This quiz contains 9 questions about the Selecting Sources module you just saw. As you go through you can mark any question to review, and you will be given the opportunity to to review all your answers before submitting the quiz for a certificate of completion. When you have completed the quiz and are satisfied with your score, please print out the certificate of completion to give to your professor.
Author
Date
Format
Publisher
Color
True
False
Rely solely on author information provided on that site
Search for other reviews and opinions about the site
Assume if it is written it must be factual
Visit the publisher's main home page
Select only information that confirms your personal opinions
Document citations for items you use
Take accurate notes indicating where you found specific ideas
Paraphrase the idea rather than directly copying the words
Use quotations marks or block quotes around exact quotations
True
False
Http://www.swarthmore.edu
Http://www.nasa.gov
Http://www.lindtchocolate.com
The .html in the URL means that the site is written for the Web and is therefore untrustworthy
The site has not been updated in over ten years
The /~ryan in the URL indicates that this might be a student Web site
The /intro in the URL means the site contains only very basic, introductory information
When writing the citation would take too long
When the information is from a popular magazine
When the information is someone else
When the information can be found in a general encyclopedia