Ravil Veli


Adjunct Assistant Librarian / Instructor LIB 102  Plattsburgh State University of New York

 

Director of Library Services Herkimer County Community College
 

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1.Scholarly sources of information are aimed at:

  1. the general public.
  2. professors in the humanities
  3. practitioners or researchers or experts in various subject fields
  4. college students studying in various subject fields

 

2 One way of determining the authority of an author is

  1. the frequency with which the author appears in your research
  2. the frequency with which the title appears on best seller lists
  3. the sequence in which the author appears in citations
  4. the sequence in which the author appears in Current Biography

 

3. A refereed or peer reviewed journal publishes articles:

a.    only from referees and peers 

b.    as soon as  pagination and abstracts have been verified

c.     after they have been reviewed by experts

d.    after receiving a complete partial bibliography

 

4. Some evaluative criteria with which to analyze information sources include:

  1. level of pagination, authenticity, research
  2. level of scholarship, authority, timeliness
  3. level of scholastics, anonymity, timelessness
  4. none of the above

 

5. Evaluative criteria should be applied when using information sources such as:

  1. books
  2. journals
  3. web sites
  4. all of the above

 

6. A “quick and dirty” method of evaluating a web information source is:

  1. using the ISP you used to find the site
  2. using the search engine you used to find the site
  3. using the number of internal links in the site
  4. using the URL

 

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7.Possible indicators of reliability of a web site are URLs that end with:

  1. .edu, .eda, .gop, .opp
  2. .edu, .gov, .mil, .org
  3. .gov, .gpa, .caa, .dmv
  4. .com, .cam, .cpa, .cia

 

8. To plagiarize is to:

  1. steal and use the ideas or writings of another as one’s own
  2. to use quotes from another work in your work without indicating it through the use of footnotes
  3. not give appropriate documented credit to the work of the other researchers and writers whose ideas contributed to your work
  4. all of the above

 

9. Plagiarism may result in:

  1. punishment by a failing grade
  2. dismissal from a college
  3. ostracism from professional colleagues
  4. all of the above

 

10. Common style manuals include

  1. MPA, APA, ACS, CBE
  2. MLA, APA, ACS, CBE
  3. MLA, APC, ACS, CBE
  4. MLA, APA, ACS, GTE