Types of Publications Quiz

________ journals are written for a specific audience and filled with technical jargon on a particular topic.

• Academic

• Personal

• Specialized

• Scholarly

Magazines, journals, newsletters and newspapers are all examples of (a)   .

• Periodicals
• Articles
• Information
• Resources

Match the following descriptions with the correct media format.

• Periodicals containing scholarly articles in a specific field of study.

• Websites

• Series of media files which are released as episodes and can be downloaded digitally.

• Podcasts

• Collection of web pages under a single domain name.

• Articles

• Written works published in newspapers or magazines.

• Journals

Meghan is writing a paper about the most influential leaders of our time. While researching this topic, she finds several biographies in the library about leaders she is interested in discussing. The biographies she found are examples of a ________ source.

• User generated

• Credible

• Unreliable

• Copy

After Meghan has completed her research, she composes her paper discussing the most influential leaders. In her paper, she uses a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt found in one of her books. ________ her sources is the most important step of the research process.

• Reading

• Citing

• Writing

• Evaluating

The three citation styles are __________.

• AP, MLA, APA

• AP, Chicago, APA

• MLA, Chicago, AP

• APA, MLA, Chicago

Dan is looking for a fiction book in the library. The librarian suggests a book and writes down a number to help him find the book. The number the librarian wrote down is the __________ number.

• Research

• Call

• Library

• Search

A works cited page, or bibliography, lists the __________ used while gathering information about the topic.

• Sources

• Information

• Quotes

• Data

(a)   information allows for any last minute adjustments to the main concepts or ideas.

• Reading
• Writing
• Evaluating
• Copying

The __________ process is used to explore and find new or more information about a certain topic.

• Research

• Writing

• Evaluation

• Learning