Who is your librarian?
QUIZ

15 questions. Results will be sent directly to your librarian. Your librarian will forward your score to you and your professor.

1. Which would be the best source to consult for information on the Korean War when you are early in the research process? Hint

subject encyclopedia
newspapers or the internet
magazines
journals
2. You can avoid plagiarizing by: (Choose all that apply) Hint
using quotation marks when directly stating another person's words
using the ideas of other people sparingly and only to support your own argument
taking notes about your sources, including citation information for each source -- including internet sources
writing a short draft of your paper in thirty minutes without using notes
3. When citing a book, which of the following would NOT be a part of your citation? Hint
author
place of publication
title
number of pages
4. When citing a journal article, which of the following would NOT be a part of your citation? Hint
author
article title
journal title
journal publisher
5. If you are having trouble finding good sources for your paper it is helpful to: Hint
Pick your nose
Read Twilight
Bribe your professor
Ask a Librarian
6. What is a scholarly journal? Hint

a work with long, in-depth articles geared towards the academic community
a publication that contains a lot of advertisements
a publication with short articles geared towards the general public
a publication published by trade organizations
7. You can narrow your PRIMO search by: (Choose all that apply) Hint
Subject
Resource type
Contains images
Publication date

 
8. To search a subject specific database instead of searching PRIMO, you can (choose all that apply) Hint
Search the Good library catalog
Use the A-Z list of databases
Use Google
Find a database in the subject guides
9. Which of the following is a strength of using online library resources? Hint
Information is organized logically for your studies.
They contain many articles that undergo a peer-review process.
Students have access to academic databases not freely available on the internet.
Information is selected for you by librarians.
all of the above
10. Which of the following is the best set of keywords to start with if you are searching for information on the differences between teenage girls' brains and teenage boys' brains? Hint
physiology, psychology, brain research.
sex, difference, brain, adolescent.
girls, boys, difference.
cognition, neural networks, neurobiology, sex difference.
teenage personality disorders.
11. Which of the following is NOT likely to help you evaluate the quality of information you find on a web page: Hint
when the page was last updated
who wrote the web page
the sponsor of the web site
the presence of graphs and charts on the web page
the accuracy of facts on the web page
12. If you need an article that you found listed in a database that is NOT full text (is NOT the complete article, in other words) Hint
Ask your professor.
Look for another article.
Request the article through interlibrary loan.
Only full text articles are available in the Good Library databases.

13. Google, and the open internet, gives access to the largest portion of resources available on the internet. However, it isn't organized for college research. Hint
True.
False.
14. It can be helpful to use a specific database instead of PRIMO when Hint
you are at the beginning of the research process.
you want information that isn't too technical.
you want information from scholarly sources on your subject.
you are looking for general information on your subject.
you are looking for newspaper articles.
15. What helps you to begin the research process? Hint
brainstorm with a friend
talking to your professor.
chatting with a librarian via Live Help
visiting the Writing Center in the Library.
coming up with research questions
all of the above
Required: List one specific thing you learned about library resources.