Lib 160 Final Review
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 transcript of an 1846 speech given by an Iowa politician. Is this source primary or secondary, and why?
(?) Primary because it was created immediately after the speech was given.
You want to search for articles that discuss inherited traits. Some other words to describe the same concept as inherited might be words such as genetic or hereditary. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic?
(inherited OR genetic OR hereditary) AND traits
You want to search for articles that discuss Chinese ceramics during the Sung Dynasty. You've learned that an alternate spelling of Sung Dynasty is Song Dynasty, and you're not sure whether the term ceramics or pottery would be a better choice. As discussed in Chapter 3, which example of a nested search would best fit your topic?
(sung dynasty OR song dynasty) AND (ceramics OR pottery)
What is the main purpose of an index as discussed in Chapter 4?
To help you find articles on your subject.
What is the main purpose of subject headings?
To organize resources according to subject areas
Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT: https://www.audubon.org/ (Links to an external site.) What is the main purpose of the website?
To promote conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems of birds.
Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/ (Links to an external site.). What is the main purpose of this website?
To provide news about the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
In addition to avoiding misinformation, what is another reason you should evaluate the information you use every day?
To save yourself time and not waste it on sources that aren't authoritative and relevant. To make sure that the sources you want to use add something useful to your project.
From the items below, which TWO choices best describe reasons to consider privacy when you put information about yourself online?
Your professors or future employers may see your party photos. Your information may be copied, shared, or resold without your consent.
What does the following citation represent? Barraclough, G. (1999). The Times history of the world. London: Times Books.
a book
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you search Quick SearchLinks to an external site. for books using the search phrase Twitter OR marketing, you'll retrieve hundreds of records. If you re-do that search as Twitter AND marketing, you will narrow your search results (retrieve fewer records). Why is this so?
AND will show results containing both search terms.
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 as defined in Chapter 5, or needs to be cited.
According to a recent study, it is not true that raw vegetables are always a healthier choice than cooked vegetables. Need to cite Lycopene is a red pigment found in tomatoes and many other red-colored fruits. Common knowledge The duck-billed platypus is one of the only egg-laying mammals still in existence today. Common knowledge Among music critics, Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" is considered to be the #1 greatest song of all time. Need to cite
As you learned in Chapter 4, it's important to know what a citation represents because that often helps you find the item. What does the following citation represent? Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J., & Rapson, R. L. (1992). Primitive emotional contagion. In M.S. Clark (Ed.), Review of personality and social psychology (pp. 151-177). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Books.
a book chapter
A friend shares a link to an article that seems to be making outrageous claims. What should you do to figure out whether you should trust it?
Dig into where the article got its information from to ensure it is accurately presented.
You're working on a group project and need the book We will be heard: Voices in the struggle for constitutional rights past and present, by Bud Schultz. Search for this book by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat (Links to an external site.). On your search results screen find the book and click its title for the full record view. In the Find a copy in the library section enter 50011 as your zip code and click Find libraries button. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book?
Drake University Law Library
What is the main reason a sponsored link website gets placed at the top of search engine results?
Money - the search engine company is paid to place it at the top.
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your search results. If you do a search in Quick SearchLinks to an external site. for books using the search phrase graffiti AND Los Angeles, you'll retrieve about 10 records for books. If you re-do that search as graffiti OR Los Angeles, you will broaden your search results (retrieve more records). Why is this so?
OR will show results containing either one or all of the search terms.
Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT: https://cpi.nmsu.edu/ (Links to an external site.). What is the main purpose of the website?
To educate the public about chile peppers, including growing and cooking with them.
