Information Literacy Tutorial - Pre/Post Test
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What do you know about resources for locating information? Take our quiz and find out!
- 1.The Internet always provides the most reliable information available.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Which of the following Web addresses is most likely to take you to the U.S. Department of Education's Web site?
- A.
Www.ed.gov
- B.
Www.education.com
- C.
Www.highered.com
- 3.Which of the following would be the best source of information for a research paper on the history of Medieval England?
- A.
An article from U.S. News and World Report
- B.
The book Medieval Foundations of England
- C.
The movie Braveheart
- 4.Books are the best sources for:
- A.
Locating detailed information on a person or place
- B.
Locating information on current events
- C.
Locating pictures of famous works of art
- 5.What is the best way to find a journal article on a given topic?
- A.
Page through print issues of journals
- B.
Search the web using Google or Yahoo
- C.
Search a database like ProQuest or EBSCOhost
- 6.You are searching a database for information on working mothers. Using the term "working mothers", you find more than 2,000 articles. Would you:
- A.
Type the question, "How many working mothers are there in the United States?"
- B.
Narrow (limit) your search by adding another term such as "child care".
- C.
Start reading through all 2,000 articles.
- 7.Relevance, currency and reliability are important criteria for evaluating sources of information.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Which of these things is not part of a book citation?
- A.
Title of the book
- B.
Date of publication
- C.
Color of the book cover
- D.
Author's name
- 9.When searching for resources, adding a place name or time period to a general topic will narrow (decrease) the number of results.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Which of these criteria is least important when evaluating an article?
- A.
Currency of information
- B.
Author of the article
- C.
Number of pages in the article
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