Lib 160 Final

You want to search for articles that discuss inherited traits. You're not sure whether the term inherited, genetic, or hereditary would be the best option for describing these traits. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic?

(inherited OR genetic OR hereditary) AND traits

Match each part of a scholarly article with its description. Summary of the article found at the beginning Focuses on the key findings and possibly future research directions The most detail on what was discovered during the research process How the author(s) did their investigations and analysis

Abstract Conclusion Results Methods

Using the Material Type drop-down menu in Quick SearchLinks to an external site.'s Advanced Search, which search strategy is the most efficient and effective to find the following: Anything & everything possible with search terms marvel entertainment. Books on skiing for physical fitness. A DVD about the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Journal articles on alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles.

All items Books Audiovisual Articles

You want to find an article called "Rating the YouTube Indian: Viewer Ratings of Native American Portrayals on a Viral Video Site" by Kopacz. Since this article may fall under multiple subjects, use the general purpose article index Academic Search Ultimate (Links to an external site.). Search for the name of the article and author listed above and review your results. What is the name of the journal in which this article was published? (To view more details about the article, click the title to open the item record.)

American Indian Quarterly

Your instructor tells you to "find one source from a peer-reviewed journal" for a short class assignment. What is this most likely to mean?

An article from a scholarly journal that was critiqued by subject experts before publication

For each of these research situations, indicate whether "any year" or "last 2 years" would be a better type of date limit to use: Your instructor has assigned you to find recent research relating to the course topic. You want to find scholarly research about an event that happened seventy years ago. You want to find articles about current options in consumer electronics. Your assignment is to make a timeline of major developments in your field of study.

Any year Any year Last 2 Last 2 two are wrong

Quick Search can find materials in many formats. Use Quick Search to search for Iowa history. Consider the options under "Tweak my results - Format Type" (you can use the "Show More" link to see all of the choices). Which format type has the largest number of results?

Articles

When you commit plagiarism, you may:

Be expelled from ISU or fail your course.

You're discussing a course assignment with a classmate. She tells you she plans to reuse a paper she wrote for another class last year. According to Chapter 5, when would this be acceptable?

Only if the instructor is aware and has given consent.

A friend who took a mythology course recommends a book on that subject, but all you can remember is that one author's first name was Tok and the book had "myth" in the title. You try this search in the Advanced Search screen of Quick Search and get no results:

Change "Title" to "Any field" because "Myth" is not an author name and "Tok" is not a subject. Chapter 3 question 7

You've read in Chapter 5 that common knowledge does not have to be cited in your scholarly work. For each of the following examples, indicate whether it's common knowledge or needs to be cited. Stromboli is a volcanic island. Most US voters believe the 2011 Japanese earthquake has hurt the US economy. The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago. According to researchers, oceanic noise pollution damages marine life.

Common knowledge Need to cite Common Knowledge Need to cite

Quick Search to an external site. lets you refine or narrow your search results using links on the right side of the screen. Do a search on nanomaterials. What are some criteria that can refine your search results in Quick Search? By number of versions By Tags Topic Format Type

False False True True

In addition to avoiding misinformation, what is another reason you should evaluate the information you use?

To save yourself time and not waste it on sources that aren't authoritative and relevant.

A friend posts on social media that the Netherlands spends 20% of its gross domestic product on engineering projects for flood control. Which of the following is the best thing to do next if you want to respond to this post?

Do a Google search to find where the claim comes from.

When searching for sources, why is it important to include keywords for each of the essential concepts that make up your research question?

Using every essential concept keeps your search more focused

What does it mean for an article to be peer-reviewed?

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

For each of the following, indicate whether the statement about Interlibrary Loan (ILL) 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

You find a source on your topic that makes points that sound convincing, but the author does not indicate where the information came from. According to Chapter 4, what is the most likely type of bias that applies?

Flawed sourcing

Use Quick Search to an external site. to search for the book Washington: A legacy of leadership. On which Floor or Tier is it located?

Floor 2

Use Quick Search to an external site. to search for the book Culture, inculturation, and theologians: A postmodern critique. Which collection is this book in (this information is found near the call number)?

General Collection

You're reading a source for your project and find a claim about the topic that is new to you. Which of the following are good examples of how to do lateral reading to check this claim? See if any fact-checking sites have already checked it. Follow any links back to the original source of the claim. See if the same author makes the claim in other sources. Don't waste time checking the author or publication, just check the claim.

