FSS-125J-01 Children's Lit: Tough Topics Student Survey

What do you know about the world of information?

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* 1. Which of the following statements is true about searching for information online?

You can find any information online for free if you just search long enough.

Websites are not protected by copyright law.

Nothing worthwhile is ever published for free on the Internet.

Not all online sources provide reliable or authoritative information.

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* 2. Which of the following statements is not true about Wikipedia?

Wikipedia articles are written and edited by volunteers.

Authors of Wikipedia articles are clearly identified.

Anyone with an account can add content to Wikipedia articles.

Reference lists found in Wikipedia articles can be used to track down reliable sources of information.

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* 3. Which of the following library resources and services can you access from home using the 14 digit barcode on our student ID.

Search for scholarly journal articles in a library database.

Renewing books online.

View or download an ebook.

Request an item from another library.

All of the above.

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* 4. Books in the Alverno Library are organized by Dewey Decimal call number. Which of the following is true about the Dewey Decimal System?

Call numbers are organized by subject.

Call numbers are organized by author.

Call numbers are organized by title.

I don’t know.

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* 5. A library database is a collection of information that provides credible and scholarly resources for college assignments.

True

False

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* 6. Which of the following services are offered by the Alverno Library?

Research assistance by phone.

“Ask a Librarian” assistance by email.

Individual one-on-one appointments with a librarian.

Drop-in help at the library.

All of the above.

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* 7. Your instructor wants you to use a scholarly source for a research paper. Which of the following would be considered scholarly?

Boyce, J. K. (2015). Rethinking extinction. Harper's Magazine, 331(1986), 67-75.

McMichael, A. J. (2013). Globalization, climate change, and human health. New England Journal of Medicine, 368(14), 1335-1343.

Domestication of animals. (2017, August 20). Retrieved from Wikipedia website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_animals

The role of nicotine. (n.d.). Retrieved from Philip Morris International website: https://www.pmi.com/science-and-innovation/the-role-of-nicotine

I don’t know.

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* 8. Plagiarism is:

Failing to use the correct citation style when citing your sources.

Downloading an article from an Alverno database and printing it out from your home computer.

Using the ideas of another person in your writing assignments without giving them credit.

I don’t know.