Questions for Library 190

Answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge. Do not look up any answers. You will not be graded on this exercise.

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1. What is your student ID number?

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2. Which section of Library 190 are you enrolled in?

Section #1725 - Thursdays (Prof. Christina Sheldon)

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3. You should only use the most recently published information whenever you do research.

True

False

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4. If something is reported in the newspaper, it must be correct.

True

False

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5. A research question . . .

Allows you to remain neutral during the research process.

Helps you to determine the relevance of your search results.

Focuses and guides your research process.

All of the above

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6. Is the following statement True or False:

"You cannot find reliable, credible, authoritative, and academic information by using a search engine such as Google on a specific topic."

True

False

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7. Which of the following is a true statement about library databases?

Use a database that you are already familiar with because you will get better results more quickly.

All libraries have the same databases.

Databases often cover specific subject areas, so it is important to find ones most appropriate to the discipline you are researching.

Databases cannot be accessed outside of the library.

All of the above

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8. What is plagiarism? (Select all correct answers)

Using someone else's ideas without giving them credit

Quoting someone else's words without using a citation

Paraphrasing someone else's ideas without citing them in your references

Copying straight from someone else's text without using quotation marks or citation

Following the structure of someone else's sentence; changing a few words here and there

I don't know

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9. Periodicals can be all of the following except:

books

scholarly journals

magazines

newspapers

in electronic format

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10. The following is an example of a research question:

"How might ecotourism improve the economy of developing countries?"

Using the above research question, which of the following is the best set of keywords for researching this topic?

How might ecotourism improve the economy of developing countries?

ecotourism AND economy AND developing OR countries

improve AND ecotourism

ecotourism AND economy AND "developing countries"

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11. To be successful in doing academic research, you must think about some important issues related to your assignment. From the list below, select all the items that you must consider before researching.

length of assignment / project

due date of assignment / project

popularity of topic

type of assignment / project

availability of research materials

topic of your last assignment / project

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12. The definition for a bibliographic citation is:

A brief summary of a book or article.

The individual entries in an online catalog or database.

All the information required to find a particular source, arranged in a systematic format (such as author, title, publication date, page numbers, etc.).

A publication issued regularly, including magazines and journals.

All of the above

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13. Your research topic is "gang violence". Choose the best search strategy to narrow your topic.

Investigating one aspect of your topic such as gang violence and prison culture

Adding a sub-topic keyword such as age group, race, or gender: (example: gang violence AND Asian-Americans)

Adding a sub-topic keyword such as location: (example: gang violence AND Los Angeles)

All listed above would narrow the topic

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14. Which of the following is not an advanced search technique?

Entering a question into a search engine

Using the operator "AND" to combine important concepts in your search

Limiting the search for a term to a specific field

Putting quotation marks around a phrase

All of the above

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1. What is your student ID number?

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2. Which section of Library 190 are you enrolled in?

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3. You should only use the most recently published information whenever you do research.

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4. If something is reported in the newspaper, it must be correct.

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5. A research question . . .

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6. Is the following statement True or False: "You cannot find reliable, credible, authoritative, and academic information by using a search engine such as Google on a specific topic."

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7. Which of the following is a true statement about library databases?

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8. What is plagiarism? (Select all correct answers)

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9. Periodicals can be all of the following except:

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10. The following is an example of a research question: "How might ecotourism improve the economy of developing countries?" Using the above research question, which of the following is the best set of keywords for researching this topic?

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11. To be successful in doing academic research, you must think about some important issues related to your assignment. From the list below, select all the items that you must consider before researching.

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12. The definition for a bibliographic citation is:

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13. Your research topic is "gang violence". Choose the best search strategy to narrow your topic.

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14. Which of the following is not an advanced search technique?

6. Is the following statement True or False:

"You cannot find reliable, credible, authoritative, and academic information by using a search engine such as Google on a specific topic."

10. The following is an example of a research question:

"How might ecotourism improve the economy of developing countries?"

Using the above research question, which of the following is the best set of keywords for researching this topic?