Library for Freshmen Seminar

Library Basics

100

What do you use as your library card?

Student ID card

200

How many days a week is the library open?

7 days a week

300

What can you check out from the library:

Books

Chromebooks

iPads

DVDs

All of the above

All of the above

400

Which librarian would you ask for help from for a Psychology paper?

Ellen Johnston

500

Name a place where you can study alone in quiet and place you can study with a group in the library.

Alone/Quiet spaces- back stacks study carrels, Rotunda area

Group: Learning Commons, Reference Room, Group study rooms

Library Research (Multiple Choice)

100

What is not accessible in the library databases: journals, newspaper articles, magazine articles, or blog posts?

Blog posts

200

Which library tool allows you to search almost all the library’s databases and books in one place: Summon, Academic Search Premier, CalCat

Summon

300

Different databases are used for different assignments. Which database do you think would be best for a psychology paper: ArtStor, Statista, PsycInfo

PsycInfo

400

Which is most searched database by our students: Academic Search Premier, Science Direct, History Online.

Academic Search Premier

500

What is the best combination of keywords to search for the topic: Do social media sites increase cyber bullying in teens? A. social media, B. social media and 6th graders and bullying in NJ, or C. social media and teenagers and bullying

C. social media and teenagers and bullying

Evaluating Sources (Multiple Choice)

100

What piece of information helps you determine when the source was first created: Last updated date or publication date

Publication date

200

It is important for your source to have this, also known as the person who wrote the source: Editor or Author

Author

300

What type of source would be the best source to start with when beginning your research: An encyclopedia entry, journal article, or book on the topic.

encyclopedia entry

400

Peer Review is a process where a panel of experts reviews information before it is published. Which type of source usually goes through peer review: Website or Journal Article?

Journal Article

500

What are three things you can use to evaluate a source when selecting it for a research paper?

Some are: date, author, amount of bias/fairness to issue, content, reliability, publisher, factually correct

Miscellaneous

100

What do you need to log into library resources off campus?

A net ID and password

200

Is it possible to get a book or article you need that the library does not own?

Yes- Interlibrary Loan

300

How are books organized in the library?

A. Date

B. There is no order

C. Subject

D. In the order they were purchased

Books are organized by subject

400

Name at least two characteristics of a scholarly journal article.

Some include: written by professionals, scholars, and researchers, can be Peer Reviewed, written for other professionals, scholars, and researchers, articles are longer, in-depth, and use a lot of citations, can have charts and graphs but usually no pictures.

500

Name three citation styles.

MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, ASA, CSE (Council of Science Editors)