According to Chapter 2, which TWO examples of search topics below would be most likely to have useful results in Wikipedia?
a broad overview of a topic to help you pick an aspect to focus on a timeline of events in the Black Lives Matter movement information about the popular Broadway musical Hamilton information on how Pokémon Go was developed
What does the following citation represent? Crouse, J.S. (1994). Leadership: Working from the inside out. Vital Speeches, 60(19): 597.
a journal article
What does the following citation represent? Riesch, H. (2015). Why did the proton cross the road? Humour and science communication. Public Understanding of Science, 24(7): 768-775. doi:10.1177/0963662514546299
a journal article
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. All items Books on skiing for physical fitness. Books A DVD about the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Audio Visual Journal articles on alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles. Articles Books on nanotechnology. Books Journal articles on electric cars Articles Anything & everything possible with search terms darwin HMS beagle. All items CDs for learning Arabic. Audio Visual
According to Chapter 1, 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 in-depth research articles on a specific topic and for having specialized search features.
Article index
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. Google Scholar Information on upcoming events at Living History Farms, an open-air museum located near Des Moines, Iowa. Google News articles about medal winners in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Google Peer-reviewed articles giving economic predictions about future trends in the sports industry. Google Scholar A weather forecast for Ames, Iowa for the next four days. Google A report on the effects of past years' weather on the Iowa soybean harvest. Google Scholar A list of past and future host cities for the Olympic Games. Google In-depth analysis on the economic impact of past Olympic Games on their host cities. Google Scholar
Chapter 4 describes different ways to find journal articles. Indicate below which tool you would best use to find the information listed. Which tool would you use to find ...
Articles in a wide range of subject areas. Quick Search A comprehensive set of articles on your in-depth research topic. Article Index Search features that are customized to your specific subject area. Article Index General search features and quick access to full-text. Quick Search
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. True Google Scholar covers scholarly materials only from paywalled sites, not from the open web. False You will need to customize Settings in Google Scholar to connect to ISU Library resources. True You can find a variety of scholarly materials with Google Scholar. True
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book Greek: A history of the language and its speakers. Where is this book located?
General Collection
It's important to know whether you've paraphrased and cited source material for your paper correctly so you avoid plagiarism. Read the original quote below and the two attempts to paraphrase it. For each attempt, indicate if it is correctly paraphrased or not. Original source material: The rally to save our rural countryside in the 1980s was spearheaded largely from a coordinated effort of the environmental conservation and historic preservation movements, focusing on techniques to protect and preserve open space and significant environmental and natural land features. Salkin, P. (2005). Supersizing small town America: Using regionalism to right-size big box retail. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 6(1), 48-66. Attempt A: The US in the 1980s saw "growing momentum" in the interests of historic preservation and environmental conservation as part of a coordinated initiative to preserve America's rural countryside. Salkin, P. (2005). Supersizing small town America: Using regionalism to right-size big box retail. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 6(1), 48-66. Attempt B: The "save our rural countryside" initiative during the 1980s grew from the "environmental conservation and historic preservation movements" working together, according to one author (Salkin, 2005, p 48). Salkin, P. (2005). Supersizing small town America: Using regionalism to right-size big box retail. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 6(1), 48-66.
Attempt A is an example of plagiarism Attempt B is correctly paraphrased
You're looking for information on developing effective presentation skills. Match the information sources listed below to the appropriate finding tool - WorldCat, Quick Search, or Google Books.
Books, ebooks, journals, articles & other scholarly materials from ISU Library; all books available on your topic that you can check out Quick Search Ebooks you can download or buy; scanned full-text or excerpted books to read online; free ebooks for your Android or iPhone Google Books Materials in libraries nearest you; libraries nearest you that own copies of your textbook; books owned by any library that you can Interlibrary loan for free WorldCat
Scenario: You need information about Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. You know a bit about his theories, but need background information.According to Chapter 1, which one of the following is your best option for finding background information?
Books, encyclopedia articles, and authoritative websites
According to Chapter 5, which of the following must you do when correctly paraphrasing?
Cite the source. True Agree with the original author. False Use quote marks when you change the original author's words. False Use quote marks if you use some of the same words as the original author. True
Why is it important to cite other people's work in your research?
