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 RESEARCH TEST

 1. Which phrases accurately describe resources on the World Wide Web?
a)___likely to have been evaluated by professional staff
b)___likely to be permanently available
c)___can easily be updated by the creator or creators if desired
d)___a, b, and c
 
 2. Which phrases describe books in a college or university library?
a)___likely to have been evaluated by professional staff
b)___likely to be permanently available
c)___can easily be updated by the creator or creators if desired
d)___a and b
 
 3. A high-quality professional journal is likely to
a)____be peer edited
b)____publish up-to-date information about its subject area
c)____be indexed
d)____a, b, and c
 
 4. When you use a search engine on the WorldWideWeb, you are actually given
a)____an index of relevant material
b)____a list of anything important ever published about your subject
c)____no guarantee of quality or relevance
d)____a, b, and c
 
 5. When you're writing a research paper, you should document
a)____information and ideas that might stimulate disagreement
b)____any information you looked up
c)____important dates
d)____a, b, and c
 
 6. When you're writing a research paper, there's no need to document
a)____quotations you have paraphrased
b)____dates you looked up in an encyclopedia
c)____information from the WorldWideWeb
d)____a, b, and c
 
 7. When you're writing a research paper, you MUST state your opinion
a)____nowhere
b)____in the first or second paragraph
c)____in the last paragraph
d)____in the middle of the paper
 
 8. The term "full text" means
a)____the book or article is thoroughly researched
b)____the article is full of current information
c)____the whole article is available online
d)____the article was excerpted from a textbook
 
 9. The term "interlibrary loan" means
a)____two or more libraries are participating in a staff-exchange program
b)____for a fee, a library will borrow a book you want from another library
c)____a library will borrow a book you want from another library at no charge
d)____a consortium of libraries sharing a database
 
 10. The term "database" includes
a)____indexes of periodical articles
b)____telephone directories
c)____the library book catalog
d)____a, b, and c