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1.
Which of the following best describes a “publication issued periodically, usually weekly or monthly, intended for the general public, containing articles, stories, photographs, and advertisements?”
Magazine (e.g., Psychology Today)
Newsletter (e.g., International Communication Association Newsletter)
Newspaper (e.g., The New York Times)
Scholarly journal (e.g., Quarterly Journal of Speech)
Trade journal (e.g., Advertising Age)
2.
Which of the following concepts makes it ethically wrong to use the ideas of another person without giving them credit?
Copyright
Fair use
Freedom of information
Intellectual property
Right to privacy
3.
You have to find articles on raising children. Which search is more comprehensive?
Keyword: raising children
Subject heading: child rearing
4.
While searching the Web using a search engine, you would like to limit the results to items in the English language that are less than three years old.
Which of the following links on the search engine home page would be the most effective option for conducting a search of this type?
About
Advanced search
Customize settings
Simple search
Site map
5.
It’s the second week of the term. Your professor gives you an assignment to write a 10-page paper on a topic you know little about. The paper is due during finals week.
Suppose you identify only one book that is perfect for your topic. What would you do if it was already checked out to someone else?
Find out who has the book and ask that person to return it.
Request the book you want from another library for use next week.
Select another book that is available today.
6.
Which of the following best identifies a “periodical publication, particularly one issued by an association, generally containing reports, articles and targeted advertising in a particular profession or industry?”
Magazine (e.g., Psychology Today)
Newsletter (e.g., International Communication Association Newsletter)
Newspaper (e.g., The New York Times)
Scholarly journal (e.g., Quarterly Journal of Speech)
Trade journal (e.g., Advertising Age)
7.
You are writing a 20-page research paper. Your search on your paper topic has produced 3 articles. What is the best course of action?
Do not revise the search, because the number of articles is good.
Revise the search to retrieve fewer results.
Revise the search to retrieve more results.
8.
All of the following criteria are useful for evaluating a magazine article except:
The author’s point of view.
The number of pages.
When the article was written.
Who wrote the article.
9.
What is the primary reason for using a research or periodical database?
To find citations or articles
To search the Web
To see if the library owns a book
To see if the library owns a journal
10.
You hear from the evening television news anchorperson about a new study that shows that those who communicate more often with their wife or husband are happier in their relationships.
What type of source is that television news report?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Tertiary Source
11.
Select the set that best represents synonyms and related terms for the concept “college students.”
Colleges, universities, community colleges
Graduate students, freshmen, sophomores
University, adult learners, educational attendees
12.
If you want to combine search terms in a research database, which of the following is the best way to do this?
&
+
AND
No need to put in anything except the keywords
13.
Academic libraries are generally thought of as collections of materials in print and electronic formats. Some of these materials are made available to users through the Web, but are not included in what we traditionally think of as the Web.
The World Wide Web is a means of communication. Computers all over the world network with one another by using a common language.
Given the preceding definitions, what can you say about the following statement?
Statement: Has material for everyone, including shoppers, support groups, fans, scholars, students, hobbyists, businesses.
This statement is true about the Web.
This statement is true about the academic library.
This statement is true about both the academic library and the Web.
This statement is true of neither the academic library nor the Web.
14.
Who is the intended audience for this article?
Title: Changes in banking
Pages: 28-32
Abstract: The article gives ideas on building customer loyalty in the banking industry. Online banking has resulted in fewer clients at bank locations and may impact profits. Banks should make special efforts to retain their customers by maintaining contact with them and offering new services.
Banking professional
General public
Scholar
15.
You are creating a Web page for a student education organization. Browsing the Internet, you find a useful photo from the U.S. Department of Education, which is a government agency.
If you decide to use the graphic on your Web page, which of the following copyright choices is the proper action?
Permission is not needed as the photo is from a government agency.
Permission is not needed as the photo was found on the Internet.
Permission is not needed as you are only using it for a Web page.
Permission to use the photo must be acquired before using it.
16.
You need to write a paper about the causes of deforestation in South America. All of these strategies would be likely to result in useful, reliable information except:
Communicate with experts on the topic.
Read a travel guide for South America.
Read magazine articles on the topic.
Search the library catalog for books on the topic.
17.
You need to find reliable information about treatments available for malaria. Which of these sources would be the most reliable?
