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In an opinion piece, the writer

explicitly tries to persuade readers.

Hoaxes and propaganda are examples of

fake news

The day a newsworthy event takes place, the information about it is

fluid and changing rapidly.

Advocacy reporting is news written

from an explicit perspective

Which of the following expressions would you use in a Web search to get results showing sites similar to Amazon.com?

related:Amazon

The term "news analysis" refers to articles that

report current events and also provide analysis and additional information

A topic that is too narrow may not be

researchable

Which of the following terms describe the "deep Web"? Select all that apply.

sophisticated searching, organized and evaluated

When the results of a search are fewer and more precise, the search conducted was probably a

subject search.

If you can only find information about an event on radio, television, and the Internet, then the event likely took place

today

When evaluating the currency of a source, what questions do you need to ask? Select all that apply.

1. Is the date of publication important to the subject matter? 2.When was the information published?, Are all the links functional?

A newsworthy event happened a week ago, and you want to write an essay about this event. Where will you find information about it? Select all that apply.

1. Print newspapers such as the Boston Globe. 2. Weekly magazines such as Time and Newsweek. 3. News sites such as CNN.com. 4. Social media such as Facebook

From the list below, what things can you do to check authority? Select all that apply.

1. Search for the author's name using a search engine 2. Search for the author's name using a database such as EBSCO or WorldCat.

Which of the following is true about background information sources? Select all that apply.

1. They are good sources of search terms. 2. They provide overviews of topics and ideas.

Which of the following is true of books? Select all that apply.

1. They usually contain references to additional sources. 2. They provide in-depth coverage of a topic.

Which of the citation styles below is usually used by social science researchers?

APA

Which of the following sources are secondary? Select all that apply.

1. A book about imagery in Shakespeare's work 2. An article evaluating a scientific study

Which of the following sources are tertiary? Select all that apply.

1. An entry in an encyclopedia 2. A Dictionary 3. A textbook

Which of the following sources are primary? Select all that apply.

1. Sculptures 2. Movies 3. Official Records

Which of the choices below are used to evaluate the credibility of a source? Select all that apply.

1.Authority 2.Purpose 3.Accuracy

This Boolean operator helps narrow a search

AND

Which of the citation styles below is usually used by historians?

Chicago

This term refers to a vast area of the Web where information is not free and is not included in popular search engine results and that contains subscription services such as library databases.

Deep Web

When using a search engine, which of these strategies is the most effective?

Enter descriptive, subject specific terms into the search box

Which of the following topics is the narrowest?

Evaluating apps that teach sign language to elementary school autistic children.

The .gov suffix identifies this type of website

Government

Which of the items below is true about a library database?

Is best for college-level research

This style of citation is used by writers in the humanities, especially language and literature.

MLA

To exclude web pages that contain a term or phrase from Google's or Bing's search results, use this sign before the term or phrase

Minus sign (-)

A keyword search will yield

More results, but with low precision.

To exclude a term from a search, use this Boolean operator

NOT

To broaden a search, use this Boolean operator

OR

Which of the following search strings would yield better results from a search engine?

Paris historical documents

Two of the factors used to weigh fair use are

Purpose of use and nature of the copyrighted work

To search for specific phrases, use this strategy

Put the terms in quotation marks

This symbol can be used to find different spellings of a word (such as aluminum and aluminium).

Question mark (?)

When following the standard research process as discussed in Module 1, which step comes after "choose a topic"?

Read background information

Which of the choices below would yield narrower results?

Saturn NOT car

The American Journal of Sociology is an example of this type of journal.

Scholarly journal

To help users find the best terms to describe their topic, databases provide this tool

Thesaurus.

What type of source is this citation for? Lange, Alexandra. "Every City Should Have a Toy Library." The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2018, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/every-city-should-have-toy-library/575272/.

Website

An unsigned opinion piece that represents the views of the news organization's editorial staff is called

an editorial.

When an article fails to address the side of the argument that disagrees with the publication's perspective or mission, this is known as

bias by exclusion

The goal of research is to

build on the work of others.

Which of the choices below would yield broader results?

cats OR felines

One way to reveal hidden bias in a source is to

check who the authors are and who they are affiliated with.

Government information is

considered reliable.

Science, technology, business, and medicine give particular importance to

currency

If a work was published before 1923, it is

in the public domain.

A news story is different from an opinion piece because

it is generally impartial

The creators of fake news are typically trying to

manipulate

If a source does not provide any information about the identity or credentials of the author or producer, the source is

of questionable reliability

From the list below, select the items that are protected by copyright law. Select all that apply.

plays, novels, sculptures

A good news story is one that

presents all sides of an issue

Which of the following criteria are used for evaluating scholarly and popular sources? Select all that apply.

1. Vocabulary and citations 2. Purpose and audience

To check a source's accuracy, you will need to become

a fact checker

Lateral reading is

a method for evaluating news

Magazine articles about an event generally begin appearing

a week after the event.

When checking for relevance, make sure the information aligns with your topic or argument, and that it

preferably comes from the same field you are researching.

A scholarly journal offers

published research results that are useful for supporting new research.

Which of the following choices is true about the MLA citation style?

Parenthetical citations include the author's last name and page number(s) if available.

Understanding how the information cycle works helps you

determine what kind of information you are likely to find about a topic.

In a database, title, author, subject, publication year, and language are examples of

fields

Module 2 describes different ways to categorize sources. Which of the sources below are categorized by format? Select all that apply.

1. Book 2. Article 3. Video

From the list below, select the skills that are part of the information literacy skill set as discussed in Module 1. Select all that apply.

1. Use information ethically. 2. Consider multiple perspectives. 3. Evaluate information for credibility.

Which of the .org websites below is the most likely to provide a neutral point of view?

American Red Cross

What type of source is this citation for? Smith, Andrea. All My Children. Green Bay Publishers, 2013.

Book

Which of these sources of information on the Web usually goes through some kind of official review process?

Government agency sites

Which of the choices below would be a good indication that a source didn't go through any kind of a review process?

Grammar and spelling errors

The part of U.S. copyright law that allows copyrighted works to be used for nonprofit educational purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching or research is called

fair use