Reference
Search techniques
Libraries
Info Literacy
About Information
100

Wikipedia sounds like this word for a common type of reference source

What is encyclopedia

100

This Boolean operator will increase your results while linking like terms

What is OR

100

The system of organization that academic libraries utilize

What is Library of Congress

100

Framework for Information Literacy ACRL contains_____different frames

What is six

100

One of the last things to be created in the information cycle

What are books

200

A reference source that defines a word

What is a dictionary

200

Use this Boolean operator to limit a word from your results

What is NOT

200

The beginning of the call number at AVC starts with one or two of these

What are letters

200

Authority is

What is constructed and contextual

200

This source is original material and comes from direct observation or experience 

What is a primary source

300

A reference database that presents current topics with opposing viewpoints

What is CQ Researcher

300

This Boolean modifer allows a exact search of more than one word

What are quotation marks

300

The 5 types of libraries

What are Academic, School Libraries, Public, Government, and Specialized

300

The five information literacy categories

What are Identify, Find, Evaluate, Apply, and Acknowledge

300

A book or article about an event would be an example of this type of second hand information

What is a secondary source

400

The two types of encyclopedias

What are general and subject specific

400

This technique uses a * key to give multiple endings

What is truncation

400

Public libraries provide more of this nontangible service than academic libraries

What is programming

400

Scholarly research is the product of many different voices is an example of

What is Research as a Conversation

400

This type of  information source contains just the facts and little else

What is a factual information source

500

Two things that you will get from a reference source

What is background information and keywords

500

The Boolean operator AND when used does this to results

What is decreases

500

This is the area of a library where books are checked in and out

What is circulation

500

The information cycle is an example of this ACRL frame

What is Information Creation as a Process
500

This type of information is designed to move the reader to a particular point of view.

What is subjective information

600

This type of reference book contains information on seasons, holidays, politics, sports, countries, and many statistics. It is published annually.

What is an almanac

600

When trying to make your search results more specific you can use these in the database interface usually found on the left side

What are limiters (or filters)

600

This is an area of the library where historical documents or items are preserved.

What is archives/special collections

600

Giving credit to an author is one of the ways to show this ACRL frame

What is information has value

600

These are the two types of articles 

What are popular and scholarly