LEVEL 2 -- WORKSHEET

LEVEL 2 -- WORKSHEET

First Name and Last Name: ____________________________________________________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________

BOOKS

1a. Perform a keyword search in the UC Library Catalog to find books, conferences or reports on "maglev train."

How many items did you retrieve?  ____________________________

1b. Repeat the search in OhioLink and sort by date?

How many items did you retrieve? _____________________________

1c. On the OhioLINK results page for this search, find the title, "Superstructures : the World's Greatest Modern Structures."

Why do you think this UC title shows up in the OhioLINK results and not in the UC Catalog search results? _______________________________________

2a. Select the Computer and Applied Science Complete (CASC) database and run a search on "thrust reversers."

2b.For one citation you located on "thrust reversers," fill out the information requested below.

Author(s) of Article: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Title of Article:  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Title of Journal: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Volume number: _______________________________________________

Issue number: _________________________________________________

Date published: ________________________________________________

2c. Does the CEAS Library have this item either in print or electronically? ____________________________  Which format? ________________________________

3a.  Select the COMPENDEX database. Search in "Subject/Title/Abstract" to find an article or conference paper on "piezoelectric sensors and actuators." (Use this exact phrase.)

3b. Provide one Subject heading or Identifier that was assigned to this article. _____________________________________________

3c. What is the source of this article or paper? ____________________________________________________________________

(Note: The source is the journal or conference the article appears in. This is what the patron would look for to get this item.)

 

3d. Can you determine by using the "ArticleLinker" or "Findit" feature that UC has access to this article or conference paper? __________________________________________

3e. Were you able to retrieve the full-text of this item? ________________________

3f.  Describe two ways that COMPENDEX differs from the CASC database? _________________________________________________________________________

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jwc 12/19/11