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Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is the main purpose of a copyright?
To protect the user of a creative work
To protect the buyer of a creative work
To protect the creator of a creative work
To protect the copier of a creative work
If you find a great website as a source for your English project, which of the following is true?
You can copy and paste the text, but not the images, into your report
You can't use any of the information on the site without permission
You can use information on the site as long as you cite it properly
You don't have to cite your source if you only use short quotations
What is the main advantage of using online sources in addition to printed materials?
Online sources have more trustworthy information than printed sources
It's faster and often easier to access online sources
Online sources are the easiest sources of information to cite in a bibliography
The Internet contains more information than books
Anyone can create a webpage or add content to message boards and other forums. How does this affect the overall accuracy of online information?
It makes online information quite accurate as a whole
It has little or no effect on the overall accuracy of online information
It fills academic and government websites with mistakes and inaccuracies
It makes it harder to verify the accuracy of online information
Which of the following is a telltale sign of an untrustworthy online source?
Grammatical mistakes
A plain-looking logo
Links to other sources
Lots of text with very few graphics
What can you conclude about a website if it ends in .gov?"
It's the professional website of one of the 50 U.S. governors
It's run and maintained by the U.S. government
It's run by the government of one of the member countries of the United Nations
It's meant to be viewed by government employees only
Which of the following is probably the most trustworthy online source?
TheMessageBoard.com
PeopleSpace.com
TheUSA News.org
TommyB's.net
In Google, how should you phrase your search if you want to exclude a certain word from your results (for example, "chocolate")?
dessert (exclude: chocolate)
dessert ~chocolate
dessert -chocolate
dessert NOT chocolate
Let's imagine you're searching for hotels in Chicago. What should you search for in order to get the most relevant results?
Hotel
Hotel illinois
What are some hotels in Chicago
Hotel Chicago
If you want to search for an exact phrase what do you do?
Use parenthesis (brown bears)
Just type in brown bears
Use quotes "brown bears"
define: brown bears
What does a .com suffix indicate?
That it is governed by the constitution.
That it is maintained by the government.
That it was created by a business organization for commercial reasons.
What does a .edu suffix indicate?
The site is owned by a school or university.
The site is selling scholarships for students.
The site is 100% reputable.
The site is edited by the government.
What is a search engine?
a paid library website that gives reliable information
a library online catalog
searches the Internet and identifies items that match the characters and keywords entered by a user
a collection of full text articles used for research projects
This is an example of...
a search engine
a library database
This is what you use to locate a webpage:
cite
web-address (URL)
title
source
A webpage that ends in '.org' means:
It's a government website
It's a non-profit organization
It's a commercial website that could be used for business
This contains and lists all of your citations for information you used in your research:
research paper format
bibliography / works cited
parenthetical citation (in-line citation)
publisher
If you paraphrase, summarize, or directly quote information, you must:
research the source
format the source
cite the source
bibliography / works cited the source
Lee wants to learn about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball. Which source would provide the most appropriate information?
A. An encyclopedia entry about Jackie Robinson
B. an essay in a baseball magazine about Jackie Robinson
C. a student website about the contributions of Jackie Robinson
D. a movie about a child who admires Jackie Robinson
A reliable source is
biased
trusted
trying to sell you something
Steps you can take to determine if a source is reliable will include
looking for the author.
determining the author of the website.
verifying the author's expertise.
all of the above.
Electronic collections of information is ?
index
glossary
source
database
Sources created by people who witnesses or took part in the events they describe are?
primary source
database
secondary source
index
Sources created by people not directly involved in the events they describe are ?
plagiarism
database
primary source
secondary source
Information directly related to the topic is?
index
relevant
reliable
glossary
steps that you can take to determine if a source is reliable will include
determining the author of the article
evaluating if the author used primary sources
researching the author to find out if he is credible
all of the above
