Exercises in Searching

Topic of search is "Energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this".

Main interest of the search for information is to find information about energy sources in Lithuania. What main energy plants are there and what influence for the environment they have.

Exercise 1: To broad search terms related with Energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise :

to think about synonymous and alternative terms
to think about spelling variations

When you've finished your search compare your result with ours.

Exercise 2: To find main information about energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise :

To find main information in field of interest in reference literature.

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Exercise 3: To find additional information about energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise :

To find information in local library and Union Catalogue of Lithuania.
To use UDC;
To use combining of UDC numbers;
To use headings of subject

When you've finished your search compare your result with ours.

Exercise 4: To use databases on CD-ROM for searching information about energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise:

To use databases on CD-ROM for searching;
to use Boolean AND operator;
to use Boolean OR operator
to display references

When you've finished your search compare your result with ours.

Exercise 5: To use search engine “AltaVista” for searching information about energy production in Lithuania and any environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise:

to use search engine “AltaVista” for searching;
to use keywords;
to use combination of words

When you've finished your search compare your result with ours.

Exercise 6: to search information about energy production in Lithuania and environmental problems associated with this in the DB Northern Light Publication

Purpose of the exercise:

to use Boolean AND operator;
to use keywords;
to use truncation.

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Exercise 7: To search using meta engine Metacrawler about energy production in Lithuania and environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise:

to use Boolean AND operator;
to use Lithuanian keywords;
to use truncation.

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Exercise 8: To search using DB "UMI proquest digital" about energy production in Lithuania and environmental problems associated with this.

Purpose of the exercise:

to use Boolean AND operator;
to use keywords;
to use truncation.

When you've finished your search compare your result with ours.

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