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Answer & Explanation:1. Magazines, newspapers, and even scholarly journals are often available on the Internet. Why should you bother to search the databases available in your library when you could just do a Google search?A. Database searches through libraries often have direct links to the full text of the articles you find—less available through general Internet searches.B. All of the aboveC. Your library has selected reliable sources, while the Internet is open, so you’ll have to spend more time searching through worthless material.D. Many sources require payment or a subscription that your library may already have.2. There is almost an infinite amount of information available on the Internet,a. and it is easier to find good information there than through a library database.b. All of the abovec. so it is all you need to search when conducting college research.d. but you will need your library to access subscription-based journals and websites.3. When conducting research, a bibliography can help you find relevant sources—but what is a bibliography?a. a kind of dictionary available in the reference sectionb. a database you search onlinec. a list of sources published on a topic you can find in the back of scholarly books on the topic, on websites dedicated to the topic, or sometimes published as a book itself.d. a catalog of books.4. What sources are you most likely to find on a college library’s web

site?a. Film, art, or music filesb. Call numbers for print books and journalsc. Full-text articles and books onlined. All of the above 5. You should take care and caution before you use some sources in your college writing, such asa. unknown websites.b. Wikipedia.c. All of the aboved. trade books from commercial presses. 6. When conducting research, what are keywords?a. Terms listed in a library database entryb. Words you need to definec. Words that represent the main concepts in your topicd. All of the above 7. You should conduct your own fieldwork for a college research projecta. All of the aboveb. when you want to confirm facts found by previous researchers.c. when you want to impress your professor.d. when existing sources do not answer the research question.8. Using a simple web-based search engine like Google when conducting academic researcha.  will likely result in so many hits that you will have difficulty processing them all.b. may limit or confuse you due to the ways in which search engines order the returned hits.c. will require careful examination of sources for reliability.d. All of the above 9. Identifying reliable sources online requiresa. extensive knowledge of what’s available, so you need to consult an expert.b. an index or guide.c. critical thinking.d. a miracle.10. One of the most important tools at the library isa. the computer.b. the stacks.c. the librarian.d. the card catalog.