Citing sources advances the scholarly conversation. True Your paper will look more important and its length will be increased. False Citing sources allows you to use them without seeking copyright permission. False Citing sources allows your readers to see where ideas you used originated. True
You need to find a comprehensive set of research articles on the topic of diversity training in the workplace for an assignment. You want to use a subject-focused index for this purpose but you're not sure which one. Enter the index below and click the About link to find out more specifically what this index covers. ABI/INFORM (Links to an external site.) Then answer the following questions:
Covers management practices and techniques. True Covers thousands of business journals and publications. True Is one of the most comprehensive sociology indexes available. False Focuses entirely on current newspaper articles. False
Using the citation below, match the citation elements to the correct answers. Crouse, J.S. (1994). Leadership: Working from the inside out. Vital Speeches, 60(19): 597.
Crouse, J.S. article author Leadership: Working from the Inside Out article title Vital Speeches journal title (19) issue
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.
For the statements on information "value" below, indicate which are true or false, as described in chapter 2:
Free information has no value. False Only paywalled materials have value. False Value may be contextual depending on what you need. True Value can mean usefulness. True
What is the difference between Google and Google Scholar?
Google searches different types of websites, but Google Scholar searches only scholarly materials.
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?
How much information do you need for your project
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 false ILL is an example of libraries working together to keep costs down true The ILL service can be used by ISU undergrad students true ILL materials are open access for use worldwide false
Scenario: You're discussing with a classmate a course assignment to write a research paper. Your classmate tells you her plan to re-use a paper she wrote for a different class last year. According to Chapter 5, which TWO of the following options should your classmate know?
In some contexts this may be considered self-plagiarism This is okay only if the instructor is aware and has given consent
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
During class, your professor mentions an interesting article about Obama's networking in Iowa. From the Library homepage's list of Articles Indexes and Databases (Links to an external site.), find the Sociological Abstracts index and search it using these terms: presidential networking and Iowa to locate an article published in Feb 2010. Subject terms are useful for finding similar articles on your topic. Which one of the following is a subject term used for this article? (Remember - if you are off-campus you may need to login to the index with your NetID).
Internet
You know that using style guides helps you prepare your footnotes and reference lists for your papers. According to Chapter 5, there are other good reasons to use a style guide. What is one of them?
It makes it easy to communicate with peers in a particular subject area.
According to Chapter 1, 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 (Links to an external site.) 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 to peer reviewed items only Limit results to full text items
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 books and encyclopedias Look for statistical information in government sources Look for subject-focused information in journal articles Look for news and general information in newspaper articles
While doing research for a paper, you are able to find one article that 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.
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 Quick Information Seeking Using three different article indexes to find articles Researching Reading the local newspaper for this week's weather Quick Information Seeking Requesting a journal article from Interlibrary Loan Researching
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.
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Click on the title of the book you just found to see the full display with more details. If you wanted to find more books that address ethical issues like the ones raised in this book, which link in the full display should you click?
Medical ethics
You created a fan video on the Rolling Stones for your music appreciation class and got an A on the project. You've used photographs you found on the web along with one of their songs and cited them appropriately. Did you violate copyright law?
No, the video was created for educational purposes and thus probably Fair Use
You look up the book Nature and landscape by Allen Carlson. Quick Search shows that the book is on the Lower Level with call number BH301 I53 H87x 2005. When you get to the Lower level, you see these signs on the bookcases. According to these book number ranges, this book should be located:
None of these - keep looking
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
Use Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to search for the book Facebook: The missing manual by Emily Vander Veer. You will find online and print versions of the book. Click on the title of the print book to see the full display with more details. If you wanted to find more books that address social networking, which link in the full display should you click?
Online social networks
Now, let's use Academic Search Ultimate to get experience using a different index. Academic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary index that covers many different scholarly subject areas and helps you find peer-reviewed journal articles, popular magazine articles, newspaper articles, and so on. Let's say you want to find an article called Google+ Apps brings hangouts video chat to the iPad. On the Article Indexes & Databases (Links to an external site.) page, find Academic Search Ultimate and click to enter and search that index. In the search box, type the name of the article listed above and click search. It's important to understand how to interpret journal article citations. What is the name of the journal in which this article was published?
