Cameron Snow ENG-105 04/22/2020
Information Literacy Post-Assessment
1. When required to use peer-reviewed articles on a topic for your essay,
... [Show More] where would you find this type of resource?
2. A peer-reviewed journal article is:
3. The following reference is a:
Bland, H. W., Melton, B. F., Bigham, L. E., & Welle, P. D. (2014). Quantifying the impact of physical activity on stress tolerance in college students. College Student Journal, 48(4), 559-568.
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4. You find the perfect article for your assignment and want to find more like it. What do you do?
5. When using a journal article to support your essay, when do you have to include an in-text citation?
6, If you are writing a compare/contrast paper on a controversial topic like capital punishment, it is important to:
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6. When should you consult a librarian for assistance?
8, Wikipedia can be a good starting place to learn more about a research a topic. However, it is usually inappropriate to use Wikipedia as a cited resource in college papers assignments because:
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9. Copyright law in the United States, which governs intellectual property rights, applies to which type of resources?
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10. Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
11. Which of the following is NOT a Boolean operator?
12. On the reference page of your essay, the references should be alphabetized by:
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None of the above
13. To learn about the current issues in your field of study you can:
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Run a search for scholarly journal articles in the library’s databases published in the last year in your field of study
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Browse the website for a professional association for your field of study
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Interview a professional in your field of study
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All of the above
14. You need scholarly research on the treatment of diabetes. What type of resource would provide the best information?
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A popular medical website
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A peer-reviewed medical journal
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A current online magazine article
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A popular YouTube video
15. When doing research on your topic, “The impact of steroids on America”, you find you have too much information for a three page essay. What do you do?
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Use as much information as possible and hope the professor doesn’t notice that the essay is two pages longer than the maximum
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Choose a brand new topic; this one is too hard to cover in a college paper
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Reduce the scope of your topic to something more focused, such as the use of steroids in American high schools
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Pick the first three articles you find and write an essay based on these three resources
16. The correct way to write the in-text citation for the following reference is:
Solganick, H. (2013). Creating constructive consciousness: Critical thinking for the Christian. Global Education Journal, 2013(3), 1-33.
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(Creating constructive consciousness, 2013)
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(Global Education Journal, 2013)
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(Solganick, H., 2013)
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