Information Through Multiple Lenses Quiz Question Title * 1. Judging from the citations for the two books listed below, which one appears to be a scholarly source? 1. Doane, M. (2012). Stealing shining rivers: Agrarian conflict, market logic, and conservation in a Mexican forest. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2. Vasquez, A. G. (2012). Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. Question Title * 2. What clues did you use to decide which book was more likely to be a scholarly source of information? Question Title Question Title * 3. Describe how the headline and the photograph for this news story work together to create meaning. Imagine you are the editor of this newspaper. Why did you choose this photograph and this particular wording for the headline? Question Title The next two questions are based on the book you see below, The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia. Question Title * 4. Based solely on the title of the book, for which assignment(s) would you be more likely to use this source of information?Rank in order of most likely (1) to be relevant to the assignment to least likely to be relevant (3). 1 2 3 Prepare a 10-minute presentation on the experience of Cambodians emigrating to the United States after 1985. 1 2 3 Write a 5-page essay on the changing roles of women in the workforce in post-WWII United States. 1 2 3 Write a 5-7 page essay on the use of railroad imagery in 19th Century American literature. Question Title * 5. What kind of information do you expect to find from this book? Concise articles that provide an overview of topics related to the American economy. Short articles that provide good starting points for my research (key people, concepts, issues related to the American economy). Short articles on a wide range of topics related to historical changes in the economy of the United States. All of the above. Question Title Question Title * 6. What is the major flaw in this graph demonstrating an increase in house prices? Question Title * 7. Choose the best strategy for providing an accurate description of the history of sugar in a 10-12 page paper for my Introduction to Global History course. Find a book titled, The Global History of Sugar from which to draw facts and analysis. Use the website of a major sugar producer (eg. C&H) and look for a history section to inform my existing knowledge. Find at least ten articles in the Library's databases about sugar and find useful information in those. Use the Library's resources to find and make us of a variety of books, scholarly articles, and primary sources related to the history of sugar production and trade. All of the above. Next