PC World
Your roommate has finished writing a paper, and asks you to read it and provide comments. In the paper, your roommate has used some content from an article published in Science Daily. You ask to read the original source to verify whether your roommate has paraphrased properly, or committed plagiarism. Original source material: A team of chemical engineers has developed a method for converting common algae into butanol, a renewable fuel that can be used in existing combustible engines. Butanol has several significant advantages over ethanol, the current primary additive in gasoline. Butanol releases more energy per unit mass and can be mixed in higher concentrations than ethanol. These attributes are in addition to the advantages gleaned from butanol's source. Unlike corn, algae are not in demand by the food industry. Furthermore, it can be grown virtually anywhere and thus does not require large tracts of valuable farmland. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. (2011, March 2). Algae converted to butanol; Fuel can be used in automobiles. Science Daily. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110301200638.htm (Links to an external site.) Your roommate wrote: Scientists are searching for both alternatives to fossil fuels and methods of making current usage more efficient. A new method has been developed to produce butanol using algae. Both ethanol and butanol can be used as gasoline additive; however, new research has made it possible to produce butanol easily without the extensive use of farmland or utilization of food (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2011). University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. (2011, March 2). Algae converted to butanol; Fuel can be used in automobiles. Science Daily. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110301200638.htm (Links to an external site.)
Paraphrased correctly - true to the source and appropriately reworded and cited.
Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT: http://www.huapala.org/ (Links to an external site.) What are the credentials for the author(s) of the website?
The author is listed but not any actual credentials.
Why is peer review an important element of the scholarly conversation?
Peer review draws on the expertise of others to strengthen research
You want to use Quick Search to find a peer-reviewed journal article your professor mentioned by someone named Ishfaq on the topic of hub location-allocation in intermodal logistics networks. Enter the Advanced Search page of Quick SearchLinks to an external site., select Articles in the Material Type drop down menu, and type in the search phrase intermodal logistics networks AND ishfaq. There is more than one record that says "Full text available" for this article. Choose one of them and click "Full text available" to see if you can find the full text. Which of the following describes your choices for full text:
Read online and download PDF
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. Yes Make sure that the paper has colorful graphics and tables. No Check the place of publication to see what country the journal is published in. No Check to see if the journal is peer reviewed and has a good scholarly reputation. Yes
What are some strategies you can use to control the release or use of your personal information online? For each statement below, indicate whether it is a good strategy or not.
Read user agreements and privacy policies before creating accounts. Good Take advantage of options for minimizing advertisements in an app or service. Good Use the same password for as many sites as possible so you don't forget it. Not good Encourage your friends to tag you in Facebook photos. Not good
If you discover the ISU Library does not own the book you need, which of the following is the best option for you to access the book?
Request the book through the library's Interlibrary Loan service.
You want to find out about new developments in road materials for extremely cold conditions. 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?
Road essential Developments non-essential Cold essential Materials essential
Using Advanced Search in Google Scholar would allow you to:
Search for an exact phrase.
Other article indexes keep things simple on their front pages, but offer more options through an Advanced Search screen. Let's look at PsycINFO (Links to an external site.) as an example. Which TWO choices below are offered on the Advanced Search page of PsycINFO for focusing your search?
Search peer reviewed items only Search by methodology
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 alternative energy with an emphasis on nanotechnology integration. You've been told to use a scholarly article index. Your roommate uses the following search terms: alternative energy with an emphasis on nanotechnology integration 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
Match the following descriptions to the appropriate items.
Someone else's words or ideas used without credit. plagiarism Law determines how authors' works can be re-used. copyright Factual information that can easily be verified. common knowledge Authors determine how their works can be re-used. creative commons license
Google Scholar results often list older articles first. Which TWO of the following choices help you easily find recent articles in your results?
Sort results by date instead of relevance. Use the facets to select a year.
Scenario: You need information about the impact of 2011 tsunami on Japan's economy. You know some things, but need statistics that describe disruptions on major businesses.According to Chapter 1, which one of the following is your best option for finding statistical information on the topic?
