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WorksheetsLIBRARY RESEARCH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a library research?
Research that is conducted in the library
Research that is conducted using library resources
Research that is conducted using scholarly resources available in printed and online
What is an example of a source?
Book
Website
Online Database like World Book
An expert in their field
All the above
When you use a website, fact from a book, or a quote in your writing you need to...
do nothing, I can use it however I like
cite it, give credit by telling where I got the information
put my name there, I found the information
Which of the following looks like a citation about pandas?
just put the website
"Panda." World Book Kids, World Book, 2021,
https://worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar831704. Accessed 14 Mar. 2021.
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/pandas
What does a citation do?
It gives credit to the person who found/wrote the information.
Makes your paper stronger
Allows a person who read your paper a chance to find the information again.
What is plagiarism?
A disease
Is okay to do, as long as you do it nicely
Using someone's words as your own
A database is...
a collection of information
organized and easy to access
managed and updated
All of the above
Finding information through search engines is...
100% accurate and reliable
created only by experts
not guaranteed to be checked for accuracy and reliability.
full of facts
Information found in a database is...
silly
not reliable, accurate, or peer reviewed
written by anyone
reliable, accurate, and usually created by experts in the field
Research is...
careful or diligent search
studious inquiry or examination
the collecting of information about a particular subject
All of the above
When searching on a database, use...
full sentences
keywords, subjects, or short phrases
deep thoughts
a paragraph
What are the keywords in this research question? "Should the USA use the electoral college system for voting?"
Should, use
the, USA
electoral college, voting
There are no keywords.
The words - "and", "or", "not" - are examples of...
Boolean Operators
Train Operators
Smooth Operators
Common Operators
Databases allow you to set search limits by specifying...
keywords
publication dates
full text
All of the above
Why are sources from Databases considered Reliable?
They have authors.
They are peer reviewed.
They come from the internet.
They have quotations in them.
