General Information Literacy Skills from TRAILS

Your teacher wants you to write a report about a natural disaster. Choose the correct order of the steps from the choices below.

• Make a list of questions you want to learn about, choose which natural disaster, find information, list what you already know.

• Choose which natural disaster, list what you already know, make a list of questions you want to learn about, find information.

• List what you already know, make a list of questions you want to learn about, find information, choose which natural disaster.

• Choose which natural disaster, make a list of questions you want to learn about, find information, list what you already know.

You are studying world festivals in class. You are to report on one festival and find out how it started. Which research question will be most useful?

• What are the main festivals in Asia?

• What are the origins of the Chinese New Year celebration?

• What do families do to celebrate Chinese New Year?

• When is Chinese New Year?

You want to find out about atoms and molecules for a science project. Which resource could you use to find general background information?

• Google Maps

• Dictionary

• Encyclopedia

• Book on atomic scientists

You are studying the environment and the effect of climates on different regions of the world. Select the group of topics that is organized from broadest to narrowest topic.

• Lake>moon>mountain

• Rainforest>wetlands>desert

• Ecosystem>forests>rainforest

• Rainforest>forests>ecosystem

You need to make a model of the Egyptian pyramids. Which resource would be the most helpful to learn about the construction of the Egyptian pyramids?

• An online journal of a tourist who spent a month exploring the pyramids.

• An Egyptian government website that shows photos and videos of the pyramids.

• A poetry database about ancient civilizations.

You need to find the time difference in hours between Chicago, Illinois and Sydney, Australia. What is the Best source to use?

• My best friend.

• Google.

• Dictionary.

• Encyclopedia.

You want to know more about the decision to build an airport in your city. Which of the following would be a primary source for this information?

• Television news report

• A newspaper article

• The airport's website

• The mayor's report

You are about to do a project on inventions. Which library source would be the best place to look for background information?

• Encyclopedia

• Magazine database

• Nonfiction videos

• Fiction books

Your school organizes the fiction section alphabetically by author. Select the correct order in which these books would appear on the shelf.

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Elephant Run by Roland Smith, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Elephant Run by Roland Smith

• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Elephant Run by Roland Smith, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

• Elephant Run by Roland Smith, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

Your school library organizes the fiction section alphabetically by author. Select the correct order in which these books would appear on the shelf

• Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, The Dragon Prophecy by Geronimo Stilton, Can you Survive the Titanic by Allison Lassier, Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman

• Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman, Can you Survive the Titanic by Allison Lassier, Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, The Dragon Prophecy by Geronimo Stilton

• Can you Survive the Titanic by Allison Lassier, Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman, Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, The Dragon Prophecy by Geronimo Stilton

• Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman, The Dragon Prophecy by Geronimo Stilton, Can you Survive the Titanic by Allison Lassier