News-finding Habits

Pre-workshop survey. Please read each question and ALL the choices carefully before selecting an answer (or answers).
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A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. When you have an assignment that requires finding a news article related to a certain country, how long do you typically spend searching for the required article(s)?*
    10 minutes or less
    11 to 20 minutes
    21 to 30 minutes
    More than 30 minutes
    I don't search for articles; I have relevant articles sent to me automatically.


  1. When you start your search, which ONE of the following is typically your FIRST stop?*
    Google or another general web search engine like Yahoo!
    online newspaper web sites
    an online database to which MLWGS subscribes
    a search engine customized for finding news articles
    a search engine for the country on which I'm focusing


  1. Indicate ALL of the online sources you have used to search for news articles (for language class and other classes) so far this year.*
    Google or another general web search engine like Yahoo!
    online newspaper web sites
    an online database to which MLWGS subscribes
    a search engine customized for finding news articles
    a search engine for the country on which I'm focusing


  1. Which subscription databases facilitate finding foreign language news written in a foreign language. Mark ALL that qualify.*
    Gale PowerSearch
    Lexis Nexis Scholastic
    JSTOR
    Project MUSE


  1. What is the default time frame for most news search engines?*
    the past year
    the past six months
    the past three months
    the past 30 days
    the past 10 days


  1. What frustrates you about trying to find foreign language news?





Ms. DeGroat
Librarian
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Richmond, VA