LIS 1001 LSU Quizzes

Do a search on the keywords plants invasive species in Discovery. Limit your results to Library Catalog Only. Which titles below are (e)books AVAILABLE ONLINE?

- Pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers - Trees, shrubs, and vines of the Texas Hill Country: a field guide

Which are the necessary elements to include with a quotation? (select all that apply)

- Signal phrase - Attribution in the form of a citation - Quotation marks - The author's exact words

Which of the following must be cited (check all that apply)?

- Summaries - Paraphrase - Direct Quotations

Select all the red flags warning you that you might not be correctly incorporating quotations into your paper:

- Your paper is mostly made up of quotations with just a few of your own words in between - You begin or end your paragraph with a quote - Your quotations are really long

Which web site domains are the most reliable?

.gov and .edu

Click on the National Parks report published in 2014. Navigate to the Maps/Graphs section. Find the map "Park Service Oversees More Than Just Parks." According to this map, how many National Parks does the National Park Service oversee?

59

Which are the necessary elements to include with a paraphrase? (select all that apply)

- Attribution in the form of a citation - Your own words

Check the true statements about research. Research . . .

- Involves answering a question with evidence as well as your own conclusions based on that evidence - Requires a balance between your own thinking and what you discover from evidence - Is a conversation between you and the authors you have researched the topic before you

Follow the links for each choice. You will be taken to a page that lists the Detailed Record information for a journal. Which choice is NOT a peer reviewed journal?

Alabama Nurse http://libezp.lib.lsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&jid=DHP&site=ehost-live

Imagine you are writing a research paper on the effect of offshore drilling on Gulf Coast states. Which of the following article titles looks like it would be more relevant to this research topic?

Davenport, Coral. "Louisiana Still Dependent on Oil." National Journal 16 Apr. 2011: 1.

What is most likely the purpose of this book? Click on the title to see information about the book. You can also view the Full Text of the book online for even more information about the book. Holloway, M. D., & Rudd, O. (2013). Fracking: The operations and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

To educate

Which topic is broader?

Alternative energy in the United States

Which citation below is for a book?

Arking, Robert. The Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

What type of source is this? Barajas, Frank P. "Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo. Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870 to 1930." American Historical Review, vol. 118, no. 5, 2013. pp. 1538-1539.

Article

What type of source is this? Ginzburg, Carlo. "Checking the Evidence: The Judge and the Historian." Critical Inquiry , vol. 18. no. 1, 1991, pp. 79-82. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1343716.

Article

In Literati by Credo, do a search for the term invasive species. What is the title of the Topic Pages listed in your results?

Biological Invasions

What type of source is this? Hesse, Carla A. The Other Enlightenment: How French Women Became Modern. Princeton UP, 2001.

Book

What type of source is this? Hellman, Geoffrey, and John L. Bell. "Pluralism and the Foundations of Mathematics." Scientific Pluralism, edited by Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters , U of Minnesota P, 2006, pp. 64-78.

Book Chapter

Open the Topic Page in Literati by Credo by clicking on the title. On the right hand side of the page, you will see a Related Topics box. This Related Topics box can help you identify a narrower subtopic, a broader topic overall, and can provide alternate terms/name for your topic. Which item below IS NOT a related topic?

Burmese Pythons

What is the title of the work: Ginzburg, Carlo. "Checking the Evidence: The Judge and the Historian." Critical Inquiry , vol. 18. no. 1, 1991, pp. 79-82. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1343716.

Checking the Evidence: The Judge and the Historian

In what publication was the work originally printed? Ginzburg, Carlo. "Checking the Evidence: The Judge and the Historian." Critical Inquiry , vol. 18. no. 1, 1991, pp. 79-82. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1343716.

Critical Inquiry

I can use evidence I find through research in my paper without citing the source if I rewrite it in my own words

False

In Discovery, find the article cited below: DOVE, CARLA J., RAY W. SNOW, MICHAEL R. ROCHFORD, and FRANK J. MAZZOTTI. 2011. "BIRDS CONSUMED BY THE INVASIVE BURMESE PYTHON (PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS) IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, FLORIDA, USA." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123, no. 1: 126-131. Open the PDF Full Text. Each author has a superscript number next to his or her name. In the bottom left hand corner of the first page of the article, there is a note that matches the author's affiliations to an institution. What institution is not listed?

LSU

Bibliographies, works cited pages, lists of references, and footnotes list citations to sources of information. Many of you have had to include bibliographies and works cited pages in your papers for your research assignments in your English classes. Navigate to the Bibliography in the National Parks article. Under the Books section, find the book The Grand Canyon Reader. The author, Lance Newman, has the following two letters behind his name: ed. What do the letters "ed" mean in this citation?

Lance Newman is the editor of this book

Follow the links below for each choice. You will be taken to an information page for an author. Which author is NOT a scholarly researcher?

Malcom Gladwell

Which of the following statements is true?

Most websites do not go through an editing process before being published, but books and journal articles do.

Do a search in Discovery for the article cited below: Marquis, Amy Leinbach. 2010. "A Snake in the Grass: Burmese pythons are putting a squeeze on the Everglades." National Parks 84, no. 3: 1-4 Open the Detailed Record for the article. Click on the Source title. Is this journal peer-reviewed?

