1. Lily is beginning her research about the potential effects of using light therapy to treat depression. Which strategy will be most effective to begin her search?

a) she should start searching using only 1 search term for each main concept of her topic.

b)she should start searching using only 1 term at a time.

c) she should start searching using terms she gathered while investigating her topic.

2. Jeffery wants to locate reliable academic information on the effects of global warming and ways to conserve energy. What is the most efficient and effective search strategy to identify subject terms for a database search?

a) He can look for common related subject terms in a dictionary, thesaurus or encyclopedia.

b) He can look for relevant articles in the results list from a database search and scan the subject terms.

c) He can use Google Scholar to retrieve relevant articles and find common related subject terms.

3. Why might you search an institutional repository?

a) to eliminate the need to search Google Scholar

b) to search your library's database sources

c) to locate open access sources published by scholars