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Search Questions for CPTE 100

Answer the following questions. If you get stuck, please re-read the search strategies to help you. The
SAU library website may help by providing access to paid databases. In some cases you will need to go to
a website and use the facilities of that site to help you get the answer.

For each question that you answer give:

a) The URL where you found the answer to the question.
b) A brief description of how you found the URL. e.g. I used the keywords “house” and
“white” in Google and the third hit gave me the answer.
c) The answer to the question.

1. This book was one of the 2015 National Book Award winners, but I can’t seem to remember the
full title. It was “Between the _____ and _____”. Who was the author of this book? (Hint: Use
the * operator.)
a)
b)
c)

2. What is the definition of the word “insouciant”? (Hint: Use the ‘define’ operator.)
a)
b)
c)
3. How many books with the words “human society” in their title does the McKee Library own?

Hint: Use the McKee Library Advanced Books and Media search. First, click the
magnifying glass here:

Then click “Advanced Search”

a)
b)
c)

4. Dr. Korson, who retired from his position as a professor in our Computing department, runs
horse boarding stables in Cleveland with his wife. What is the name of their boarding stables?
a)
b)
c)

5. On how many pages does the word “tornado” appear on their boarding stables website? (Hint:
Use the ‘site’ operator.)
a)
b)
c)

6. Convert 1 fathom to inches.

a)
b)
c)
7. Google Scholar ( http://scholar.google.com/ ) should be a big help to you for all those research
papers you’ll be writing. One of Southern’s most prolific scholars is the late Ray Hefferlin. Using
Google Scholar, how many results are returned if you search for “Ray Hefferlin”. Remember to
use the quotes.
a)
b)
c)

8. When is the next time the International Space Station will be visible in the night sky over
Chattanooga? Please give the exact date and time and where to look in the sky.
a)
b)
c)