No

Is this plagiarism? Original Source Material Although there has been considerable research done on the internment of civilians in the United States during the Second World War, such studies have generally focused on the mass internment of ethnic Japanese on the mainland west coast rather than the smaller scale but more quickly developing roundup of civilians in Hawaii that immediately followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Rosenfeld, Alan. "'An Everlasting Scar'": Civilian Internment on Wartime Kaua'i." Hawaiian Journal Of History, vol. 45, 2011, pp. 123-145. Sample of Student Work In spite of its impact on the population, according to Rosenfeld (2011), little research has been conducted on Japanese wartime internment in Hawaii.

No

Is this plagiarism? Original Source Material During the last decade, there has been a shift from "instructivist" approaches towards "constructivist" approaches in the field of instructional design. Instructivist approaches reflect the belief that the role of knowledge is basically to represent the real world. Meaning is eventually determined by this real world and [is] thus external to the understander. Merriënboer, J. J. van. (1997). Training complex cognitive skills. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. Sample of Student Work "During the last decade, there has been a shift from 'instructivist' approaches towards 'constructivist' approaches in the field of instructional design" (Merriënboer, 1997, p. 24).

No

Is this plagiarism? Original Source Material Many United States presidents are honored for their great work, but two stand above all others: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is remembered for his great human qualities. Washington is beloved as the "father of his country."Washington was a "father" in many ways. He was commander in chief of the American forces in the American Revolution, chairman of the convention that wrote the United States Constitution, and first president. The Encyclopedia Britannica Intermediate, (1999-2000). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Online at http://www.eb.com/ Sample of Student Work Washington's leadership roles in the American Revolution and in the convention that wrote the United States Constitution made many see him as the father of our country.

No

Is this plagiarism? Original Source Material Social policy in France has been supportive of women's employment for longer and to a significantly higher degree than in most other European states—with the notable exception of the Scandinavian countries—by assisting women to combine having a job with their caring responsibilities for children. Indeed, free nursery schooling has a long history in France and the country was one of the first in Europe to offer a benefit subsidising the cost of childcare for working mothers in 1972. Windebank, Jan. "Social Policy and Gender Divisions of Domestic and Care Work in France." Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 21-35, 2012, doi:10.1080/09639489.2011.631699. Sample of Student Work According to Windebank (2012) social policies in France have supported women's employment to a greater degree and for longer than most European states.

No

Authority means:

The author is known, and you can determine that she is qualified to write about the topic.

Which topic is broader?

Outsourcing American jobs to other countries

Do a search on invasive species in Newsbank/Access World News. Approximately how many items are included in your results list?

Over 140,000 results

Which topic is broader?

Pollution in urban areas

For which of these topics would the currency of the source be more important?

Preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in women

In CQ Researcher, do a search on the keyword terms invasive species. Sort your results list by Newest. What is the title of newest report listed in your results list?

Protecting Animals

Which of the following articles was probably written by and for researchers?

Sang-Ki, Lee, David B. Enfield, and Wang Chunzai. "Future Impact of Differential Interbasin Ocean Warming on Atlantic Hurricanes." Journal of Climate 24.4 (2011): 1264-1275.

Do a Google search for the title of the journal in which the article was published. According to information on the journal's homepage, is this journal a scholarly publication or a popular publication?

Scholarly Journal

Which of the following types of sources would you go to for research studies written by an expert and focused on a very narrow topic?

Scholarly Journal

Is the item listed in footnote 15 a primary source or a secondary source?

Secondary source - it is a book that interprets and analyzes primary sources like news articles, reports, and other research articles

Which topic is broader?

Wildfire reduction efforts in southern Oregon

What is the title of the journal in which the article was published?

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Is there a list of cited references included in the article? (We're still using the article listed in question 1).

Yes

Is this plagiarism? Original Source Material Technology has significantly transformed education at several major turning points in our history. In the broadest sense, the first technology was the primitive modes of communication used by prehistoric people before the development of spoken language. Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing of figures in the sand with a stick were methods used to communicate -- yes, even to educate. Even without speech, these prehistoric people were able to teach their young how to catch animals for food, what animals to avoid, which vegetation was good to eat and which was poisonous. Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education through technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. Sample of Student Work Frick (1991) believes that the first technology was the primitive modes of communication used by prehistoric people before the development of spoken language.

Yes

In CQ Researcher, do a search for Genetically Modified Food (GMF). Open the article on GMFs dated August 2012. In the Footnotes section, find note 38. Based on the information contained in the citation, does this footnote point you toward a:

book

In CQ Researcher, do a search for the article on Wind Power. The article should have an Apr 1, 2011 publication date. Open the article and click on the Footnotes link on the left hand side of the page. Find footnote 15. Footnote 15 is a citation to a . . .

book

Choose the correct word below to fill in the blank. A lot of broken links on a web site may indicate that the information is not ____________.

current

Follow the links listed for each choice below. Which cover is the most appropriate for a scholarly publication?

http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/

Choose the correct word below to fill in the blank. If the author of an article has presented more than one side to an argument, and represented each perspective fairly, he is being _____.

objective

If a web site has an author and looks professional . . .

you should research the author, look at the domain, check the links, check for errors, look for bias, etc.