Business Resources on the World Wide Web
Practice Quiz


review your skills

Reuters is a business news service updated around the clock.
True
False

National Public Radio often provides more in depth news coverage than commmercial radio.
True
False

Consult the Consumer Protection section of the California Attorney General's website.
For consumer information about local and national charities.
For information about auto "lemon laws".
Both answers above are correct.

According to the Librarians' Index to the Internet, Jobstar is
    "Absolutely the best place to begin a job search".
True
False

MedlinePlus:
Is compiled by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Contains a Medical Encyclopedia with pictures and diagrams.
Is an excellent source for information about drugs.
All of the above are correct.

You would like to read the complete text of a business periodical article. The website, however, only provides the first paragraph. You could:
Pay for a subscription to the online journal.
Go in person to a library that subscribes to the periodical.
Use De Anza's Ebscohost or Infotrac databases to locate the full text.

The FindLaw website contains a comprehensive collection of state and federal legal forms:
True.
False

Hoovers Online is a good starting point for finding information about a company.
True
False

The Librarians' Index to the Internet is one of your instructor's favorites because:
All of the websites indexed have been seen and evaluated by a human (not a robot).
It is the largest searching index on the web.
Website descriptions are written and maintained by librarians.

  Who publishes information on the Web?
Companies
Government agencies
Invidivuals
Universities
Organizations

Exactly, what is the Consumer Price Index?:
Try looking at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
Using Google, enter define: consumer price index in the white search box.
Both of the above are good choices.

URLs or addresses ending in .com, .edu,.gov, .mil, .org, or .net tell us:
.com means that the site is a commerical or business site.
.edu is an educational site, usually a college or university.
.gov is a U.S. governmental/non-military site.
.mil is a U.S. government military site.
.org is a U.S. non-profit organization
.net indicates networks, internet service providers, organizations.

You would like to find some current news about the fast food industry.
Job Hunters Bible
Yahoo! Industry News

The best place to look for investment information is on a company's web site.
True
False


contact your instructor, pauline yeckley
By email: yeckley@rocketmail.com
By telephone: 408/864-8303 - voicemail available, leave a message anytime.