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Information Literacy Quiz

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1. Please enter your professor's last name.

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2. For which class are you taking the Information Literacy Tutorial? i.e. UNIV 101, LIBR 250, BUS 301

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3. The first step in writing a research paper is understanding your assignment.

True

False

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4. Your research topic should...

Answer the what, why, where and how of something.

Look at the cause and effect of something.

Both of the above

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5. In research, you may be asked to use primary sources. Can you tell which of the following is a primary source?

An encyclopedia article

A journal article

A book on the topic

An autobiography

A handbook on the topic

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6. A peer-reviewed paper will typically be written by a professor or subject specialist and contain a list of references or works cited.

True

False

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7. Identifying keywords in your research question and creating synonyms will save time while researching.

True

False

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8. Which Boolean operator expands your search results?

AND

NOT

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9. Which of the following are ways to find relevant sources for your paper?

Looking at the bibliography of an article that is relevant to your paper.

Searching for sources using the subject heading of a relevant source.

Trying different groupings of keywords.

Finding synonyms for your keywords and using those in a new search.

All the above

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10. If you are using an article from a scholarly journal, you should NOT evaluate it for credibility.

True

False

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11. Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism?

Placing quotation marks around a quote, but unintentionally forgetting the in-text citation.

Summarizing a journal article, and placing a citation after it.

Directly coping someone else’s work without citing the source.

Using quotations from your previous research papers without citing them.

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12. What software for generating citations is available to Cal State LA students?

RefWorks

EndNote

Microsoft Word (2007 and later)