Sources from governmental organizations and agencies
Go to this website and evaluate it using SIFT: https://newfarmers.usda.gov (Links to an external site.) What are the credentials for the author(s) of the website?
The authors are staff members of the US Dept. of Agriculture.
You're writing a paper on architecture and solar design. You've gotten information for your paper from a book, an article, a website, and even a graphic from a website. Which of the following do you need to cite?
The book, article, website, and graphic all need to be cited.
It's also important to know what the elements of a citation represent. They often help you find the item, and are important for your bibliographies. For the citation listed below, match the citation elements to the correct answers. Martin, S.B. (2001). The peer-to-peer context. In C.L. Outcalt, S.K.Faris, & K.N. McMahon (Eds.), Developing non-hierarchical leadership on campus: Case studies and best practices in higher education (pp. 99-108). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
The peer-to-peer context chapter title C.L. Outcalt, S.K.Faris, & K.N. McMahon (Eds.) editors Westport, CT place of publication Greenwood publisher
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about honeybees and colony collapse disorder by an author named Halter. The following Quick Search strategy is an effective way to find this book. Why?
The search settings best match what you know about the book.
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about leadership and corporate culture by authors named Avery and Bergsteiner. The following Quick Search strategy is an effective way to find this book. Why?
The search settings match what you know about the subject and authors.
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. Yes Explore the most interesting resources even if they are only tangentially related to your topic. No Consider the types of information you need for your research project. Yes Limit your search to only websites with .edu or .org domains. No
You are attempting to access an article. Which TWO choices below are reasons you might be prompted with the following screen?
This article is part of a subscription journal. You are not logged into your ISU account.
To find if the Library owns the item listed below using Quick SearchLinks 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"
Match the items below to the correct description, as described in Chapter 4:
Typically includes all issues from one year. Volume Published on an ongoing basis at regular intervals. Journal A paper describing a research or scholarly topic. Article A set of articles published together at the same time. Issue
You're working on a group project and need the book Soil survey of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by Kenneth Johnson. Search for this book by clicking the Books tab in WorldCat (Links to an external site.). On your search results screen find the book and click its title for the full record view. In the Find a copy in the library section enter 50011 as your zip code and click Find libraries button. Which is the nearest library to ISU that owns this book?
University of Iowa Libraries
According to Chapter 5, what is the definition of plagiarism?
Using someone else's words or ideas without giving credit to that person.
Which of the following factors should you keep in mind when choosing resources for a research project? Select all that apply
Your instructor's requirement that you use 5 peer-reviewed sources. How in-depth your paper or presentation needs to be .
What type of publication, scholarly or popular, do the descriptions on the left column represent?
Usually include lengthy bibliographies. Scholarly Footnotes and bibliographies are rarely used. Popular Written for the general public. Popular Takes more time to produce because of review process. Scholarly
It's important to know where to find a book in the Library. You heard about a book called Washington: A legacy of leadership. Search for that book now in Quick SearchLinks to an external site. to answer the following questions:
What is the call number of this book? - E312.25 V53 2010 Now click on the Map It button to view the book's location within the library. On which Floor or Tier is this book located? - Floor2 Answer 1:E312.25 V53 2010 Answer 2:Floor2
Indicate whether the statements below are true or false.
When you create an original work and put a Creative Commons attribution license on it, you are still the copyright holder. True In order to be a copyright holder you must register with the U.S. Copyright Office. False
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?
Which finding tools are a good fit for the information you need
For the items below, indicate whether the description fits controlled vocabulary or natural language searches.
Whole sentences can be used Natural language Uses pre-defined terms Controlled vocabulary Uses everyday language Natural language More likely to yield relevant results Controlled vocabulary
According to Chapter 2, does a website with a top level domain of .org 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 Rolling Stones fan video to YouTube. Would you be violating copyright?