Good Example Good Example Bad Example Bad Example

For the topics listed below, indicate which finding tool would be the best choice: Google or Google Scholar? Articles discussing the "living history" museum movement to use as sources for a paper for an anthropology course. Information on upcoming events at Living History Farms, an open-air museum located near Des Moines, Iowa. News articles about medal winners in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Peer-reviewed articles giving economic predictions about future trends in the sports industry.

Google Scholar Google Google Google Scholar

As described in Chapter 2, match the three major finding tools to the resources they are best for finding. scholarly journal articles information about current events materials a specific library owns not a finding tool, as defined in Chapter 2

Indexes & Data Bases Web Search Engines Library Discovery Tools Books & Journals

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

From the list of Article Indexes and Databases (Links to an external site.), find the Sociological Abstracts index and search for "Social Networking Web Sites and Political Engagement of Young Adults" and locate an article with that phrase as part of its title that was published in February 2010. Which one of the following is a subject term used for this article? (Remember - if you are off-campus you may need to log in to the index with your NetID).

Internet

Below, different Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) are listed alongside their function. Match each with the reason why it works: AND narrows your search results because: OR expands your search results because: NOT restricts your search results because:

It only finds items that include all keywords It finds items that match at least one keyword it only finds the items without the unwanted keyword you specify

Indicate which of the strategies below is a good practice for building a professional presence online:

Keep professional social networking communities updated with your academic accomplishments.

You created a fan video on Taylor Swift for your music appreciation class. You've used photographs you found online along with one of her songs and cited each appropriately. Did you violate copyright law?

No, the video was created for educational purposes and thus probably fair use.

According to Chapter 5, what is the definition of plagiarism?

Using someone else's words or ideas without giving credit to that person.

According to Chapter 2, each of the three major finding tools helps you find specific types of resources. Which one of the finding tools discussed in the chapter is described in the statement below? Best choice for finding resources that a specific library owns.

Library discovery tools

Academic Search Ultimate offers many Search Options on its front page as ways to focus your search results. Which TWO of the following options are offered on that page?

Limit results to full text items Search all ISU Library books

Some article indexes offer both a Basic Search and an Advanced Search screen with more options. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Links to an external site.) is an example of this. Which TWO choices are on the Advanced Search page of Worldwide Political Science Abstracts?

Limit to peer reviewed Limit by language

While doing research for a paper, the first article you found is one you think is trustworthy. According to SIFT, after investigating the article, what should you do next?

Look for more and better articles about this topic published in other sources.

Using what you know about Wikipedia contributors from this chapter, give TWO reasons why you might want to use an additional source?

Majority of Wikipedia contributors do not have advanced degrees. Wikipedia articles are not traditionally peer reviewed.

What is the benefit of using a Creative Commons license?

Makes clear the conditions for reusing original work.

When using direct quotes, you should: Quote the longest section possible to give more context. Not use quotation marks unless you use ten or more words in a row. Use quotation marks whenever words or phrases were used in a distinctive way. Give a citation for the original source of every direct quote.

No No Yes Yes

You read an interesting news report about research on a new medical treatment. Which information from the news story could you search to help find the original source of the information? The name of the news report author together with the headline of the news report The name of a researcher quoted in the news report A "more like this" link on the news source website The name of the organization where the research was done

No Yes No Yes

Which of the following are ways Wikipedia can be useful to you when you are developing your research question? You can quote the Wikipedia article about your topic and use it in your paper's reference list. You can find links from the Wikipedia article about your topic to reliable sources online and in journals. You can find dates and timelines for past events in Wikipedia and use this information to help you search in other sources. Wikipedia is useful for historical research because it is considered to be a primary source.

No Yes Yes No

You want to find out about traditional fertilizers used for growing corn before modern agricultural technology was developed. 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. Are the keywords below examples of the essential concepts from this topic? Technology Corn Fertilizers Traditional

Non-essential Essential Essential Essential

Your civil engineering professor recommended an index from the ISU Library for transportation research, but you forgot which one. Use the library's Article Indexes & Databases tab. Based on their descriptions, which of these should you try first?

Not Greenfile

To identify subject headings used in Business Source Elite (Links to an external site.), click on the "Thesaurus" button in the top menu. In the search box labeled "Browsing: Business Thesaurus," search for Toy industry and click on it to get subject heading suggestions. Which of the following is a narrower term listed under "Toy industry"?

