonable number of enteries, use more than one keyword.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE