Information Literacy Quiz
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For each of the following questions, select the BEST answers.
- 1.Our library's online catalog is used to find...
- A.
All books published in Kansas
- B.
Books & videos owned by our library
- C.
Magazine articles
- 2.When searching in a research database, the use of the Boolean operators AND, OR, & NOT can be useful in narrowing or broadening your search results. Which Boolean operator would you use to get the most results from your search?
- A.
AND
- B.
OR
- C.
NOT
- D.
All of them
- 3.A primary source is...
- A.
An original document such as a diary, letter, etc.
- B.
An article or book that extensively analyzes a topic.
- C.
A collection of critical essays.
- 4.Failure to give credit to your sources of information is called...
- A.
Copyright
- B.
Plagiarism
- C.
Hegemony
- 5.Google is...
- A.
A book
- B.
A search engine
- C.
A research database
- D.
An online catalog
- 6.An abstract is...
- A.
A full text article
- B.
A quote from a book
- C.
A summary
- 7.If you need a book or an article that our library does not have...
- A.
You can forget about it
- B.
You can buy it from the bookstore
- C.
You can order it through interlibrary loan
- D.
You can request it from the author
- 8.What is the best way to search for library books on a given topic?
- A.
Keyword or subject
- B.
Author or title
- C.
ISBN
- D.
Publisher or date
- 9.Which is the best place to find research published by scholars, experts, or professionals?
- A.
On Amazon.Com
- B.
In books or peer reviewed journals
- C.
In the newspaper
- D.
In general interest magazines
- 10.How do you know if someone is an authority on climate?
- A.
She has her own web site
- B.
She uses technical language that most people would not understand
- C.
She has a PhD in Political Science
- D.
Numerous articles on global warming cite her works
- 11.The Internet is the most current and accurate source of information on every topic.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
Don't know
- 12.In critically evaluating information sources, you should consider all but...
- A.
The timeliness of the information
- B.
The credentials of the author
- C.
The length of the information source
- D.
The accuracy of the information
- 13.Datebases, such as Academic Search Premier and Academic OneFile, are used mainly to...
- A.
Locate journal/magazine articles
- B.
Find video titles
- C.
Look for books
- D.
Do not know
- 14.Library classification systems (Dewey Decimal & LC) arrange books on the shelves by...
- A.
Author's first name
- B.
Subject
- C.
Author's last name
- D.
Publisher
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