WorksheetsInformation Literacy Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which question would be most helpful in finding relevant information if you were doing research about United States westward expansion?
Who was the President?
What was the Oregon Trail?
Where is Mexico?
When was the United States founded?
You are assigned a research project on animals. You need to narrow the topic. Which group below begins with the broadest topic and then moves to the narrowest topic at the end?
Mammals, wild cats, animals, lions
Animals, mammals, wild cats, lions
Lions, wild cats, animals, mammals
Your teacher wants you to write a report about a natural disaster. Choose the correct order of the steps from the choices below.
A. Make a list of questions about your topic that you would like to learn.
B. Decide upon a natural disaster topic.
C. Find information about your topic.
D. List what you already know about your topic.
A, B, C, D
B, D, A, C
D, A, C, B
Which of the following is not a primary source in history?
Original photographs
Book reviews
Original music scores
Personal diaries
Your science class is studying the solar system. You need to find a current article about the solar system for extra credit. Which database should you check first for a current article?
A magazine database
An encyclopedia database
A reference database
You are to do a project on inventions. Which library source would be the best place to look for background information?
Encyclopedia
Magazine databases
Fiction books
When doing an Internet search using the phrase "eclipse and lunar", how does using the word "and" affect the search?
Limits the search by excluding a word or phrase
Broadens the search by searching for either word or phrase
Narrows the search by searching for both words or phrases
When you are searching for information, what is the purpose of a subject or subject heading?
To describe what a work is about
To provide access to any word in the text
To identify the author and title of a work
If you were using the Internet or a database, which of the following search phrases would find information on "Hurricanes" without including any information on "Florida"?
Hurricanes not Florida
Hurricanes and Florida
Hurricanes or Florida
Which term means lack of bias or prejudice?
Authority
Currency
Objectivity
Your group is creating an informational pamphlet on recycling batteries. Select the source below that has the most authority on the topic.
recyclebattery.org (A site created by battery manufacturers to encourage recycling)
www.batteriesplus.com ( Listing of stores that recycle)
www.epa.gov (U.S. Environmental Protection Administration with facts on battery recycling)
You have the following citation to a book. Identify the publisher.
Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition. William Morrow, 2016.
William Morrow
Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition
You find a photo on the Internet that you would like to include in your report. What is the proper way to use this photo?
Copy and paste the photo into your paper.
Include a title for the photo in your paper.
Cite the photo and include in your list of sources.
What is the best reason for citing your sources?
Citing shows your teacher that you did your research.
Citing identifies sources that your classmates may want to use.
Citing gives credit for the original work or the idea to the author.
After you have created your project or written your paper, you should create an alphabetical list of the information sources that you used. What is this list called?
Summary
Thesis
Works Cited
