library research skills quiz #1

in researching steroid use, you look up your topic on the web and find an article in a personal blog that claims the use of steroids by high school girls increased from 1.2 percent in 1991 to 5.3 percent in 2003. your next best step: a. write down the information so you can cite this source in your paper. b. verify the statistic in another source, such as a reference book or journal article. c. see if you can find another blog that has the same information.

verify the statistic in another source, such as a reference book or journal article..

for a 2-minute speech, which of the following topics is the most manageable? a. what are the causes of global warming? b. what are steps individuals can take to reduce carbon emissions? c. how should we determine federal responsibility for setting emissions standards? d. how has the kyoto protocol made a difference in combating global warming?

what are steps individuals can take to reduce carbon emissions?

identify the best resource: up-to-the-minute election results (choose two.) select one or more: a. world wide web. b. broadcast media. c. newspaper. d. popular magazine. e. scholarly journal. f. book. g. subject encyclopedia.

world wide web and broadcast media.

identify the best resource: most recent data on vehicle emissions from the environmental protection agency (epa) (choose one): a. world wide web. b. broadcast media. c. newspaper. d. popular magazine. e. scholarly journal. f. book. g. subject encyclopedia.

world wide web.

which of the following describes the "deep web"?: a. web sites that have more than 100 pages to view. b. information available on the internet but not searchable by a web search engine like google. c. articles in free online encyclopedias, like wikipedia.com.

information available on the internet but not searchable by a web search engine like google.

you are looking for a book on how understanding child psychology can help parents. you search the library's book catalog for the terms child psychology and get back 549 titles. what's the best thing to do next? a. pick a title from the first screen. b. add another term to make the search more specific. c. change the search to psychology child.

add another term to make the search more specific.

which of the following are effective strategies for choosing search terms? (choose all that apply.) a. write out your topic in a few sentences and highlight the main terms and phrases. b. brainstorm related keywords, phrases, synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms. c. list abbreviations and alternate spellings of words. d. scan articles in a subject encyclopedia or other tools and "mine" for keywords. e: use a thesaurus to identify synonyms for your keywords.

all of the above.

all but one of the information resources listed below is a primary source. which information resource is a secondary source? select one: a. a report of the findings of a scientific experiment by the scientists who did the experiment b. an article in a scholarly journal about the causes of israeli-palestinian conflicts. c. a facebook page. d. a youTube video.

an article in a scholarly journal about the causes of israeli-palestinian conflicts.

consider the following statement: explain the effects of rain forest depletion in global warming. identify the main concepts that would be most effective as initial search terms: a. effects, explain, rain forest, global warming. b. rain forest, global warming. c. effects, global warming. d. explain, effects, rain forest, depletion, global warming.

b. rain forest, global warming.

in an online database, such as proquest or the library catalog, which of the following searches would retrieve the most results? a. birth order or depression. b. birth order and depression. c. birth order not depression.

birth order or depression.

identify the best resource: a thorough examination of the history of race relations in the united kingdom. (choose one.) a. world wide web. b. broadcast media. c. newspaper. d. popular magazine. e. scholarly journal. f. book. g. subject encyclopedia.

book.

you are researching for a 10-page argumentative research paper advocating pet therapy for the elderly. which of the following are possible research steps, placed in a logical order: a. conduct in-depth web search, follow leads from web sites, brainstorm keywords, locate books, focus your topic. b. locate subject encyclopedia(s), conduct in-depth web search, locate magazine articles, interview elderly person. c. brainstorm keywords, perform a quick web search, locate subject encyclopedias, locate books, locate scholarly journal articles, follow leads from sources. d. locate scholarly journal articles, locate books, conduct in-depth web search, follow leads from sources; brainstorm keywords, focus your topic.

brainstorm keywords, perform a quick web search, locate subject encyclopedias, locate books, locate scholarly journal articles, follow leads from sources.

mick jagger. brian hiatt. rolling stone. new york: apr 17, 2008. p. 45 (2 pages). which of these is the author of the article?: a. mick jagger. b: brian hiatt.

brian hiatt.

which of the following is the most direct tool for locating books, videos, dvds and other materials owned by your library? a. catalog. b. periodical index/database. c. wikipedia. d. google books. e. search engines like google or yahoo.

catalog.

which of the following criteria are useful for evaluating books?: choose two. a. number of pages. b. credentials of the author. c. presence and number of color photos. d. documentation for the information. e. how you found the book.

credentials of the author and documentation for the information.

statement: it is my opinion that people need to see mt. rushmore in person to appreciate how magnificent it is. a. needs to be cited. b. does not need to be cited.

does not need to be cited.

statement: the four presidents carved into mt. rushmore are george washington, thomas jefferson, theodore roosevelt, and abraham lincoln. a. needs to be cited. b. does not need to be cited.

does not need to be cited.

evergreen state fair facts. anonymous. the herald. everett, wash.: aug 22, 2008. which of the following is the periodical title? a. the herald. b. evergreen state fair facts.

evergreen state fair facts.

true or false?: google provides access to everything on the web.

false.

you do not have to provide a citation for information you find in google books.

false.

morality on todays college campuses: the assault upon liberty and dignity. alan charles kors. vital speeches of the day. york: aug 1, 1998. vol. 64 ss. 20: p. 633 (5 pages). which of the following is the article title? a. morality on today's college campuses: the assault upon liberty and dignity. b. vital speeches of the day.

morality on today's college campuses: the assault upon liberty and dignity.

statement: from october 1927 to october 1941, 400 workers labored to create mt. rushmore, a project conceived by doane robinson and brought to reality by sculptor gutzon borglum. a. needs to be cited. b. does not need to be cited.

needs to be cited.