Not Manufactured products

A research assignment requires you to use sources published in the last 10 years, and at least seven of them need to be peer-reviewed articles. So far, you have found one useful peer-reviewed article by the author A.B. Cee, published 3 years ago. If the following sources all cover your research topic, which are relevant for the assignment? An article from 15 years ago that Cee cited in their article A recent article you found by searching with a new set of keywords from Cee's article A news release where Cee gives a shorter explanation of the research project from the article A video where Cee describes early findings in their newest research

Not Relevant Relevant Not Relevant Relevant

What does the following citation represent? Ehrlich, H. (2009). Poe in cyberspace: Google's first trillion pages: Web 2.0 and beyond. The Edgar Allan Poe Review, 10(1): 87-91.

Not a journal

Which of the following factors are important to keep in mind when choosing resources for a research project? You prefer using articles over books. How many books were published on your topic in the last year. Your instructor's requirement that you use 5 peer-reviewed sources. How in-depth your paper or presentation needs to be.

Not important Not important Important Important

You're hoping to prove that a photo you saw on social media is fake. To check the source of the image, which steps are useful, according to Chapter 4? Copy the image into Google Image Search to find when it was first available online Search fact-checking sites with keywords that describe the image Save the image to your computer so you can check the file properties Challenge the person who posted the image to prove it's real

Not useful Useful Useful Not Useful two are wrong

What does "fair use" mean regarding copyrighted works?

Not: Fair use only applies to copyrighted items used in an educational setting.

Which of the choices below is NOT a factor in determining what is fair use of an existing work and what is copyright infringement?

Not: Was the original work mostly factual or mostly creative?

Which of the following statements about materials in the public domain is true? They are...

Not: anything available on the Internet.

You look up the book The treason trials of Aaron Burr by Peter Charles Hoffer. Quick Search shows that the book is on Tier 2 with call number KF223.B8 H64 2008. When you get to Tier 2, you see these signs on the bookcases. According to these call number ranges, this book should be located:

On Shelf 1

You have found a description in an article database for an article you want to read. The full text is not in the database, but there is a Get it@ISU button. What will happen when you click this button?

One or more links to the article will display if ISU has access to it.

This chapter discusses the difference between open web material and paywalled resources. For each item below, indicate if it describes Open, Paywalled, or could be either type of resource. the resource requires you to pay a subscription fee the resource is a popular publication the resource does not require you to pay or login your access to the resource depends on being enrolled at ISU

Paywalled Could be either Open Paywalled

Why is peer review an important part of the publication process for scholarly information?

Peer review draws on the expertise of others to strengthen research

Match the following descriptions to the appropriate items. Someone else's words or ideas used without credit. Law that determines how authors' works can be reused. Published works no longer protected by copyright. Someone else's information explained in your own words.

Plagiarism Copyright Public Domain Paraphrase

Chapter 2 describes different ways to find journal articles. Indicate below which is the best tool to find the information listed. Articles in a wide range of subject areas. A comprehensive set of articles on your in-depth research topic. Search features that are customized to your specific subject area. General search features and quick access to full-text.

Quick Search Article Index Article Index Quick Search

Which of the following best describes scholarly book chapters?

Research papers with a common theme, published together in a book

What type of publication, scholarly or popular, do the descriptions on the left column represent? Usually include lengthy bibliographies. Footnotes and bibliographies are rarely used. Written for the general public. Takes more time to produce because of the review process.

Scholarly popular popular scholarly

You have reached the right row of shelves to find a book with the call number TS2280 B83 2007. Which specific shelf would contain your book? The shelf with call numbers:

TS 2260 T48 2000 through TS2301 T7 B46 2009

What are the four moves of SIFT as given in Chapter 4?

Stop - Investigate the source - Find better coverage - Trace information back

Citation chaining is a process for finding additional sources by starting with an article you think is relevant. Which TWO of these are good reasons for doing citation chaining?

The author(s) of the starting article listed references that were useful to their research. More recent articles that used information from the starting article may also be useful.

You're writing a paper on seismic behavior of bridges. You've gotten information for your paper from a book, an article, a website, and an infographic. Indicate which of these you need to cite:

The book, article, website, and infographic all need to be cited.

Chapter 1 discusses primary and secondary sources. How are secondary sources most useful for a project or paper?

They may provide useful analyses of your topic

Chapter 3 discusses searching by specific fields. Click the Advanced Search link under the Quick Search boxLinks to an external site.. In the Advanced Search area select the correct field drop-down menu option to use for finding items. that include the word "flexagons" in the title about the vaccination of animals written by the National Gallery of Australia written by Martin and about edible insects

Title Subject Author/creator Any field

What is the main purpose of an index as discussed in Chapter 2?

