Library 160 Final Review
3 Major Tools for finding information... - ANS-Search engines, library discovery tools, and
periodical indexes
56(8), 74-83 - ANS-common way of saying the volume and issue of a journal
According to Chapter 5, what is the definition of plagiarism? - ANS-Using someone else's words
or ideas without giving credit to that person.
As you learned in Chapter 4, it's important to know what a citation represents because that often
helps you find the item. What does the following citation represent?
Everson, William. (1981) Dionysus and the Beat generation. In Bartlett, Lee (Ed.) The Beats:
Essays in criticism. (31-55). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. - ANS-a book chapter
Book chapters... - ANS-page numbers and "In title"
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) affect your keyword search results. If you do a search in
Quick Search for books using the search phrase graffiti AND Los Angeles, you'll retrieve about
10 records for books. If you re-do that search as graffiti OR Los Angeles, you will broaden your
search results (retrieve more records). Why is this so? - ANS-OR will show results containing
either one or all of the search terms.
Call Number Example - ANS-BF441 .K238 2011
Chapter 1 discusses how to get started with research and the information-seeking process.
Which of the following is important to consider when getting started? - ANS-Which finding tools
are a good fit for the information you need.
Chapter 1 discusses primary and secondary sources. Why might you want to use secondary
sources for a project or paper? - ANS-Secondary sources may provide useful analyses of your
topic
Cite... - ANS-direct quotes, information from someone or somewhere else, images and figures,
research results, anything you are unsure about
Don't need to cite... - ANS-information that is a proven fact(the sky is blue), information that can
easily be verified(the speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second)
Drop Down Menu: Title when... - ANS-You know words that are in the title, you know the first
part of the title
, Dropdown Menu: Subject when... - ANS-these can be very precise, you must know exact
wording
Dropdown Menu: Use Anywhere in the Record when... - ANS-you know more than one aspect
of what you want to find, looking for a general topic
During a class lecture, your professor mentions a book about honeybees and colony collapse
disorder by an author named Halter. Which of the following Quick Search strategies is the most
effective way to find this book, and why? - ANS-honeybees "colony collapse disorder" Halter
Books and More
that contain my query words
anywhere in the record
During class, your professor mentions an article called Making as morality. From the Library
homepage's list of Articles Indexes and Databases, find the Design and Applied Arts Index and
search for the title to locate an article published in a journal issue dated December
2014-January 2015.
Subject terms are useful for finding similar articles on your topic. Which one of the following is a
subject listed for this article? (Remember - if you are off-campus you may need to login to the
index with your Library Password, as described in Chapter 1). - ANS-education
How do I know if this is good information? - ANS-accuracy, authority(who wrote it, credentials),
content(is there information missing), currency(how recent), point of view(author biased, only
one side of the story), purpose(why does it exist, inform or persuade?)
In call numbers... - ANS-First sort letters, treat top line as whole numbers, then sort second line
afterward, second line is treated as decimal... so it could go 27, 2700, 283, etc.
Indexes.... - ANS-directories of the contents of journals, periodical indexes help quickly identify
articles
Indicate if it describes Open, Paywalled, or both types--
The rescue does not require you to pay or login... - ANS-open
Indicate if it describes Open, Paywalled, or both types--
The resource is a popular publication... - ANS-could be both
Indicate if it describes Open, Paywalled, or both types--
The resource requires you to pay a subscription fee... - ANS-paywall
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