General Library Tutorial PresurveyGeneral Library Tutorial Presurvey

To start the exercise, please answer a few questions for us about your knowledge of an academic library. You must answer each question (choosing the best answer) before clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

1. Your Status:

Your Status: SU Student

SU Faculty

SU Staff

Other

2. One of the BEST, and often overlooked, resources in an academic library is...

One of the BEST, and often overlooked, resources in an academic library is... The computer lab

Public pamphlets and brochures

The general book collection

Library personnel (librarians and help desk staff)

3. Finding library books for my topic is BEST done by...

Finding library books for my topic is BEST done by... Browsing on the library shelves

Asking a library staff member to retrieve books for me

Borrowing books my classmates have checked out

Searching in the library catalog

4. Books in Blackwell Library are organized by...

Books in Blackwell Library are organized by... Color

Title

Author

Subject

5. Catalog USMAI, the Blackwell Library Catalog, does NOT contain records for...

Catalog USMAI, the Blackwell Library Catalog, does NOT contain records for... Books

CDs, DVDs and videos

Journals, magazines and newspapers

Individual articles within magazines, journals and newspapers

6. Which of the following Library of Congress (LC) call numbers are in proper shelf order...

Which of the following Library of Congress (LC) call numbers are in proper shelf order... (1) HD145 .C8 == (2) H151 .A11 == (3) G92 .K4 == (4) PS3512 .J12

(1) A58 .D9 == (2) BS519 .E88 == (3) TA16 .I3 == (4) Z56 .T55

(1) J22 .F81 == (2) N23.5 .K12 == (3) LC120 .S7 == (4) NA5412 .O42

7. The BEST method to find academic-level information for my research assignment is to...

The BEST method to find academic-level information for my research assignment is to... Search on the Web

Rely only on my required textbook

Look through materials I already own

Use resources available through a public library

Use resources available through Blackwell Library

8. In which of these library periodicals will you find a scholarly article...

In which of these library periodicals will you find a scholarly article... The New York Times

People Magazine

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

9. When you access online article databases through the library, you can...
A. Search anytime (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
B. Find articles from thousands of popular and scholarly sources
C. View, print and/or save full-text articles
D. Electronically request that we get an article for you, if the full-text is not immediately available

When you access online article databases through the library, you can... A. Search anytime (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) B. Find articles from thousands of popular and scholarly sources C. View, print and/or save full-text articles D. Electronically request that we get an article for you, if the full-text is not immediately available B

A & D

A, B & C

B & D

B & C

A, B, C & D

10. To research the topic GANG VIOLENCE you must first identify KEYWORDS to use in your search. Which of the following is NOT a good keyword to use in your search...

To research the topic GANG VIOLENCE you must first identify KEYWORDS to use in your search. Which of the following is NOT a good keyword to use in your search... Gangs

Violence

Crime

Problems

Turf

11. When you use an idea in your research paper that you got from reading an article, must you cite the article?

When you use an idea in your research paper that you got from reading an article, must you cite the article? YES, I must cite the article, since I did not originate the idea

NO, no need to cite the article because I used my own words to describe the idea