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1. Why would you want to use Article Databases & More?

A. To find a book that might be available online

B. To find journal articles or article abstracts

C. To electronically organize the results of your search

2. Why would you want to use the MEDLINEplus Drug Information Database?

A. To request a prescription from any campus department.

B. To learn about drug interactions and adverse reactions, or to find a drug monograph.

C. To learn how to become a pharmacist

3. If you are trying to find an article and only have an abbreviated journal name, you should:

A. Check PubMed’s Journal Browser to retrieve the full title.

B. Use the abbreviated title in UNC’s web catalog to retrieve the full title.

C. Do a Google search.

4. Why would you want to search MEDLINEplus?

A. It includes online tutorials to help you learn about health conditions and diagnostic procedures.

B. It provides health information in language that an average consumer can understand.

C. Both A and B

5. How can you access MEDLINEplus?

A. Only on campus

B. By going directly to the MEDLINEplus Website, or through the Health Sciences Library’s website.

C. Through any doctor’s office.

6. What is the difference between MEDLINE and MEDLINEplus?

A. MEDLINE provides links to journal articles. MEDLINEplus provides links to pamphlets and Web pages but not to journal articles.

B. MEDLINE is designed for healthcare providers. MEDLINEplus provides information in language that healthcare consumers can understand.

C. Both A and B.

7. True or False? PubMed is the best way for the average consumer to get free health information online.

A. True

B. False

8. In PubMed, the UNC logo that appears under certain citations indicates that:

A. The article was written by a UNC physician.

B. The logo is linked to the article. Click on the logo to view the article in full text.

C. Nothing. It is just an advertisement for UNC.

9. How can you access Article Databases & More?

A. Through the Health Sciences Library homepage only

B. By obtaining permission from a UNC systems librarian.

C. By using a direct URL, the HSL homepage, the main library homepage, or from home with connection to the proxy server.

10. You are searching the catalog for the journal Nature. If you search for this title using the keyword search option, you will:

A. receive all materials in the library catalog associated with the word "nature"

B. receive a listing for only the journal Nature

C. receive an error stating that the catalog needs more information to proceed

11. In the online catalog, you have set Search Type to Subject Heading and you search on Arthritis -- drug therapy. Is this a Library of Congress (LC) subject heading or a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH)?

Note: You will need to perform this search on your own to find the answer. Go to the online catalog.

A. LC

B. MeSH

C. none of the above

12. (Yes or no) You are looking for an article on fad diets in Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition. You enter the search phrase "fad diet" and then search. Do you find any articles in full text? (Go to Health Source to find out.)

A. yes

B. no

13. You've heard that grapefruit may affect the action of drugs. You decide to search Health Source. Which phrase would narrow your search to only the most relevant items?

A. grapefruit AND drugs

B. drug actions

C. grapefruit

14. You are looking through the Interactive Edition of the Merck Manual. You see an icon shaped like a camera. What does this icon mean?

A. Your picture may be taken if you click on the icon

B. An image relating to the subject matter is available

C. You need to have advanced image enhancing software installed on your machine before you can view the image

15. (True or False) Scanning through the section topics listed on the left side bar is a good way to browse through the Interactive Edition of the Merck Manual.

A. True

B. False

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