statement: sculptor gutzon borglum said, "a monument's dimensions should be determined by the importance to civilization of the events commemorated." a. needs to be cited. b. does not need to be cited.

needs to be cited.

predicting user concerns about online privacy. mike z yao, ronald e rice, kier wallis. journal of the american society for information science and technology. hoboken: mar 2007. vol 58, iss 5; p 710. what does vol. 58, iss 5 mean? a. page number is 58; volume number is 5 b. the volume number is 58; the issue number is 5.

the volume number is 58; the issue number is 5.

examine the web site shown below and answer the following: site: wikipedia.org. topic: carbon offset. carbon offsetting is the act of mitigating ("offsetting") greenhouse gas emissions. a well-known example is the purchase of carbon offsets to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions caused by personal air travel. the concept of paying for emission reductions to take place elsewhere instead of reducing one's own emissions is known from the related concept of emissions trading. however, in contrast to emissions trading, which is regulated by a strict formal and legal framework, carbon offsets generally refer to acts by individuals or companies that are arranged by commercial or not-for-profit carbon-offset providers. a. the site below is one that i could use as a source in a formal research paper. b. this site below is not appropriate to use as a source in a formal research paper.

this site below is not appropriate to use as a source in a formal research paper.

you have to write a 10-page research paper and the topic you want to explore is childhood obesity. why might you want to start with a subject encyclopedia? (choose two.) a. to read a primary source. b. to get an overview and keywords for your topic. c. to get leads to other sources. d. to put off doing the real research.

to get an overview and keywords for your topic and to get leads to other sources.

one common use for a style manual is: a. to provide a handy dictionary and thesaurus. b. to provide a format for consistently documenting your sources. c. to provide information about a specific topic. d. to help you evaluate information.

to provide a format for consistently documenting your sources.

which of the following is true about evaluating web sites?: a. you do not need to evaluate sites that are from organizations. b. sites with a domain of ".edu" are from educational institutions and are all ok to use. c. you need to evaluate every web site before using the information.

you need to evaluate every web site before using the information.

two of the following statements are true. which two? a. you have to develop your own style for writing bibliographic citations. b. a bibliographic citation provides complete information about a source. c. bibliographic citations are only necessary for written material. d. a list of one or more bibliographic citations is often called a bibliography, works cited, or references.

a bibliographic citation provides complete information about a source and a list of one or more bibliographic citations is often called a bibliography, works cited, or references.

which of the following tools could you use specifically for locating articles in scholarly journals? (select two.) a. book catalog. b. periodical index/database. c. wikipedia. d. google scholar. e. search engines like google or yahoo.

periodical index/database and google scholar.

primary or secondary? following are four real records from different types of sources. indicate whether you think each citation is for a primary source or a secondary source. author: roosevelt, theodore. 1858-1919. title: theodore roosevelt's diaries of boyhood and youth; illustrated from photographs with facsimiles of the author's drawings and letters. publisher: new york: c. scribner's sons, c1928. title: quality of life as an outcome indicator in patients with seasonal affective disorder: results from the can-sad study. citation: erin e michalak, greg murray, anthony j levitt, robert d levitan, et al. psychological medicine. cambridge: may 2007. vol. 37, iss. 5; p. 727 (10 pages) title: stocks collapse in 16,410,030-share day, but rally at close cheers brokers; bankers optimistic, to continue aid. date: october 30th, 1929. title: melatonin may help seasonal depression. citation: sarah skidmore. associated press writer. columbian. vancouver, wash.: may 8th, 2006. 2006. p. c.2.

primary, primary, primary, and secondary.

primary or secondary or tertiary? title: wall street in panic as stocks crash. publisher: brooklyn daily eagle. date: october 24th, 1929. a. secondary b. tertiary. c. primary.

primary.

identify the best resource: primary research done in the past year on treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) (choose one.) a. world wide web. b. broadcast media. c. newspaper. d. popular magazine. e. scholarly journal. f. book. g. subject encyclopedia.

scholarly journal.

consider each of the following criteria and decide whether each one typically applies to scholarly journals or popular magazines.  *articles are written by author(s) with academic credentials. *articles are written by journalists. *articles are written for the general public. *articles are written for scholars. *articles are in-depth and often have a bibliography. *publications have a lot of color photographs. *publications have few, if any, advertisements. *publications are typically published weekly. *articles may be approved by a panel of peer scholars. *good type of source for finding primary research.

scholarly, popular, popular, scholarly, scholarly, popular, scholarly, popular, scholarly, and scholarly.

identify the best resource: reliable, broad overview of stem cell research (choose one.): a. world wide web. b. broadcast media. c. newspaper. d. popular magazine. e. scholarly journal. f. book. g. subject encyclopedia.

subject encyclopedia.

comparing library periodicals databases (indexes) with google scholar, indicate whether each of the following is true or false: t o f? libraries pay an annual subscription fee for periodicals databases. t o f? many library databases focus on a specific subject area. t o f? both databases and google scholar provide sophisticated searching options. t o f? everything in google scholar is available full-text for free. t o f? libraries can borrow articles that you find in google scholar, usually for free.

t, t, t, f, and t.

which is true of the following call numbers? a. the qa stands for the first two letters of the author's last name. b. the qa represents the subject. c. the 520 means this is the 520th book added to the collection. d. the 520 is a code for the book's subject.

the qa represents the subject and the 520 is a code for the book's subject.

which of the following statements is true about major search engines like google and yahoo? a. the sites returned in a search have been hand-selected by subject experts. b. sites on the first page of results can be trusted. c. the sites returned in a search have been gathered using programs called bots or spiders. d. search engines only include information that is copyright-free.

the sites returned in a search have been gathered using programs called bots or spiders.