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Information Literacy: Quiz

Q. 1


Which highlighted portions of the catalog record provide the information to find the physical book within the library?

A.  The AUTHOR field and the LOCATION field

B.  The ISBN / ISSN field and the AUTHOR field

C.  The LOCATION field and the CALL # field

Q. 2

Your professor gave you this citation in APA format:

It is a ...

A.  book

B.  journal article

C.  journal title

D.  website

Q. 3


Using the sample article landing page below, what features does the database provide to help you find other articles on a similar topic?

A.  The Accession Number and the Abstract.

B.  The Accession Number and the Subject Terms.

C.  The Subject Terms and the NAICS/Industry Codes.

D.  The NAICS/Industry Codes and the Abstract.

Q. 4


You have used the following book for your assignment. Which parts of the displayed record will help you construct your works cited list?

The information highlighted within the ...

A. The Publisher, Description, and Subject fields.

B. The Author, Title, and Publisher fields.

C. Just the Author and Title fields.

D. The Title, Publisher, ISBN, and Subject fields.

Q. 5


Accusations of plagiarism are damaging. What procedures should be followed to avoid being accused of plagiarism?

A.  Cite all direct quotations.

B.  Cite any ideas that are not your own.

C.  Use the required citation style (typically MLA or APA)

D.  All of the above.

Q. 6

Below are two citations in MLA style. One item is authored by Stober, the other by Wright. For each citation, identify the type of source being cited:

A.  The Stober material is a book, and the Wright material is a journal article.

B.  The Stober material is a journal article, and the Wright material is a book.

C.  Both items are articles.

D.  Both items are books.

 

 

Q. 7

Which of the following articles is most likely to have been written by an academic researcher, and to include a list of works cited / references / bibliography?

A.  #1 is most likely to have been written by an academic researcher, and to include a list of references.

B.  #2 is most likely to have been written by an academic researcher, and to include a list of references.

#1:

#2:

Q. 8

You are interested in writing about the science that enables users to search for and retrieve music on the internet. An initial search for the single term 'music' returned over 600,000 results  Based on the screen shot of the search below, which of the following statements are true?

A. The AND requires that both search terms appear in the results.

B. The AND narrows the initial results for the search on 'music' to only those articles which also contain the term 'retrieval.'

C. The AND is a 'Boolean Operator.' It enables one of the fundamental functions of database logic.

D. All of the above.

Q. 9

Your professor assigned the following item. Aside from using the OneSearch option, what is the FIRST component that you need to pay attention to, in order to find this item?

A. The title of the article.

B. The last name of the lead author.

C. The name of the journal.

Q. 10

Where should you search to find books owned by the Sawyer Library (in print or online e-books)?

A. The OPAC

B. The catalog.

C. The OneSearch

D. A literature database that contains book reviews.

E. All of the above (A-D)

F. Any of the options A, B, or C.