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Select the three major finding tools discussed in this course.
-Web search engines, library discovery tools, & article indexes
Best for finding books, ebooks, journals, articles & other materials from the ISU Library
-Quick Search
What is true about using Advanced Search .
-Using Advanced Search can help you focus your search results.
Which of the following best defines information literacy/
-The skills of listening, speaking, writing & reading thereby obtaining or expression information
Which finding tools are a good fit for the information you need
-Chapter 1 discusses how to get started w/ research & the information-seeking process. Which of the following is the most important
to consider when getting started?
Each of the three major finding tools has strengths & weaknesses, which of the finding tools discussed is described "Best choice for
finding resources that a specific library owns, but can be difficult to narrow down your results."
-library discovery tools
You need to find general information on the Baltimore rides that took place in April 2015 protesting the wrongful death of Freddie
Gray, which one of the three major finding tools. Disgusted in chapter 1 would be the best choice for starting your search.
-Web search engine
You need to find certain types of information for a class assignment. Where would you look for each of the different types of
information listed below? Background information in, statistical information in, subject, focused, information in, news, in general
information in,
-Books and encyclopedia, government, sources, journal articles, newspaper articles,
You need information about the impact of the 2011 tsunami on Japan’s economy. You know some things, but need statistics that
describe disruptions on major businesses which of the following is your best operation for findings statistical information on topic
-Sources from the government organizational agencies
To find information on the impact of educational technology, on student achievement, which one of the choices below could be used
as search terms for finding information on the topic
-Educational, technology and student achievement
Chapter 1 discusses primary and secondary sources. Why might you want to use secondary sources for project or paper?
-Secondary sources may provide useful analysis of your topic
The event you’ve researching happen is important because it helps you?
-To know how much information what types of information may be available
You and your roommate both need to find scholarly materials for paper on the topic of government policy on environmental
sustainability in Russia you’ve been told to use a scholarly article index. Your roommate uses the following search terms,
government policy on environmental sustainability in Russia, but gets poor results, including some items that don’t look relevant.
What would be the next step to ensure that you both get relevant results
-Simplify your search terms to search only key concepts
This chapter discusses the difference between open material and wall scholarly resources for each item below, indicate if it
describes open pay wall, or both types of resource. The resource requires you to login, the resource is scholarly, you can view the
resource, regardless of your affiliation.
-Payal, could be both, open,
What is the difference between Google and Google scholar
-Google search is different types of websites, but Google scholar searches only scholarly materials
For the topics listed below, indicate which finding tools would be the best choice
An explanation of the discovery of the dwarfs, planet iris, with pictures, comparing Aries to the size of other objects in the solar
system1
An article on observations of dwarf, planet2
An article giving data on observations of the dwarf planet Eris3
Articles giving economic predictions about future trends in the sports industry4
A list of sports facilities ranked by voting for fav location5
-Google, Google scholar, Google scholar, Google
Is a website with top level domain of EDU automatically trustworthy or does it need to be evaluated?
-It needs to be evaluated because domains tell you where site comes from, but doesn’t guarantee quality
You examine the website in order to evaluate it and have found that the site includes many links that no longer work this suggests
that the website
-Malak currency
Which of the dates listed below as the best indicator of the currency of web webpage content
-A date listed after last update on
You are searching Google on Google scholar and you find both a blog post in Google and an article on Google scholar that are
written by the same author which of these two sources is more authoritative
-Both the blog and article in the authors area of expertise
When you’re off campus you need to log into Isu library scholarly databases in full text journals logging into library. Website is?
-Required because the ICU library pays a fee so Isu students and research can access pay wall databases and journals
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