Oline Catalog and Databases

1. Can you identify the library website, OPAC, library database? (define)

Answer: -A library catalog is a database of all the materials a library owns or an organized, searchable list of records that identify, describe, and locate materials in one or
more library collections and each record includes information about the materials.

-OPAC are Online Public Access Catalog


-Database can be bibliographic or full text that inform you of the existence
of article, and you then pursue that article in the library's physical collection by using he library catalog, in the electronic collection by doing an E-journals search or procuring it via our webpage.


2. List 5 PDF files of articles you search from google
 
Answer: (1) IRAQ WAR ENDS
This special edition of The New York Times comes ..... fallen American soldiers will file thousands of civil lawsuits alleg- ing wrongful death. ...
nsm.uh.edu/~dgraur/niv/nytimesparody.pdf

(2) New York Times/CBS News-June 12-16,2009 N=895
All trends are from New York Times/CBS News polls unless otherwise noted. An asterisk indicates registered respondents only. ...
s3.amazonaws.com/nytdocs/docs/155/155.pdf

(3) Torture at Times: Waterboarding in the media
torture: The New York Times characterized it thus in 81.5% (44 of 54) of articles on .... http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2008_Top_100List.pdf ...
www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/.../papers/torture_at_times_hks_students.pdf

(4) OPTIMISM AND THE FUTURE-CBS News
1 Feb 2009 ... In July 2008, a CBS News/New York Times Poll found that 57% of. Americans approved of building more nuclear plants in order to ...
www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/SunMo_poll_0209.pdf -

(5) Report short form
2 May 2005 ... New York Times television and ourselves. It can be met most effectively if the effort is led by the newsroom, with support and advice from ...
www.nytco.com/pdf/siegal-report050205.pdf -

3. What is " an abstract"?
Answer: An abstract is a short summary of an article, book, or other publication.

4. What is "a full-text article" ?
 
Answer: In computerized databases, the complete article rather than just a citation or abstract. In LIAS databases, move from the record screen to the full text of an article by entering the command DIT. A full-text article in LIAS can be printed, sent to your email address, or saved to disk.

5. What is your search technique(s) when you're doing your homework or assignment?
 
Answer: My searching teniques are enter keywords as well as title, author, and subject
terms to search for materails, It will make my searching is easier and more flexible.