A service you would use to find a book or an article that the library does not own.
What is "Interlibrary Loan."
100
I just read a book by Jack Simmons titled "Rare Dog Breeds" and I want to know what other books the library has by this same author. Identify the best search strategy and explain how to complete this process.
What is "an author search; search Jack Simmons in the catalog OR click his name."
100
The words AND and NOT do what for your search?
What is "narrow search results."
100
The first pillar of information literacy.
What is "Identify."
100
Order the terms from broadest to narrowest "Cattle" "Black Angus Bulls" "Agriculture" "Black Angus" "Livestock."
Trying to pass off someone else's written work as your own is an example of _______________.
What is "plagiarism"?
200
I just learned about flying squares on TV last night and want to know more about this interesting creatures. Identify the best search strategy.
What is "a keyword search; type "flying squares" into the catalog. Can also use the field "kw:flying squares" to narrow results immediately."
200
This word broadens the search by searching for either word or phrase.
What is "the Boolean operator OR"?
200
The process of creating a visual of one's research process using bubbles and lines.
What is "concept mapping."
200
For your social studies report you need to find information on the role of women in the U.S. Civil War. You search the library's online catalog for Civil War using an all fields search. More than 100 books came up. You need to redo your search in order to narrow your results. Which is the best all fields search to try: "U.S. Civil War Woman" "United States Army Woman" or "Civil War Woman"?
What is "U.S. Civil War Woman"?
300
Learning to identify, find, evaluate, and use information to support lifelong learning is known as ______________.
What is "information literacy."
300
These scholarly publications are available in print and through electronic databases.
What are "academic journals"?
300
If you were using the internet or a database, which of the following search phrases would find information on "Snowfall" without including any information on "Alaska"?
What is "Snowfall NOT Alaska"?
300
This 5-letter evaluation test can be applied to resources to determine their credibility.
What is "the CRAAP Test"?
300
You need to find information about how Ancient Greeks fought their enemies. Which are the best keywords to help you find that information: "Greece AND combat" "Ancient Greece AND warfare" "Greece AND weapons" or "Ancient Greeks AND death."
What is "Ancient Greece AND warfare."
400
A diary is an example of what type of source?
What is "primary source."
400
This online resource is not a good source for scholarly research, though it may point to other scholarly resources via the references list.
What is "Wikipedia."
400
You need to find facts on Georgia peach growing, but you do no want to find information on the rock band called "Peaches." The best search would be....?
What is "Georgia Peaches NOT Rock band."
400
This part of the Internet is not accessible by typical search engines.
What is "the Deep Web"?
400
What are the "stop" words in this phrase: Who first claimed that China's Great Wall can be identified from space?
"Who" "that" "can" "be" "from."
500
A free, online source of electronic databases and journal articles; a good place to start your resource search.
What is "Google Scholar"?
500
Academic researchers prefer scholarly articles that have undergone this process.
What is "peer review."
500
You need to find facts on testing medicine on pigs for your science project. What is the best search for this project?
What is Animal Testing AND Pig OR Hog OR Swine.
500
Use this to search Google for a specific domain name type related to academics.
What is "site:edu."
500
Use this form of punctuation to search for an exact phrase.