American Environmental History Quiz
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. Your name:
Your name:
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. Which of the following book citations is correct according to the Chicago Manual of Style?
Which of the following book citations is correct according to the Chicago Manual of Style?
Willis, Lloyd.
Environmental Evasion: The Literary, Critical, and Cultural Politics of "Nature's Nation."
New York: State University of New York Press, 2011.
Pepper, D.
Modern environmentalism: An introduction.
(New York: Routledge, 1996).
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. What type of resource is cited below? A book chapter or a journal article?
Johnson, Lucille Lewis. “Symbioses between Biologists and Social Scientists.” In
Environmental History of the Hudson River,
edited by Robert E. Henshaw, 13-22. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.
What type of resource is cited below? A book chapter or a journal article?
Johnson, Lucille Lewis. “Symbioses between Biologists and Social Scientists.” In
Environmental History of the Hudson River,
edited by Robert E. Henshaw, 13-22. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.
Journal article
Book chapter
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. Below are footnotes from a journal article. What is the source for footnote number 3?
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Ian Simmons,
An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10,000 Years Ago to the Present
(Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001), 86-88.
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Peter Bowler,
The Norton History of the Environmental Sciences
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1993), 61.
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Ibid., 73.
Below are footnotes from a journal article. What is the source for footnote number 3?
1
Ian Simmons,
An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10,000 Years Ago to the Present
(Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001), 86-88.
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Peter Bowler,
The Norton History of the Environmental Sciences
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1993), 61.
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Ibid., 73.
Magoc, Chris.
Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide With Primary Documents.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006.
Bowler, Peter.
The Norton History of the Environmental Sciences.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1993.
Simmons, Ian.
An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10,000 Years Ago to the Present
. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
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. You found a book about the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the catalog. The call number for the book is: TK1345.H37. The Library has thirteen more titles with the same call number root. What have these titles in common?
You found a book about the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the catalog. The call number for the book is: TK1345.H37. The Library has thirteen more titles with the same call number root. What have these titles in common?
They have the same topic
They have the same author
They were published in the same year
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. Look at the Library of Congress subjects below. Check the two subjects that describe primary sources.
Look at the Library of Congress subjects below. Check the two subjects that describe primary sources.
Nuclear power plants - Accidents.
Dust storms - Great Plains - History - Sources.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) - History - Interviews.
Dams - Political aspects - Arizona - Grand Canyon.
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. One of the books listed below includes primary sources. Check the correct title.
One of the books listed below includes primary sources. Check the correct title.
Rothman, Hal.
Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Dilsaver, Lary M.
America's National Park System: The Critical Documents.
Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1994.
Salmond, John A.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942: A New Deal Case Study.
Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1967.
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. Check all answers that apply.
Peer-reviewed/scholarly journal articles ...
Check all answers that apply. Peer-reviewed/scholarly journal articles ...
... generally include a literature review of related published research.
... include the latest news.
... include cited references.
... are written by scholars.
... are written by journalists.
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. The Library has subscriptions to all journal articles which are indexed in
America: History & Life.
The Library has subscriptions to all journal articles which are indexed in
America: History & Life.
False
True
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. Was there anything you found particularly confusing in today's presentation?
Was there anything you found particularly confusing in today's presentation?
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