Post-Test Quizzes

Which of the following is a Secondary source?

• Technical Reports

• Journal Review Articles

• Proceedings, Patents , & Standards

• Research in Progress or preprints

• Dissertations: original research

If you are looking for background information, which would be the BEST place/resource given credible/authentic information to begin your research?

• Books

• Newspaper

• Encyclopedias

• Google

• Wikipedia

What is a "peer-reviewed" journal?

• A journal that has been favorably reviewed by experts in the field.

• A journal that requires articles to be reviewed by experts in the field before being accepted for publication.

• A journal that contains reviews of the literature.

• all of the above

• I don't know

Which Boolean operator (AND, NOT, OR) would retrieve the FEWEST results?

• AND

• NOT

• OR

Which of the following databases would include both scholarly and non-scholarly sources?

• ScienceDirect

• Google Scholar

• SprinterLink

• Academic Search Complete

Peer-reviewed journal refers to a journal that requires articles to be reviewed by experts in the field before being accepted for publication.

(a)  

If you want to find peer-reviewed journal articles on a particular subject, you should. (Mark all that apply)

• Search the HPU Discovery

• Leaf through the library's magazines until you find your topic

• Search a database

• all of the above

The initial search for your topic has retrieved too many results. What actions can you take to get less results? (Mark all that apply)

• Use "AND" or " NOT"

• Use "OR"

• Add 2nd and/or 3rd concepts in the search boxes

• Use truncation *

• Use Quotation “ “ for phrase searching

Choose at least 3 electronic databases that would contain peer-reviewed journal articles on Biology.

• Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]

• ScienceDirect

• SpringerLink

• GreenFile [EBSCO]

• arXiv.org

Which of the following is NOT an element of Primary Research Article?

• Header

• Introduction

• Methods

• Results & Discussion

• Keywords