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Quiz: Constructing a search strategy

Select the best answer for each question.

1. What is a good way of starting to write an essay?

   1. Start work on a Research Plan
   2. Hope for inspiration to hit
   3. Put it off because you work well under pressure
   4. Go to one of those Internet sites that specialise in selling essays

   A is the correct answer. This is will ensure you cover all the bases, that you have analysed the question, understand what the question is asking, know what type of material you need and know where to look for relevant references.

    

2. The search Aboriginal and Indigenous will locate material on

   1. Aboriginal but nothing on Indigenous
   2. Only items that contain both terms
   3. Combine both terms into one big search so that either word is found
   4. Exclude both terms from your search

   B is the correct answer. The "and" Boolean operator means that both terms are found, so it will find items that contain Aboriginal as well as Indigenous.