Catalogue quiz: test your knowledge

Look at each example from the Brock Library Catalogue and answer the questions below:

This is an example of a typical online catalogue screen search:

1. By using the truncation symbol "*" in this search (e.g., health promotion*) you will probably be broadening your search.

2. You choose the search button to execute your search.

3. If the search results are not what you expected, you can can safely assume that there just are not many books on your topic in the library.

4. Changing the search term from "promotion*" to "market*" might result in some good books on your topic.

5. Changing the search term from "health" to a more specific aspect of health like "nutrition" might be a good strategy to narrow your search.

6. If you want to do another keyword search, you simply click the subject search key.

7. When you want to do another keyword search, simply click the keyword button from this screen.