Library Final Exam Quiz

Which group of resources listed are secondary sources.

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

The MPC Library uses the Dewey Decimal System to organize the books in their collection.

False

You can always trust articles that you have found using the Google search engine.

False

You created a project for your small business class and used several pictures and video clips that are copyrighted but OK to use under fair use for educational purposes. The project is so good you decide to go ahead and post it on the Internet and actually start the small business you created. It is OK to continue to use the pictures and video clips on your website because you originally used them for a class assignment under fair use.

False

Which of the following answers is NOT a typical component of a scholarly journal?

Heavy advertising

Which group of sources listed are primary sources?

Research results generated by experiments

If there appears not to be enough information on your topic, which of the following answers is the best way to help find more sources?

Broaden your topic and use synonyms

Using the Boolean operator OR

Broadens your results

What are secondary sources?

Secondary sources describe, interpret, analyze and evaluate primary sources

What classification system does the MPC Library use to organize materials held in the library?

Library of Congress Classification System

What citation style did we use in this class for doing works cited pages?

MLA (Modern Language Association)

After you begin your research and you find too much information, which of the following answers is the best way to focus your research?

Narrow your topic and be more specific

Which of the following answers is NOT a typical component of a magazine.

Peer reviewed articles

What are primary sources?

Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based.

Boolean operators connect your search words together to either narrow or broaden your set of results

True

Copyright is a form of legal protection automatically provided to authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works.

True

Information Literacy is the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information

True

Subjects vs. Keywords: Subjects use controlled vocabulary (less flexible) while keywords use natural language (more flexible).

True

The library database Academic Search Complete is a trusted source for finding magazine and journal articles for research projects.

True

The three basic Boolean operators are AND, OR, and NOT

True

When doing research it is important to take into consideration the publication date of the resource.

True

When evaluating a resource it is good to have some information about the author.

True