Information Literacy

You want a copy of a song from your favorite band's new CD. Which of these allows you to legally copy the song from the Internet?

• You find it on a website that says "click here to download".
• Your friend copies it from the Internet and gives it to you.
• You find it on the Internet at a social media page and copy it.
• The artist gives permission to copy the song on his/her website.

You used facts from a book for your report. What do you include about the book in your Works Cited?

• Name of book, author, date, city and pages
• Pages, date, name of book and author
• Author, name of book, city, name of publisher and date
• Name of book, date, city and pages

Which is a case of plagiarism?

• Copying from a website
• Taking notes in your own words
• Using your picture
• Writing a poem

You used facts from a website for your poster. What fact about the website should be in your Works Cited?

• Page numbers
• Picture names
• Date of access

Why is it important to create a Works Cited after you have written your paper or completed your project?

• It provides a list of the page numbers for each of the quotes that you used in your paper.
• It shows where you found your information so that others can locate your sources.
• It completely protects you from being accused of plagiarism.

Your teacher wants you to create a library Web page to post on the school website, and you want to use graphics to enhance the look of the Web page. What source should you use to get these graphics?

• A graphics CD that belongs to your friend
• A graphic from a website that you copy and paste into your document
• A graphic from a website with free-use or Creative Commons licensed graphics
• A graphic from a website that you use without asking permission from the author

While doing research, you find a sentence in a book that you would like to include in your paper. According to the MLA Style Guide, what must you do with this information in order to correctly give credit to the author?

• Change the original words into your own words and include the author's name.
• Place the information from the book in quotation marks and include the author's name and page number.
• Write down the information just like it is in the book without the author's name.
• Use synonyms for all of the words that you don't understand.

Your friend tells you about a website where you can download all of the latest songs that you hear on the radio for free. If you use this website for this purpose, you will be violating which of the following?

• Fair use
• Right to privacy
• Copyright
• Freedom of information

Your teacher has assigned a report on dinosaurs. You have been interested in dinosaurs for a long time and know a great deal about them. You know so much, in fact, that you think you can just write a report on dinosaurs without any research. What is the best way to complete your assignment?

• Find sources that confirm what you know and cite those.
• Go to an online database and generate a few citations to use.
• Cite Wikipedia as a source.
• Get a few books from the library about dinosaurs and cite those.