A nursing student could best explain an Internet search engine to ...

[Mr. Wonderful]

A nursing student could best explain an Internet search engine to a peer by saying it is most like
 
  a. a book or periodical index.
  b. a clinical contact with a patient.
  c. a videotape.
  d. the vertical file.

Question 2

When a nursing student needs a journal article from a periodical that is not available in the holdings of the learning resource center, the student should
 
  a. try to find a substitute article.
  b. request an interlibrary loan.
  c. go to the stacks and look again.
  d. check the vertical file.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Search engines periodically scan the Internet and index it. Search engines help find specific information, much as a book or periodical index can direct one's search. None of the other options provides an adequate comparison.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
If the learning resource center (LRC) does not subscribe to a particular journal, a student may obtain a copy of the article by requesting that the LRC obtain a copy of the article from a cooperating library that subscribes to the journal. A substitute article would not provide identical information. The remaining options would not be productive.

[Mr. Wonderful]

TYSM

[okolip]

Excellent