Quiz - Tutorial 2: Intermediate Researchers

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Name (first and last): *

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Class (example: PSYC 3311, or N/A) *

Scholars and experts share their knowledge with a research community by: *

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A. Writing newspaper articles

B. Publishing their research in scholarly journals

C. Teaching students disciplinary content

A scholarly journal (pick all that apply): *

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A. Contains scholarly journal articles

B. Contains advertisements for fast food chains

C. Is meant for academics, scholars, and other experts in a specific discipline

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Which types of articles are typically peer-reviewed? *

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A. Popular articles

B. Scholarly journal articles

C. Op-ed newspaper articles

The peer review process is meant to: *

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A. Ensure that an article’s writing, methodology, arguments, and conclusions are sound

B. Ensure that scholars pay a fee before their research is published

C. Spell-check an article before it is published

Peer reviewers are typically: *

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A. Magazine editors

B. An author’s friends and family

C. Experts in a similar field as the author

What best describes “The Literature?” *

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A. Works of fiction like "The Old Man and the Sea"

B. The body of scholarly work in any given field.

Media coverage of an event

The types of sources you find in “The Literature” are typically: *

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A. Scholarly journal articles and scholarly books

B. Popular articles and popular books

C. All of the above

The purpose of popular sources is to study a phenomenon in depth. *

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A. True

B. False

Scholarly sources are typically considered more authoritative than popular sources. True or false? *

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True

False

Because scholarly sources are created with a particular audience in mind, theywill often be written using the _______ of a specific discipline. *

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A. Peer review

B. Keywords or subject headings

C. Language or jargon

Scholarly sources are meant to entertain rather than engage in analysis. *

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True

False

If you are assigned to write a literature review, you will create: *

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A. A book review

B. A personal response paper

C. A document that surveys scholarly information sources relevant to a research topic

Attribution is the act of giving credit to the author or creator of a work. How do scholars typically do this? *

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A. By writing a personal acknowledgement at the end of a research article

B. By using a particular citation style (APA, MLA, etc.)

C. By paying the original author or creator

Attribution... *

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A. Creates a historical record of scholarly conversations that occur in “The Literature”

B. Allows us to give credit where credit is due

C. Is a way to recognize the work of others

D. All of the above

A library database is: *

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A. A searchable and organized collection of electronic information

B. An Excel spreadsheet

C. A computer terminal

What would be the best way to search a library database for information on middle school? *

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A. middle AND school

B. middle OR school

C. "middle school"

If you want to retrieve variations of the word planet, such as planets and planetary, search: *

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A. planet

B. planet*

C. planet AND variations

The best way to use truncation to search for multiple forms of the word generate would be to search: *

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A. gen*

B. gener*

C. generat*

Refer to a database’s __________ section if you need assistance identifying which wildcards to use in your search. *

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A. Help

B. Publication Date

C. Abstract

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