2024 – 1 If you were researching telecommuting and its effect on productivity and your search using the search term

1. If you were researching telecommuting and its effect on productivity andyour search using the search term, telecommuting, produced too many irrelevant results, how might you change your search statement to cover the key concepts more thoroughly and find the most relevant search results?   
a) (telecommuting AND teleworking) AND (productivity OR output)  
b) (telecommuting AND teleworking) OR (productivity AND output) 
c) telecommuting OR (teleworking AND productivity) 
d) (telecommuting OR teleworking) AND (productivity OR output)

2. If you are doing research on technology and pharmaceuticals, the best database to consult would be:    
a) ABI/Inform 
b) Health Source: Consumer Edition 
c) BIOSIS Previews 
d) AgeLine

3. You find a well-designed Web site with a URL that ends in .com. The site supports your research on a controversial topic in finance. What is the most important step you should take?   
a) Verify the data found on the .com site in a library database that contains finance-related information. 
b) Try to find more reliable information on a .edu site. 
c) Confirm the author’s use of charts and graphs. 
d) none of the above

4. Your small business is the support unit for various learning software products sold by other vendors, and purchased by academic institutions. With the increasing popularity of these software solutions, growing your business requires reviewing current research and information on new products, product performance, and statistics on the market. What type of resource will best keep you up-to-date?   
a) trade journal 
b) scholarly review 
c) popular magazine 
d) Bureau of Labor and Statistics Web site