The ACC Library Quiz

1. The ACC homepage has a link to a page where you can access the Library's resources.

True

False

The College homepage at arapahoe.edu, and every ACC Web page, has a link to the Library in the upper-right hand corner of the page.

Explanation

The College homepage at arapahoe.edu, and every ACC Web page, has a link to the Library in the upper-right hand corner of the page.

2. To find a book that the Library owns, you go to

My ACC

The Library homepage

D2L

The Library homepage is the starting point for direct access to the Library catalog for books and the Library's subscription databases for magazine, journal, newspaper articles, Encyclopedia Britannica, topic guides, literary criticisms, and statistical information.

Explanation

The Library homepage is the starting point for direct access to the Library catalog for books and the Library's subscription databases for magazine, journal, newspaper articles, Encyclopedia Britannica, topic guides, literary criticisms, and statistical information.

3. To find a book in the ACC Library from the Library Web page, I must use

The Catalog only

Aquabrowser only

Either one of the above

Both the Catalog and Aquabrowser have the same information (listings of ACC Library holdings of books and other items), but have different interfaces.

Explanation

Both the Catalog and Aquabrowser have the same information (listings of ACC Library holdings of books and other items), but have different interfaces.

4. I can find journal articles in

EBSCOhost

NewsBank

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher (and Facts on File) are excellent databases for selecting topics and getting background information. NewsBank provides newspaper articles from around the nation, including full-text New York Times articles (the journal databases will only list abstracts--summaries--of New York Times articles.)

Explanation

CQ Researcher (and Facts on File) are excellent databases for selecting topics and getting background information. NewsBank provides newspaper articles from around the nation, including full-text New York Times articles (the journal databases will only list abstracts--summaries--of New York Times articles.)

5. In your list of results of books in the ACC Library catalog, you see a book that is designated as Available Online. Which of the following is NOT true:

It is an electronic book (e-book) available from NetLibrary.com or by clicking Online Books on the Library homepage

It is a book only available at National Academies Press or Project Gutenberg

One of the ways you can access the e-book is from home by first creating a password on an ACC computer

If you are trying to access an electronic book from home but have not created a password on campus for NetLibrary, contact the Library and you will be provided a password. Free e-books are available on National Academies Press (nap.edu) and Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org/wiki), a few of which may be included in the NetLibrary collection.

Explanation

If you are trying to access an electronic book from home but have not created a password on campus for NetLibrary, contact the Library and you will be provided a password. Free e-books are available on National Academies Press (nap.edu) and Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org/wiki), a few of which may be included in the NetLibrary collection.

6. In the above ProQuest-displayed article, under Indexing (Document Details), name the second subject the article is classified under (the first one is marketing).

College students

Colleges & universities

Social networks

Many journal articles in ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and the other databases are categorized under official subject headings (a "controlled vocabulary"). By clicking these other subjects you will be given a list of more articles under that specific subject. A controlled vocabulary means subjects are precisely worded, such as "cellular telephones" instead of cell phones. You will still get results by using the search term keyword cell phones, but you may get better results using the official subjec heading of cellular telephones.

Explanation

Many journal articles in ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and the other databases are categorized under official subject headings (a "controlled vocabulary"). By clicking these other subjects you will be given a list of more articles under that specific subject. A controlled vocabulary means subjects are precisely worded, such as "cellular telephones" instead of cell phones. You will still get results by using the search term keyword cell phones, but you may get better results using the official subjec heading of cellular telephones.

7. Which of the following is NOT true of the Catalog and Aquabrowser:

These catalogs list NetLibrary electronic books.

These catalogs list titles of hard copy journals, magazines, and newspapers available on the ACC Library shelves.

These catalogs provide full-text and abstracts of journals, magazines, and newspapers.

The Catalog and Aquabrowser access the Library's books, videos, DVDs, but not articles. For articles you must use one of the article databases such as EBSCOhost or ProQuest. However, the Catalog or Aquabrowser will list titles of journals, magazines, and newspapers that are carried in hard copy in the ACC Library.

Explanation

The Catalog and Aquabrowser access the Library's books, videos, DVDs, but not articles. For articles you must use one of the article databases such as EBSCOhost or ProQuest. However, the Catalog or Aquabrowser will list titles of journals, magazines, and newspapers that are carried in hard copy in the ACC Library.

8. The most current book under the subject of mental depression that can be checked out of the ACC Library’s shelves is

Depression and Physical Illness

The Loss of Sadness

Beating the Blues

The easiest way to find the most recently-published book in the ACC Library Catalog is select the subject option in the Catalog or Aquabrowser (by default the books and other items are listed alphabetically by title). Notice that this question asks for book available on the shelf--not electronic books (which are only available online) and not videos or DVDs, which are intermixed in the results list.

Explanation

The easiest way to find the most recently-published book in the ACC Library Catalog is select the subject option in the Catalog or Aquabrowser (by default the books and other items are listed alphabetically by title). Notice that this question asks for book available on the shelf--not electronic books (which are only available online) and not videos or DVDs, which are intermixed in the results list.

9. A password available from the Library is necessary to access from your home computer the following:

The Library catalog

Journal article and other databases

Both a and b

The ACC Library catalog is accessible by anyone without a password. Most of the ACC databases can be accessed off-campus with a password obtainable from the Library.

Explanation

The ACC Library catalog is accessible by anyone without a password. Most of the ACC databases can be accessed off-campus with a password obtainable from the Library.

10. Find this article in the ProQuest database: “Twitter Takes a Trip to College; Students and professors use the micro-blogging service to communicate inside and outside the classroom." The source of this article is a

Scholarly journal

Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal

News magazine

ProQuest includes information that the source is a news publication. You can restrict your results to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals by checking off a box when you enter your search, or by selecting scholarly journals from the results list. Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are preferred for citing top-level information. You can use magazine and newspaper articles for background information and to familiarize yourself with a topic, and for brand new devlopments in an issue, but always try to cite scholarly articles when possible.

Explanation

ProQuest includes information that the source is a news publication. You can restrict your results to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals by checking off a box when you enter your search, or by selecting scholarly journals from the results list. Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are preferred for citing top-level information. You can use magazine and newspaper articles for background information and to familiarize yourself with a topic, and for brand new devlopments in an issue, but always try to cite scholarly articles when possible.

The Acc Library Quiz