Edwards, B. “Developing new treatments for malaria.” Journal of Public Health. 91 August 9, 2014 375-390.
Kobayashi, P. “New treatments for malaria.” Community Health Journal. 44 Summer 2015 90-105.
Lee, S. “The latest in malaria treatments.” Public Health Journal. 46 January 2012 424-439.
Perez, A. “Trends in malaria treatment.” Journal of Community Health. 22 Winter 2002 212-227.
18.
When recording bibliographic information for a book chapter from an edited book you are using in your research, all of the following elements are necessary to cite it correctly except:
Book editor
Call number
Chapter author
Chapter page numbers
Chapter title
19.
All of the following kinds of resources are commonly available on a university library’s Web site except:
Course syllabi and assignments developed by instructors
Licensed or purchased research databases
Research guides
Selected freely-available resources on the Web
20.
All of the following criteria are useful for choosing an information source except:
The authority of the creator of the source.
How up-to-date the information is.
The point of view of the author.
The visual appeal of the design elements.
21.
Is it legal for you to use images created by another person on your own web page?
Yes, if it is from the web because all images there are in the public domain.
Yes, if the creator gives permission.
Yes, if you scan the image yourself.
Yes, if you alter the image.
No, it is not legal for you to use images created by another person on your own web page.
22.
When searching on the Web for a controversial topic such as euthanasia, which of the following statements is most accurate about possible bias of a Web site?
Bias can only be detected from reading the information on the site and comparing it to other sources.
If the information in the site includes statistical or numerical data, then it is not biased.
Information on the Web is probably biased.
The domain of the Web site will indicate whether it is biased or not. For example, an .edu site is probably unbiased, while a .com is probably biased.
23.
You have just finished reading a recent academic article on the destruction of coral reefs. Where could you immediately find a list of other articles related to this topic?
Internet
Library catalog
Library’s database system
Literature Cited/References section of the article
24.
All of the following subject fields belong to the humanities discipline except:
Art history
English
Philosophy
Sociology
25.
Books in the library are arranged primarily by:
What size they are.
What their subjects are.
When they were cataloged by the library.
When they were purchased by the library.
26.
If you want to obtain a book or article that is not available at your local library, which of the following statements is most accurate about your options?
The library offers a variety of ways to help you obtain items it doesn’t own, but you will be required to pay a fee to use these services.
The library offers a variety of ways to obtain items it doesn’t own. Some of these options may be free, while others may require a fee.
Your only option is to ask the library to purchase the item on your behalf.
Your only option is to obtain the item yourself, for example by going to another library or purchasing the item.
27.
Which of the following call numbers comes immediately after the call number LC 1087.3 .H24?
LC 1087 .H25
LC 1087.24 .A33
LC 1087.31 .B83
LC 1087.4 .B38
LC 1088 .L11
28.
To find books about the American poet Maya Angelou, which search is the most effective?
Author: Angelou
Subject: Angelou
Title: Angelou
29.
When recording bibliographic information for a book you are using in your research, all of the following elements are necessary to cite it correctly except:
Author
City where the publisher is located
Number of pages in the book
Title
30.
If you have a research paper due, and the course instructor has not advised you to use a particular citation style, which of the following is the best thing to do?
Select a citation style and use it consistently.
Use various citation styles based on the type of resource.
Use your institution’s citation style.
31.
Which of the following search strategies would be the most efficient for finding articles on “fast food?”
Fast adj food
Fast near food
Fast or food
32.
You are writing a paper on the legal rights of women in pre-Civil War America. Which of the following sources would be most appropriate?
Bell, Theresa. “Women and Their Rights Under the Law.” Price Law Journal. May 1982 340-355.
Hardesty, Julia. “Women’s Rights Under the Law.” The Journal for the Study of Law. 15 Fall 1850 210-25.
Ross, Barbara. “Laws and the Rights of Women.” Journal of Legal Trends. 44 Summer 1999 90-105.
Smith, Catherine. “The Law and Women’s Rights.” Journal of the Legal System. 38 January 1967 100-15.
Whitacre, Sarah. “The Lawful Rights of Women.” Journal of Law and Legislation. 71 Winter 2001 15-30.
33.
You are using a research database that uses an asterisk (*) as its truncation symbol. When you type in “mathemat*” you retrieve records that contain which of the following words?
