The question "How did Lincoln’s childhood affect the decisions he made during his presidency?" is an example of a ____________ _______________?
What is a research question.
100
AND, OR, NOT are also known as...
What are Boolean Operators.
100
Academic Search Premier covers a broad range of topics which means it is a __________ database.
What is a general database.
100
A service you would use to find a book or an article that the Stewart Library does not own.
What is Interlibrary Loan.
100
The most effective tool for finding books on a particular subject in the library's collection.
What is the library catalog.
200
What are the keywords found in the following research question?
What is the impact of alcohol use on academic achievement among college students?
What are alcohol, college students, and academic achievement
200
“cell phones” OR “mobile phones” AND communication is an example of a ________ ___________.
What is search statement.
200
In an article database, this, called a _________, contains the title, the author, and subject terms. You can also find this in a scholarly article.
What is the citation.
200
This tool is NOT suitable for finding popular, trade, and scholarly articles.
What is the library catalog.
200
This gives you information about the number of copies available, the collection the item is in, and the call number.
What is the library catalog record.
300
Provide an alternate term for each of the following keywords:
Global warming
Teenagers
What are greenhouse effect and adolescents.
300
Full text journal articles or citations to journal articles are found by searching __________ __________?
What are article databases.
300
This type of article should have a bibliography or works cited page with references; be written for an academic audience; and have an author with credentials.
What is a scholarly article.
300
Trying to pass off someone else's written work as your own is an example of _______________.
What is plagiarism.
300
In a library, these are the addresses where the books live on the shelves.
What are call numbers.
400
If the following research question too broad or too narrow:
What is the history of psychology?
What is too broad.
400
OR should be used with what kinds of words?
What are synonyms.
400
Name a subject-specific database.
Medline
SportDiscus
MLA International Bibliography.
400
Learning to identify, find, evaluate, and use information to support lifelong learning is known as ______________.
What is information literacy.
400
This type of search in a library catalog will get you the record for a book when you know the exact title.
What is a title alphabetical search.
500
Is the following research question too broad or too narrow?
What are the 5 different disease-causing genes that were discovered in 1994?
What is too narrow.
500
Putting "visual literacy" in quotation marks is an example of what type of searching?
What is phrase searching.
500
Name a search engine that can be used to find full-text scholarly articles.
What is Google Scholar.
500
A diary is an example of what type of source?
What is a primary source.
500
This system is used for classification in most academic libraries.
What is the Library of Congress Classification system.