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IMD353: REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN

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Q 1. Who is Giosue Carducci? What was his date of birth and his death date?

Q 2. What is the name for the Medical Library of Potomac Hospital in Virginia, USA

and when was it founded?

Q 3. What was the outstanding comedy series that won the Emmy Award for 1998-

1999?

Q 4. When was the first issue of Bulletin of the Institute of Information Scientists

published?

Q 5. In what year was the integrated library software, VIRTUA being introduced?

Q 6. What is meant by blurker?

Q 7. Where can I get the article “clinical medical librarianship: a review of the

literature” written in 1985 and who is the writer?

Q 8. State two (2) objectives of coronary bypass surgery.

Q 9. What is meant by eponym?

Q 10. State one (1) synonym for facsimile.

Q 1. Who is Giosue Carducci? What was his date of

birth and his death date?

Answer:

Giosue Carducci is an Italian poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1906

Birth date: 27th July 1835

Death date: 16th February 1906

Source:

The New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol.2

15th Edition, 1992.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc

Q 2. What is the name for the Medical Library of

Potomac Hospital in Virginia, USA and when was it

founded?

Answers:

R.P. Immerman Memorial Library

Founded on 1972

Sources:

R.P. Immerman Memorial Library

http://www.sentara.com/Northern-Virginia/locations/sentara-northern-virginia-medical-

center/Pages/Library.aspx

Date of access: 10th February 2014

&

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center – Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Hospital

Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

Q 3. What was the outstanding comedy series that won

the Emmy Award for 1998-1999?

Answers:

1998 – Frasier

1999 Ally McBeal

Source:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series#1990s

Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

Q 4. When was the first issue of Bulletin of the Institute

of Information Scientists published?

Answers:

February 1979

Source:

Sage Journals: Journal of Information Science

http://jis.sagepub.com/

Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

Q 5. In what year was the integrated library software,

VIRTUA being introduced?

Answers:

1998

Source:

VTLS Historic Timeline

http://www.vtls.com/history

Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

Q 6. What is meant by blurker?

Answers:

One who reads many blogs but leaves no evidence, leave no comment.

Source:

Start Your Own Blogging Business

2nd Edition, 2010

California

Entrepreneur Press

Q 7. Where can I get the article “clinical medical

librarianship: a review of the literature” written in 1985

and who is the writer?

Answers:

Bulletin of the Medical Library AssociationVolume 73(1); January 1985

Page 21-28

Author: Kay Cimpl

Source:

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volume 73(1); January 1985

Publisher : Medical Library Association

Q 8. State two (2) objectives of coronary bypass surgery.

Answer:

-To relieve the pain of angina pectoris.

-Create newpath for arterial blood to flow from the aorta through the coronary arteries.

Source:

The New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol.3

15th Edition, 1992.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc

Q 9. What is meant by eponym?

Answers:

A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

Source:

Oxford Dictionaries

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/eponym

Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

Q 10. State one (1) synonym for facsimile.

Answer:

Something such as a ,amuscript or picture is an exact copy.

Example: Produced by a photographic process.

Source:

Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary

1st edition, 1995

Singapore

Federal Publications (S) Pte Ltd