Arithmetic, math, mathematics
Math, mathematics, mathematician
Mathematics, mathematical, mathematician
34.
You want to write a paper on the politics of a poem by Allen Ginsberg entitled “Hadda Been Playing on the Jukebox” and have found only two articles, which is not enough for your paper. What is the best course of action?
Broaden your topic.
Change your topic completely.
Narrow your topic.
35.
You need to write a ten-page paper reviewing the current research on a medical condition or disease. An initial search in a medical research database for “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” returns relatively few results. What is the best course of action?
Change your topic to another condition or disease.
Consult a medical dictionary to see if there is a formal name for the disease.
Repeat the search in a Web search engine.
Select a general research database to search.
Select another medical research database to search.
36.
Which of the following sources is least likely to help you evaluate the credibility of an author for your history paper?
Dictionary of National Biography
Directory of American Scholars
Handbook of Modern American History
Social Sciences Citation Index
The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
37.
What is the purpose of the excerpt below:
“Four years after Scottish researchers startled the world by announcing that they had cloned a sheep named Dolly, scientists say evidence is mounting that creating healthy animals through cloning is more difficult than expected. The clones that have been produced, they say, often have problems severe enough to concern anyone thinking of cloning a human being. These include developmental delays, heart defects, lung problems and malfunctioning immune systems.”
To inform.
To persuade or trigger emotions.
To present a variety of viewpoints.
38.
To find just about all the articles that have been published on a certain topic, what do you need to do?
Search a research database in the subject area.
Search several research databases in the subject area.
Search several Web search engines.
Search the library catalog.
Search the Web.
39.
What is the best way to obtain the item in this database record?
Title: Pennsylvania public-private partnership formed to curtail pregnant women smoking
Source: Health & Medicine Week; 8/16/2015, p1214, 3p
Document Type: Article
Formats: Citation PDF Full Text (209K)
Click on “Citation” to obtain the full text.
Click on “PDF Full Text” link.
Click on the journal title (the “source” link) to obtain the full text.
Request this item through interlibrary loan.
Search your library catalog for the journal title and, if it is available, obtain it in print at your library.
40.
What time period does this source cover?
TITLE Colonial America: An Encyclopedic History
EDITOR Tanya W. Braithwaite
IMPRINT New York, NY: Castle Publishing, c2015
DESCRIPTION 4 v.: ill., maps; 29 cm.
NOTE Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
NOTE Topics include: African Americans — Agriculture industries — Arts and culture — British colonies — Dutch colonies — Economy, business, and labor — European Americans — Everyday life — French colonies — Geography — Health and medicine — Military and diplomatic affairs — Native Americans (American Indians) — Politics, law, and government — Spanish colonies — Women and gender issues — Transatlantic trade — Race and ethnicity.
SUBJECT United States — Civilization — To 1783 — Encyclopedias.
OCLC # 53289922.
ISN/STD GBA558970
LCCN 2003023235
CALL NUMBER E175 .D29 2015
1600-1783
1610-1710
1783-1865
1950 to the present
41.
What is the best way to obtain the item in this library catalog record?
Authors: Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-
Title: Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Publisher Info: New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1958.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
Main Library PS3523.A934 I6 1958 Available
Description: 104, [2] p. : ill; 20 cm
OCLC#: 1601421
LCCN: 58000893
Click on the author’s name to obtain the full text.
Click on the call number to obtain the full text.
Search a periodical database for an online copy of this item.
Use the call number to locate the item in your library.
42.
Most books in academic libraries are arranged by their call numbers. Which statement best describes books with the same or similar call numbers?
They are all on the same or similar subjects.
They are all the same size.
They were all acquired by the library at the same time.
They were all written by the same author.
43.
You need to write a paper on the effects of the European Union on France. If you conduct a search for the term “European Union” that requires it to be next to, in the same sentence as, or within a specified number of words from the term “France,” what type of search are you conducting?
Associated
Boolean
Coupled
Phrase
Proximity
44.
If you need to know what chapters are in a book, which part of the book provides the best information?
Cover of the book
Endnotes
Glossary
Introduction
Table of contents
45.
You want to take a copy of a printed journal article that you located in the library home with you to read. What would be the best device to use?
Color printer
Microform reader
Photocopier
Flash drive