To help you find articles on your subject.

Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT. Remember that you can check what other websites, such as Wikipedia, say about it: https://www.audubon.org/ What is the main purpose of the website?

To promote conservation of birds and their habitats.

Chapter 1 points out that a good research question should be focused. Which of these topics are focused and which are too broad? The economic and educational impact of the COVID-19 epidemic The impact of ISU's coronavirus vaccination efforts on student health The current impact of robots on human society The capabilities that are most important for disaster rescue robots

Too broad Focused too broad focused

Indicate True or False to the below statements regarding why it is important to research the reputation of a source. Many organizations will only portray themselves and their work positively. Anyone can present themselves as an expert on a topic, whether or not that is actually the case. You need to make sure your source completely agrees with your argument. Ensuring the information is hosted on a trustworthy domain, such as .org, will strengthen your research.

True False False True Two are wrong

Chapter 5 discusses ways you can control use/reuse of your own scholarly creations. Indicate whether the statements below are true or false. You can share results of research you did at ISU in the ISU Digital Repository. Your original works are automatically protected by copyright. You can modify all other works that have Creative Commons licensing. You can hold copyright to your works for 17 years, then they will be automatically public domain.

True False False True two are wrong

Why is it important to cite other people's work in your research? Citing sources shows that your argument is supported by previous research. Citing sources will make your paper look more important and increase its length. Citing sources shows your readers where the ideas you used came from. Citing sources shows that the original author, not you, is responsible for errors in your argument.

True False True False

Indicate whether the statements below about Google Scholar are true or false. As an ISU student, you can access paywalled articles the Library owns in your Google Scholar search results. Google Scholar covers scholarly materials only from paywalled sites, not from the open web. You will need to customize Settings in Google Scholar to connect to ISU Library resources. You can find a variety of scholarly materials with Google Scholar.

True False True True

You want to use a subject-focused index to find a comprehensive set of research articles about public policy and religion, but you're not sure which index or database to use. Go to the index below and click the About link to learn more about what this index covers: Alt-Press Watch (Links to an external site.). Then indicate whether each statement below is True or False: Covers independent newspapers, journals, magazines. Is multidisciplinary and covers "hot-button" issues. Focuses entirely on mainstream media sources. Provides abstracts but does not include full text for most articles.

True True False False

To find if the library owns the item listed below using Quick Search to an external site., what would you type in the search box, and what field search strategy would you choose in Advanced Search? Sampson, S.D. (2006). Evoliteracy. In J. Brockman (Ed.), Intelligent thought: Science versus the intelligent design movement (pp. 216-231). New York: Knopf.

Type Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement and search "Title"

Search for the book Soil survey of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, by Kenneth Johnson by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat. On your search results screen, find the book and click its title to view the item record. In the Find a copy in the library section, enter 50011 as your zip code and click the Find libraries button. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book?

University of Iowa Libraries

When you're investigating a source for your research, you might observe features that indicate the source is likely to be trustworthy or untrustworthy. Other features can be inconclusive—not helpful in deciding to use the source or not. For each of the following, answer whether it's a sign of a trustworthy source, an untrustworthy source, or inconclusive. Most websites that comment on it disagree with what it says about its purpose. The publishing company that produced it has a good reputation. The tone of the source is sensationalized and insulting. A Google search shows the author is employed by a large corporation.

Untrustworthy Trustworthy Inconclusive Inconclusive

What should you do if you do not understand most of the content being described in an article's abstract?

Use a different article that you can actually understand.

The first move of SIFT includes a reminder to check your emotional reactions as you do research. Indicate TWO reasons why this is helpful:

Verifying whether a source is true is important regardless of how you feel about its claims Sources that make you question your assumptions about a topic can be helpful

Match the items below to the correct description, as described in Chapter 1: Typically includes all issues from one year. Published on an ongoing basis at regular intervals. A paper describing a research or scholarly topic. A set of articles published together at the same time.

Volume Journal Article Issue

When searching for sources for a paper, your first search finds a large number of results; however, they don't seem to be very closely related to your topic. According to Chapter 1, which of these next steps should help you get better results? Decide which essential concepts make up your topic and search for them? Change your topic so you can use the top items in your results? Search again with broader keywords that include your topic? Try multiple combinations of keywords and see which gives the best result?

