The best place to start a search for a specialized database on your subject is often:
Answer: a virtual library, providing the good starting point for reference books, guideleine for subjects, and special databases.
a general search engine – is a place where an individual can search topic related information.
a news archive – is place where the documents are kept like historical documents, family records,
a commercial database – where the information are kept electronically.
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One problem with white pages services is:
| Answer: they sometimes have inaccurate information – inaccurate or incorrect listing of informaiton are listed in the white pages.
they generate spams – no spam have generated in the white pages.
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The following are characteristics of proprietary databases except :
Answer: they may be searched by a general wen search engine
| the characteristics of proprietary databases
1. used to download information easily.
2. they may include extra information unavailable elsewhere
3. they may provide training to users
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Which statement is true of specialized databases?
Answer: they are all availble on web for free
they all use same search syntax – false, no syntax is availble for search
they are also called subject guides – subject guide is different from specialized databases
they include information you often wouldn’t find on a search engine – false
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they may provide training to users
you can have your name removed from a listing – false. the name cannot be removed from the listing in white pages.
they allow users to obtain address for spam – true, block spam is provided in white pages
they have privacy policies that you should read before using them – true, before using the site the privacy policy should be read |
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