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  Farley Library - First Year Foundation PRE test

Who is your FYF instructor?

Please rate your current ability to find information in libraries
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor


 Are you comfortable asking for research help in the library?
Absolutely
Somewhat
Reluctant
Uncomfortable


Which are included in our library Catalog?
Table of contents of books
Reviews of books
Full text of books
All of the Above

What is the best way to find books about Ernest Hemingway in the online catalog?
 Do an author search
Do a subject search
 Do a keyword search
Do a call number search

Which of these searches should retrieve the MOST results in the Farley library catalog?
Tattooing (subject)
Tattooing (keyword)
Tattooing OR tattoo
Tattooing AND tattoo

You have to write a paper about trilobites. What is the quickest way to get some background information and start your research?
Look in library catalog
Look in an index of magazines
Look in a database of newspapers
Look in a reference book


How many books does Farley library own?
50,000
100,000
200,000
500,000

To access the library databases off-campus, you must have

A valid Wilkes username and password
A computer with internet access
An off-campus address
All of the above

The following is a reference to what kind of bibliographic citation?
Ruether, Robert. "The democratic Aims of service Learning". Educational Leadership, Mar 2003 (12):52-56.

Book citation
Journal citation
Website citation
Report citation


You have committed plagiarism if you:
Cut and paste from a website without giving credit
Change a few words from a source and use that in a paper
Submit a paper you already used in another course
All of the above

Which of these is a potential consequence of plagiarism
Getting a zero for the assignment
Getting a zero for the course
Getting sued by the author of the plagiarized work
All of the above

You are writing a paper on the environmental practices of Samsung Corporation. Which is most likely to provide balanced information?
Economic Development Board (www.sedb.org)
Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)
Samsung'Website (www.samsung.com)
Free the Planet (www.freetheplanet.org)

The advantages of using library resources over the Web are:
Library resources are better organized
Library resources are more permanent
Library resources come with personal assistance
All of the above

 
   

 

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