Question 1 1
/ 1 point
To find information about the U.S. involvement in World War
II, which of the following subject guides would be the BEST place to begin your
research?
a) Philosophy
b) Education
c) History
d) Business
and Marketing
Question 2 1
/ 1 point
What are the reasons to create a search statement?
a) To save
time
b) Because
different databases may use different vocabulary
c) To get
more relevant results
d) All of
the above
Information Literacy Standard 2
Question 3 0
/ 1 point
What does the FindIt button do?
In
a) It tells
you if an article is available in full text in another library database.
b) It tells
you if the article needs to be ordered from DocumentExpress.
c) It tells
you the best database to use for your topic.
d) both a
and b
Question 4 1
/ 1 point
If TOO MANY articles are retrieved in a database search,
what should be done?
a) Nothing
b) The topic
should be narrowed down further and search limiters should be used
c)
The databases shouldn’t be searched and the Internet should
be used instead
d)
The databases shouldn’t be searched and the library catalog
(catalogUSMAI) should be used instead
Question 5 1
/ 1 point
To find documents that mention advertisements but that don’t
mention magazines, which of the following search statements should you use?
a) advertisements
NOT magazines
b) advertisements
OR magazines
c) advertisements
AND magazines
d) none of
the above
Question 6 1
/ 1 point
What are some of the BEST reasons to use the library
databases for research?
a) You can
find peer-reviewed articles.
b) You can
find full-text articles that you cannot find on the Internet.
c) There are
no good reasons to use the library databases for research.
d) Both a
and b
Question 7 0
/ 1 point
Which of the following databases will NOT be an appropriate
resource for CURRENT research on an EDUCATION topic?
In
a) Contemporary
Women’s Issues – Gender equity, pay equity, health, family life, legal status,
reproductive rights, women in the workplace, women in business, education and
political issues from 1992 to the present
b) JSTOR –
Arts, business, education, language, literature, and science journals. Provides
an excellent historical perspective because coverage starts as early as the
1900s and extends up to 3-5 years prior to the current year.
c) ERIC –
Education journals, books, proceedings, reports, and Department of Education
publications from 1960 to the present.
d) Professional
Development Collection – Education and library science journals from 1965 to
the present
Information Literacy Standard 3
Question 8 1
/ 1 point
Which of the following factors SHOULD be used when
evaluating an article for use in a research paper?
a) the
journal’s issue number
b) the
intended audience
c) the date
the article was published
d) both b
and c
Question 9 1
/ 1 point
Which of the following factors should NOT be used when
evaluating an article for use in a research paper?
a) The
format of the article (e.g., print vs. online)
b) Who the
intended audience is
c) How
objective or biased the article is
d) The date
the article was published
Information Literacy Standard 5
Question 10 1
/ 1 point
In an APA citation for a journal article, which of the
following IS included?
a) illustrations,
graphs, or charts
b) article
title
c) number of
pages
d) both a
and c
