RA RA Research Tools and Technology

Question 1

Which database is primarily used for searching biomedical and life sciences literature?

Accepted Answer

PubMed

Answer

JSTOR

Answer

ERIC

Answer

PsycINFO

Question 2

What does the acronym DOI stand for in research publishing?

Accepted Answer

Digital Object Identifier

Answer

Document of Interest

Answer

Database of Indexes

Answer

Directory of Information

Question 3

Which Boolean operator narrows a search by requiring all terms to appear in results?

Accepted Answer

AND

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OR

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NOT

Answer

NEAR

Question 4

Google Scholar is best described as what type of research tool?

Accepted Answer

A citation index and search engine

Answer

A peer-reviewed journal

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A statistical analysis program

Answer

A data repository

Question 5

What type of database aggregates content from multiple sources into a single searchable platform?

Accepted Answer

Aggregator database

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Primary database

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Tertiary database

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Subject database

Question 6

Which tool is commonly used by researchers to manage and organize citations?

Accepted Answer

EndNote

Answer

SPSS

Answer

ATLAS.ti

Answer

NVivo