Question 1. What is the best way to select a topic?

1. ask your friends for suggestions
2. think of something you find interesting
3. try to select something about which there is little information
4. avoid issues currently in the news

Question 2. The topic, 'effects of domestic abuse on children' is:

1. too broad
2. too narrow
3. manageable

Question 3. The topic, 'cancer', is:

1. too broad
2. too narrow
3. manageable

Question 4. Which keywords would find the most relevant results if you were researching gender discrimination referred to as "the glass ceiling against women in corporations"?

1. women, workplace
2. careers, women
3. women, discrimination
4. glass ceiling, business

Question 5. You are studying the issues related to the influence of television on the body image of young people. What combination of search terms will yield the most relevant results?

1.influence AND body image
2. television AND adolescent
3. (adolescent OR teenage) AND body image AND television

Question 6. You are researching material about binge drinking on college campuses. Which search terms would you use to get the most relevant results?

1.drinking AND college
2. binge drinking AND (college OR university) AND students
3. binge drinking AND campus
4. alcohol abuse AND students

Question 7. You are looking for information on developing economies in Africa but you are not certain about what form of the words to enter for your search. Which approach would give you the best results?

1. africa AND develop* AND econom*
2. africa AND developing AND economies
3. africa AND development AND econom*
4. develop* OR economy

Question 8. You are looking for information about the maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Which of the following is a primary source?

1. the film Titanic by James Cameron
2. Down with the Old Canoe: a Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster
3. the novel by Clive Cussler, Raise the Titanic!
4. Father Browne's Titanic Album: a Passenger's Photographs and Personal Memoir