Lib 160 Week 1

For the items below, indicate whether the description fits controlled vocab or natural language searches. Whole sentences can be used Uses pre-defined terms Uses everyday language More likely to yield relevant results

1. Natural language 2. Controlled vocab Natural language Controlled vocab

Chapter 1 discusses the difference between quick information searches and research. For each example below, match the description to the correct choice. Looking for current stock market prices Using a database to find historic crop records Reading the local newspaper for this week's weather Analyzing a chapter of a book on Historically Black Colleges

1. Quick information seeking 2. Researching 3. Quick information seeking 4. Researching

To find information on the positive and negative effects of video games on children, which one of the choices below could best be used as search terms for finding information on the topic?

Children and video games and effects

You want to find out if there are horse diseases that can now be cured or prevented with good veterinary care. Since this is a complex topic, you want to break it down into its main concepts to help identify keywords that could help you search, as described in Chapter 1. Which of the following are your three best choices for this topic:

Diseases (or infectious, virus, illness) Horses (or equines, foals, etc ) Cures (or prevention, treatment, medication, vaccines)

What does the "peer" refer to in "peer reviewed article" as defined in Chapter 1?

Experts in the same subject as the author critiqued the article.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is an important service offered by research libraries. For each of the following, indicate whether the statement about Interlibrary Loan is true or false: ILL allows you to borrow items from other libraries for a fee ILL is an example of libraries working together to keep costs down The ILL service can be used by ISU undergrad students ILL materials are open access for use worldwide

False True True False

As described in Chapter 1, which ONE of the following best characterizes what is meant by "scholarly information"?

Information content produced in and for academic settings

Scenario: You need information about the environmental effects of solar energy. You know some things, but need current information about the subject. According to Chapter 1, which one of the following is your best option for finding up-to-date news?

Newspaper articles, magazines, and websites

You are researching the history of Iowa just after becoming a state in 1846. One of the information sources you have found on this is a history book written in 1908. Is this source primary or secondary, and why?

Secondary because the source is based on earlier sources and analyzes how Iowa became a state.

Chapter 1 discusses primary and secondary sources. Why might you want to use secondary sources for a project or paper?

Secondary sources may provide useful analyses of your topic

Scenario: You and your roommate both need to find scholarly materials for a paper on the topic of teaching young children about basic human values. You've been told to use a scholarly article index. Your roommate uses the following search terms: teaching young children about basic human values but gets poor results, including some items that don't look relevant. According to Chapter 1, what would be the best next step to ensure that you both get more relevant results?

Simplify your search terms to search only key concepts

You need to find certain types of information for a class assignment. Where would you look for each of the different types of information listed below? Look for background information in Look for statistical information in Look for subject-focused information in Look for news and general information in

books and encyclopedias government sources journal articles newspaper articles

Identify three common features of scholarly information, as described in Chapter 1:

has gone through peer review includes footnotes and references qualifications of author included

Chapter 1 discusses primary and secondary sources. Why might you want to use primary sources for a project or paper?

it may be useful to document a historic event with perspectives from that time

Knowing when the event you're researching happened is important because it helps you ...

to know how much information and what types of information may be available

You are researching an election that took place in another country last week. Based on what you have learned about the flow of information, which of these types of information sources can you expect to find about this? photos or films from the event books describing the impact of the event scholarly articles analyzing the event news reports made about the event

yes no no yes