Final Exam Review Worksheet

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1 Final Exam Review Worksheet Module 1 What is information literacy? What are the six ACRL standards for Information Literacy? f. Why should you use different formats of information? What are the two characteristics of primary sources? Give two examples of primary sources. What are six characteristics of secondary sources? f. Give two examples of secondary sources. What are two characteristics of tertiary sources? Give two examples of tertiary sources. What are the types of publications?

2 What are the characteristics of a scholarly journal? f. What type of information is found in a book? What is the difference between a book and an e-book? What are the four steps to developing a research plan? Module 2 What is a subject encyclopedia? Give two examples of subject encyclopedias. What kind of information is found in a subject encyclopedia? What are the advantages to using an ebook? What is Interlibrary Loan? Module 3 What are the advantages to using articles? What is an article database? Give an example of an article databas What kind of database should most students use to begin their research? What is the Full-Text Periodicals List?

3 What are the two steps to using the Periodicals List? What is Pioneer? Who can access Pioneer? Module 4 When should a student use a subject specific database? Give an example of a subject specific databas What does the Link Resolver do? Module 5 What are the two characteristics that make information useful? What makes information relevant? What is the tool we use to evaluate information? What are the characteristics that make an information source Credible? What are the characteristics that make an information source Accurate? What are the characteristics that make an information source Reasonable? What are the characteristics that make an information source Supported?

4 What is an URL? What kinds of websites does the domain extension.edu access? What kinds of websites does the domain extension.gov access? What is the default search on a search engine? What is the invisible web? What is phrase searching? Module 6 Give two examples of phrase searching. What are the five important factors for selecting a search topic? What are the steps for developing a topic? Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. What is the best kept secret in college research? What are equivalent terms? What is controlled vocabulary? What is keyword searching and where does it search? What is browse searching? What is truncation? What is an example of truncation? What are the three logical operators? In searching, what does and require and what kind of terms should it be used with?

5 Does and narrow or broaden a search? In searching, what does or require and what kind of terms should it be used with? Does or narrow or broaden a search? In searching, what does not require? What is nesting? Give an example of nesting. What are the three tests for deciding if it is a good search statement? Module 7 Give an example of a good search statement. What is intellectual property? What does copyright law protect? What does copyright apply to? What year is used to decide if the material is copyrighted or not? What is the Fair Use Doctrine? What situations can you use copyrighted material according to the Fair Use Doctrine? What is the Public Domain? What are the four elements for ethical use of information? What is the Digital Divide?

6 Module 8 What is a bibliography? What are the three methods of correctly integrating source material? What is plagiarism? What two things work together to document sources in a paper? What is a citation? What information should be included in a correct citation for a book? What information should be included in a correct citation for a journal citation? What is an in-text / parenthetical citation? What information should be included in correct in-text / parenthetical citation? If the author s name is in the signal tag, what is at the end of an in-text / parenthetical citation? If there is no author, what is put in place of the author s name in an in-text / parenthetical citation?