Information Literacy Lesson 3

What is the definition of a trademark ?

A legal process that covers symbols, a word or phrase and names used by a particular company to represent the company or a product

Bibliography Page

A list of sources and their publication names that helps your readers find the sources for themselves

In-text Citations

A reference to a work within the body of your paper

Paraphrasing

A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using ones own words

APA

American Psychological Association

Plagiarism

An act of stealing someones intellectual property and claiming it as ones own

Annotated Bibliography

An alphabetical list of sources arranged according to a citation style and followed by a summary of the content

Fair Use

An exemption to the copyright law under which an individual, in certain circumstances, is allowed to make a single copy of a periodical article or select portions of a book for personal study or research use, like for academic purposes

Intellectual Property

An idea, invention, or process that derives from the work of the mind or intellect

Copyright

Covers published and unpublished literary, scientific, and artistic works, provided that such works are in a tangible or material form

Trademark

Covers symbols, a word or words, and names used by a particular company to represent the company or a product

DOI

Digital Object Identifier

MLA

Modern Language Association

Patent

Protects inventions and processes and excludes others from trying to market, produce, and sell them for a period of time

Ethical

Relating to moral principles

Music Appreciation research projects will use the ____ style of citation a. MLA b. APA c. ABC d. CSE

a. MLA

APA style is generally used in which of the following majors, courses and programs at Penn Foster? a. Early Childhood education, veterinary science, and criminal justice b. Adobe, c++, and ruby on rails c. engineering, computer applications, and stenography d. green science, landscaping, and horticulture

a. early childhood education, veterinary science, and criminal justice

The AMA Style Guide is used for a. medical and veterinary disciplines b. chemistry related disciplines c. legal and paralegal disciplines d. humanities disciplines

a. medical and veterinary disciplines

Jameis is researching at his local library when he finds a perfect source to use in his paper. When he goes to check the book out, he learns that he has overdue library fees and therefore cant check out another book. Since he didnt have time to read the entire book and take notes, he decides to photocopy the entire book so he can take the copy home. is this allowed? a. no. fair use doesnt allow someone to copy an entire book or periodical b. yes. fair use allows someone to make up to 20 copies of entire books c. no. if jameis copies the book, he needs to leave the copy at the library d. yes. as long as he doesnt share the copy with anyone else, copying the book is allowed under fair use

a. no. fair use doesnt allow someone to copy an entire book or periodical

Organization when doing a research project helps you to a. quickly find a useful site again, cite your sources properly, and avoid plagiarism b. list magazines, list newspapers, and use websites c. use google, create an annotated bibliography, and set your fonts in a word processing program d. create projects, power points, and posters

a. quickly find a useful site again, cite your sources properly, and avoid plagiarism

Examples of plagiarism include a. sentences cut and pasted from a website without attribution b. a paraphrase followed by a page reference c. a quotation followed by a parenthetical citation d. footnotes that provide bibliographic information

a. sentences cut and pasted from a website without attribution

According to Penn Fosters Student Handbook, the Academic Dishonesty section defines cheating as any effort to a. collaborate with other students to assist you in the learning and writing process b. engage in inappropriate collaborative activity in which the work submitted to the school doesnt represent the work of the enrolled student c. contact your instructor or school staff in order to clarify your directions and limits of collaboration with fellow students d. contact a tutorial service provided by Penn Foster for additional academic assistance

b. engage in inappropriate collaborative activity in which the work submitted

Disciplinary actions for plagiarism at Penn Foster can range from a a. failing grade to a monetary penalty on a student account b. failing grade to expulsion c. failing grade to a letter to an employer d. failing grade to a criminal report

b. failing grade to expulsion

The correct term for the list of sources in APA format is a. bibliography b. references c. citations page d. works cited

b. references

Information that should be included on a note card to help you organize your research is a. bibliography generator, citation format, and type of summary b. fair use, patent, and citation format c. author, title, journal, date, and Web address d. type of summary, date, and bibliography generator

c. author, title, journal, date, and Web address

What is the correct definition of a paraphrase a. the authors words or ideas verbatim in quotation marks with a citation b. general knowledge that doesnt need to be cited c. borrowed information restated in your own words and sentence structure d. summarized version of a longer idea in a source

c. borrowed information restated in your own words and sentence structure

Which of the following sentences is true? a. patents protect symbols, a word or phrase, and names used by a particular company that represent the company or a product b. fair use permits an individual to make multiple copies of a periodical article for other people c. even if the information has been restated in your own words and sentence structure, you still need to use a citation d. Plagiarism doesnt include paraphrasing someone elses words without giving proper credit

c. even if the information has been restated in your own words and sentence structure, you still need to use a citation

A Google search of a cut and pasted sentence can reveal it is plagiarized in a matter of a. days b. hours c. seconds d. minutes

c. seconds

One form of plagiarism involves a. introducing a quotation with a signal phrase b. restating an authors ideas in your own words with a citation c. using an authors organization or sentence structure without citation d. referring to information that is common knowledge

c. using an authors organization or sentence structure without citation

When writing a research journal entry, its okay to not copy the information from your sources exactly as it is because you can always go find that later a. true b. sometimes c. maybe d. false

d. false-- copy exactly how it is

A research journal can help you keep notes a. on notecards arranged according to author b. for your bibliography arranged according to pages c. from multiple sources arranged according to the date they were accessed d. from a single source together with the required citation information

d. from a single source together with the required citation information

When citing, you must provide _____ to tell your readers exactly what information you borrowed from your sources a. your notecards b. your research journal c. a bibliography page d. in-text citations

d. in-text citations

Notecards help you when researching because the keep your a. citations in alphabetical order b. web pages organized by URLS c. quotations in parenthetical order d. research organized

d. research organized

Fair use applies to which of the following situations? a. the right to copy an entire book or periodical b. the right to make additional copies of an article for other people to use c. photographs, which cant be legally copied d. the right to copy select portions of a book for personal study or research use

d. the right to copy select portions of a book for personal study or research use