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  Farley Library - First Year Foundation Post 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
Reluctantly
Uncomfortable


What is not included in our library Catalog?
Table of contents of books
 Reviews of books
 Full text of books
Full-text of journals

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 (keword)
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, Pobert. "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, without giving credit, you
Cut a section from a website and paste it into your paper
Rewrite information from another source and use it in your paper
Explain someone's ideas in your own words
All of the above
None 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 kept permanently
Library resources come with personal assistance
All of the above

 

 

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