LIBR 1101 Pretest

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LIBR 1101 Pretest

This Pretest will NOT be graded. Do the best you can answering these questions!

You need to find articles about cars. Which search will get you the MOST articles? * *

Cars NOT Automobiles

Cars OR Automobiles

Cars AND Automobiles

A Primary Source is... *

a resource that extensively analyzes a topic

the most important work on a subject

a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study

the resource that you use most often in your research project

Which of the following describes a scholarly publication? *

Usually has a bibliography

Often contains advertisements

Tends to be short

Written for general audiences

What is an example of an article database? *

The library catalog

GALILEO

Google

Academic Search Complete

In a library, what are the stacks? *

Laptop storage

Organized piles of documents

Bookshelves

Computer Labs

Which of the following is NOT plagiarism? *

Paraphrasing an idea from a book and citing the author

Putting an author’s idea in your own words without citing the author

Taking a sentence from another source and changing around a few words

Copying an author’s reasoning style or order of ideas

The call number of a book in the library will help you *

Identify who wrote the book

Determine how many books of the same title are in the library.

Identify when the book is due back in the library.

Find a book on the shelf

What are Course Reserves? *

A placeholder for your schedule when you register for classes

Items your professors keep at the library circulation desk or online

Course packet sold at the Bookstore

Slang for studying all night

What does it mean that an academic or scholarly publication is peer-reviewed? *

It will definitely work for a college-level assignment

Upper-division students have evaluated the articles

Experts in the field reviewed the articles prior to publishing

All of the above

Why would you want a peer-reviewed article? *

It has been screened prior to publishing

Your professors usually require this for assignments

Typically the research in it is trustworthy

All of the above

What is being cited below? *

Gilbert, J. (2009). Using Assessment Data to Investigate Library Instruction for First Year Students. Communications in Information Literacy 3(2), 181-192.

A book chapter

A book

A website

A journal article

Google.. *

Ranks sites by putting the best near the top

Searches everything available on the internet regardless of where it is held

Searches only what is available for free on the Internet but does not see into paid library databases

Is the only source you need for 90% of your papers

All of the following are ways to tell that a website is credible EXCEPT: *

The website is up to date

The website ends in .org

The content of the website is unbiased and supported by evidence

The author’s credentials are appropriate for the subject matter

What is the purpose of presearching? *

To evaluate resources

To learn more about the topic you want to research

To prepare your document for inputting citations

To pad your bibliography

Which article database would be best for a paper about the US Involvement in the Korean War? *

Project Muse

PsycINFO

Academic Search Complete

America: History & Life

Which of the following would be an appropriate research topic for a 5 page paper? *

Biology

Greenhouse gases

The effects of Ritalin on adolescent girls

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

How can you get help with a reference question at 3am? *

Chat reference

Meet with a librarian

Call your professor at home

You can’t

What are the ways in which you can get help from the library? *

Chat reference

GoPRO appointments

Ask at any service desk in the library

All of the above

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