Yes No No Yes

Which of the approaches below should you use to evaluate a scholarly resource? Read the methods section to better understand how the research was conducted. Make sure that the paper has colorful graphics and tables. Check the place of publication to see what country the journal is published in. Check to see if the journal is peer reviewed and has a good scholarly reputation.

Yes No No Yes

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 video 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

It is easy to get lost exploring different resources while doing your research. According to SIFT, what do you need to do to help you to stay on task? Think about your needs and whether those resources meet them. Explore the most interesting resources even if they are only tangentially related to your topic. Consider the types of information you need for your research project. Limit your search to only websites with .edu or .org domains.

Yes No Yes No

You and a friend disagree about something and both look it up with the same keywords and the same search engine, but you get different top results. Which of the following is a possible reason for this? You have spent more time online on sites supporting one side of the issue and your friend has spent more time on sites supporting another side. Search engine algorithms are designed to make search results partly random so more websites get traffic, not just a few. The search engine is giving higher rank based on assumptions and stereotypes about each of you, not to the most fair or factual information. The search engine's data shows you are smarter than your friend and can understand more complex writers and websites.

Yes No Yes No

Why is it important to keep track of your sources when you work on a research project? You will need to show you have copies of all your sources to prove you have not plagiarized Organizing your sources will save you time as you finish your project Organizing your sources helps you remember where any quotes came from You have to follow the official ISU guidelines for organizing your sources

Yes Yes No No

According to Chapter 2, which of the following can you do with Quick Search? Search for e-books Search for laptops and other equipment to check out. Access all features even if you're not logged in Use advanced search filters

Yes Yes No Yes

According to Chapter 5, which of the following should you do when selecting a style manual for your paper? Ask your professor if they require a particular style manual. First check if you can find a style manual for free, and use that one. Check with a subject specialist librarian about what's used in your major. Use the style manual you were taught in high school

Yes No Yes No

According to Chapter 4, does a website with a top-level domain of .com need to be evaluated?

Yes, because domain tells you where a site comes from but doesn't guarantee quality.

Now you want to upload your Taylor Swift fan video to YouTube. Would you be violating copyright?

Yes, because you didn't get copyright permissions when making the video publicly available.

When attempting to access an article, you are prompted with a message asking you to sign in or pay. Which TWO choices below might explain this situation?

You are not logged into your ISU account. This article is part of a subscription journal.

When searching for a peer-reviewed journal article, you see the phrase "Full text available" in the item record. What does this mean?

You can read it online and download a PDF

You're using Quick Search to look for the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Links to an external site.). An item in your search results indicates that "2 versions of this record exist." According to chapter 2, which choice below best explains what this means?

You have found two items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title

You know that using style manuals helps you prepare your footnotes and reference lists for your papers. According to Chapter 5, which of these is a good reason to use a style manual?

Your paper will match the expected structure for writing in your field.

It's important to know what a citation represents because that often helps you find the item. What does the following citation represent? Chacón, H. (2009). Political cartoons in cyberspace: Rearticulating Mexican and U.S. cultural identity in the global era. In L. Egan & M. K. Long. (Eds.), Mexico reading the United States (pp. 219-251). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt UP.

a book chapter

This statement: "Bob Dylan's first album was released in 1962" is common knowledge. According to Chapter 5, why is this so?

because it is a fact that can be verified

You can structure more complex searches in Quick Search by using the Boolean operators between rows in Advanced Search. Let's say you have two rows. Row 1 says rabbits OR pikas; Row 2 says pikachu; the Boolean operator between the rows is NOT. What would you expect the results of this search to contain?

either rabbits or pikas, but not pikachu

Truncation is a search technique that helps you find variations of a term or terms. You want to find books on the topic of gravity and gravitational collapse. Where should you best truncate in this example?

gravit* and collapse

Match each source to the type of information it contains. The New York Times website The U.S. Census website The Wikipedia page on fossil fuels The ISU Daily

news stats background news

What is the main reason a sponsored link gets placed at the top of web search engine results?

the search engine company is paid to place it at the top.

According to Chapter 5, which of the following must you do when correctly paraphrasing? Cite the source. Agree with the original author. Use quotation marks when you change the original author's words. Use quotation marks if you use some of the same words as the original author.

true false false true

Chapter 1 discusses how to get started with research and the information-seeking process. According to the chapter, which of the following is important to consider when getting started? Whether your research topic is focused and clear? Whether there is a Wikipedia article about your topic? How much information is available online? How much information you need for your project?

yes no no yes