Quiz- secrets of my research success 1) which of the following are good places to find background information on your topic?

Quiz- secrets of my research success

1) which of the following are good places to find background information on your topic?

a) books

b) e-books

c) database

d) all of the above

2) what types of resources reccomendations can you find in the umuc librarys subject guides?

a) database

b) print books and e-books

c) websites

d) all of the above

3) where can you locate print books relevant to a specific subject area?

a) library catalog (catalog usmaI)

b) in the subject guides accessible from the umuc library web site

c) books 24X7

d) both a and b

4) what does the find it button do?

a) it tells you if an article is available in full text in another umuc library database

b) it tells you if the article needs to be ordered from document express.

c) it tells you the best database to use for your topic

d) both a and b

5) which boolean operator should you use in a search statement to combine related keaword if you want to find results that include any of the keywords from the search statement?

a) and

b) or

c) not

d) none of the above

6) which of the following is true of books?

a) they can be found by using catolog usmaI

b) they can be found in e-books colllection (onebscohost)

c) they are a good source background reading material

d) all of the above

7) which methods can you use to conduct a umuc librarian?

a) by phone, email, and chat

b) by phone, email, chat, instant messaging, and face-to-face appointments

c) by email only

d) you can't contact them

8) which of the following is not an evaluative criterion to use in determining whether an article is worth pursuing?

a) the article publication date

b) the type of journal in which the article was published

c) the article authors credentials

d) the volume number of the journal in which the article was published

9) what is an abstract?

a) a list of individual who have reviewed the article

b) a summary of the article

c) information on the reliability of the article

d) information on the article authors

10) in an apa citation for a journal article, which of the following is included?

a) illustrations, graphs, or charts

b) article title

c) number of pages

d both a and c