Module 5 focused on citation searching, which is a tool to enhance the quality of the literature search. The following quiz is intended to help review and refine what you have learned in this module. Each answer choice will provide you with further information to clarify the lesson. Please turn off any popup blockers before taking the quiz.

1. Web of Knowledge allows authors to:

1. Submit their citations

2. Check to see how many times their articles were cited and by whom

3. Obtain citation information from authors in the same field


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2. It is possible to do a cited reference search by using a specific author, journal title, or year of publication.

1. True

2. False


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3. When looking through Journal Citation Reports you can view:

1. All journals

2. A specific journal

3. Subject specific journals

4. Area specific journals

5. All of the above


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4. Journal Citation Reports Subject Category searches CAN NOT help you:

1. See the journals you’re cited in

2. Compare impact factors within a field

3. Peruse possible journals for submission of your well-written article

4. Determine how a journal is ranked in a given field.


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