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Research Skills 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are websites and databases the same source?

a)

No

b)

Yes

2.

How do you get to websites?

a)

google or other web browser

b)

library website

3.

How do you get to databases?

a)

google or other web browser

b)

library website

4.

Why can you only get to databases through the library?

a)

your access is paid for by the library

b)

Mrs. Kosev is stingy

5.

Why do you need a password to get into databases?

a)

there is an age requirement - if you're not old enough, you don't get the password

b)

your access to databases is paid for by your library

6.

Why do you need a password to get a website?

a)

because the library paid for the google search bar

b)

you do not need a password for a web search

7.

Why does database access cost money?

a)

The companies that publish the databases vet the publications before they are placed on the database

b)

Database publishers throw whatever garbage they can get their hands on into the database.

8.

Where do the articles on databases come from?

a)

outer space

b)

Mrs. Ash

c)

Mrs. Kosev

d)

they were originally published in print format

9.

What is one reason you should use databases in research?

a)

because Mrs. Ash hates them

b)

because the district makes you

c)

because the articles are from credible sources

d)

because college do not like them

10.

Where do the articles on websites come from?

a)

could be from anyone, anywhere

b)

published articles

c)

alien nation

11.

Are websites credible sources?

a)

never

b)

sometimes

c)

always

12.

What is one similarity between websites and databases?

a)

they are electronic (on the computer) sources

b)

access is through the library with a password only

c)

neither has credible sources

13.

What has Mrs. Ash taught you to do to cite a website?

a)

in a googledoc, use the explore button

b)

make it up

c)

citation machine

d)

APA format

14.

Is this citation a website or a database?

Bunis, Dena. "What's at Stake in the November Election - AARP." 3 Aug. 2020, https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/voter-key-issues.html. Accessed 11 Sep. 2020.

a)

website

b)

database

15.

In this citation, what is Bunis?

Bunis, Dena. "What's at Stake in the November Election - AARP." 3 Aug. 2020, https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/voter-key-issues.html. Accessed 11 Sep. 2020.

a)

article title

b)

web address

c)

access date

d)

last name of author

16.

What is "What's at Stake in the November Election - AARP."?

Bunis, Dena. "What's at Stake in the November Election - AARP." 3 Aug. 2020, https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/voter-key-issues.html. Accessed 11 Sep. 2020.

a)

web address

b)

database title

c)

article title

d)

date of publication

17.

Is the following a citation for a website or a database?

Stein, M.L. "Outside editors critique Honolulu dailies." Editor & Publisher, vol. 124, no. 49, 7 Dec. 1991, p. 15+. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11699907/GPS?u=j220919041&sid=GPS&xid=e5c750bf. Accessed 11 Sept. 2020

a)

database

b)

website

18.

What is Stein in this citation?

Stein, M.L. "Outside editors critique Honolulu dailies." Editor & Publisher, vol. 124, no. 49, 7 Dec. 1991, p. 15+. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11699907/GPS?u=j220919041&sid=GPS&xid=e5c750bf. Accessed 11 Sept. 2020

a)

author's last name

b)

database title

c)

article title

d)

date of publication

19.

What is Editor and Publisher in the following citation?

Stein, M.L. "Outside editors critique Honolulu dailies." Editor & Publisher, vol. 124, no. 49, 7 Dec. 1991, p. 15+. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11699907/GPS?u=j220919041&sid=GPS&xid=e5c750bf. Accessed 11 Sept. 2020

a)

last name of author

b)

database title

c)

magazine title

d)

date of publication

20.

What is 11 Sept. 2020 in the following citation?

Stein, M.L. "Outside editors critique Honolulu dailies." Editor & Publisher, vol. 124, no. 49, 7 Dec. 1991, p. 15+. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11699907/GPS?u=j220919041&sid=GPS&xid=e5c750bf. Accessed 11 Sept. 2020

a)

volume and number of magazine

b)

date you looked at the article

c)

date of publication

d)

link to article

21.

How do you get the citation for a database article?

a)

click on the "cite" button and copy and paste it

b)

citation machine

c)

you have to type the whole thing yourself

d)

get another student to type it

22.

In Gale, is where is the MLA citation in the text of the article?

a)

at the top

b)

in the middle

c)

it's not there

d)

bottom: source citation

23.

Does Gale allow you to find article from books and encyclopedias?

a)

Yes

b)

No, just periodicals

24.

Where do you put your search term in Gale?

a)

click on National Geographic

b)

power search - right side

c)

middle school

d)

there is no search bar

25.

What format does CarrollISD have its students use?

a)

MLA

b)

APA

c)

they don't care

d)

Turabian