Yes, because you didn't get copyright permissions plus the audience and purpose is no longer educational
Chapter 5 discusses ways you can control use/re-use 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. True Your original works are automatically protected by copyright. True You can remix all other works that have Creative Commons licensing. False You can hold copyright to your works for 17 years, then they will be automatically public domain. False
Now, click on the relevant subject heading that you identified in the previous question and analyze your search results. Which of the following best describes your new results:
You focused your results to be on this exact subject
You're using Quick Search to look for the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. An item in your search results indicates that "2 versions of this record exist." According to chapter 3, which choice below best explains what this means?
You have found two items of any format (book, video, etc) that have this same title
Indicate True or False to the below statements regarding why it is important to research the reputation of a source.
You need to make sure your source completely agrees with your argument. False Anyone can present themselves as an expert on a topic, whether or not that is actually the case. True Learning about how and what a source has published in the past can give insight into whether you can trust them. True Ensuring the information is hosted on a trustworthy domain, such as .org, will strengthen your research. False Many organizations will only portray themselves and their work positively. True
Truncation is a keyword search technique that helps you find useful variations of a term or terms. You want to find books on the topic of adaptation or adaptability in relation to biology. Where should you best truncate in this example?
adapt* and biology
What type of online information source is shown here?
an online journal with volumes & issues
In the citation below, what does Methadone: six effects in search of a substance represent? Gomart, E. (2002). Methadone: Six effects in search of a substance. Social Studies of Science, 32(1): 93-135.
article title
This statement: "NASA should cancel future robotic missions to Mars and concentrate on sending astronauts back to the Moon" needs to be cited. According to Chapter 5, why is this so?
because it is an opinion
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding:
books and more that the ISU Library owns
Quick SearchLinks 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 wind power. What are some criteria that can refine your search results in Quick Search?
by format type true by creation date true by popularity false by search-within-search false by topic true by author/creator true by subscription date false by tags false
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
Truncation is a keyword search technique that helps you find useful 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
Identify TWO common features of scholarly information, as described in Chapter 1:
has gone through peer review includes footnotes and references
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 are researching happened is important because it helps you:
know how much information and what types of resources may be available
As described in Chapter 1, match the three major finding tools to the resources they are best for finding.
scholarly journal articles indexes up-to-date information web search engines what a specific library owns library discovery tools not a finding tool, as defined in Chapter 1 books & journals
There are many alternatives to cheating. Match the following issues with the appropriate campus services. Where could your roommate go for help...
learning time management skills Academic Success Center finding a style guide to cite sources correctly for a paper Library when personal problems make it difficult to concentrate on coursework Student Counseling Services learning strategies for taking tests Academic Success Center
What is the benefit of using a Creative Commons license?
makes clear the conditions for reusing original work
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 yes books describing the impact of the event no scholarly articles analyzing the event no news reports made about the event yes
Truncation is a keyword search technique that helps you find useful variations of a term or terms. You want to find books on the topic of music and politics or political aspects of music. Where should you best truncate in this example?
politic* and music
Indicate true/false for the following statements. Items in the public domain are....
protected by federal copyright laws. False available for free use by anyone. True often US government documents. True available for re-use without giving credit. False
You need to read a copy of Geology of the National Capital Region: Field trip guidebook, but all copies are checked out from ISU Library. What are your choices in Google Books (Links to an external site.) for this title?
read scanned full-text online or download the free mobile ebook
You need to read Chaucer's classic Canterbury tales volume 4, but all copies are checked out from ISU Library. What are your choices in Google Books (Links to an external site.) for this title?
read scanned full-text online or download the mobile ebook free
Chapter 3 discusses searching by specific fields. Click the Advanced Search link under the Quick SearchLinks to an external site. box. 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 Title about the vaccination of animals Subject written by the National Gallery of Australia Author/creator written by Goodall and about chimpanzees Any field written by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Author/creator that include the words economics and World War in the title Title about human nutrition Subject that include the words Shakespeare and acting in the title Title about the natural history of New Zealand Subject written by the Museum of Modern Art Author/creator
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 Paywalled the resource is a popular publication Could be either the resource does not require you to pay or login Open your access to the resource depends on being enrolled at ISU Paywalled you can view the resource regardless of your affiliation Open
