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1. What link would you click on the record to get a list of books on cosmology? Author: Dinwiddie, Robert Title: Universe Call Number: QB982 .U55 2005
Subject
Dinwiddie, Robert
Universe
QB982 .U55 2005

2. You are trying to find a copy of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Which of the following searches will work?
History, United States
History And United States-Keyword Search
A People's History of the United States

3. The UA Libraries’ Catalog will not provide what sort of information?
Which UA Libraries' own an item
Table of contents information for journals and magazines
Call numbers for books

4. It is not necessary to capitalize titles, authors' names, etc. Case does not matter.
True
False

5. When searching for a particular author in the libraries' catalog, which of the following do you enter?
Capitalize the first letter of the first and last names
Use punctuation marks
Include the person's status, such as Dr., Ms., etc

6. You want to search the UA libraries' catalog for books about publishing. The term has several forms, so you decide to truncate it. What would you type in the search box to retrieve all three of these: publisher, publishing, publish?
publish
publishin*
publish?
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