Pilot Online Information Literacy Tutorial Licence

1)	You want to locate the full text of the following reference: Vessenes, P.M. (2003). The secrets of managing your time. Journal of Financial Planning, 16(8), 30-32.
	Which part of this reference should you search for in the E-Journals & Newspapers link on the Library page to locate this reference?
	a) Vessenes b) Vessenes, P c) Vessenes, P.M. d) The secrets of managing your time e) Journal of Financial Planning
2)	Which is the best approach for finding scholarly journal articles on the latest research in a subject discipline?
	a) Conduct searches on the Library catalogue b) Conduct searches on the Library’s databases c) Conduct searches on Internet search engines d) d) Consult a professional association that deals with the topic you are researching e) Consult your textbook
3)	Which search strategy would retrieve the SMALLEST number of results?
	a) cats AND dogs AND caring b) (cats OR felines) AND dogs AND caring c) cats AND dogs AND car* d) cats AND dogs e) cats OR dogs AND caring
4)	You need to find information about the most recent Australian Federal election campaign. Which Library subscribed database would be most relevant for this topic?
	a) Expanded Academic ASAP b) Business Source Premier c) CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts d) APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text) e) ScienceDirect
5)	Which of the following periodicals is peer-reviewed?
	a) Business Review Weekly b) Australian Criminal Law Journal c) Architectural Research Quarterly d) Screen Digest e) Sydney Morning Herald
6)	You are looking for information on the recent increase in software piracy. Which of the following limiters would be the MOST useful for this topic?
	a) Full text articles only b) Australia as a geographical limit c) Most recent 5 years as a time/date limit d) Scholarly or refereed journals only e) Spanish as a language limit
7)	You need to find information about electoral fraud. You have been instructed to use only primary sources for your assignment. Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
	a) A biography of an electoral fraudster b) Court proceedings from a case of electoral fraud c) A newspaper article offering commentary on an instance of electoral fraud d) Books which provide an overview of electoral fraud e) None of the above
8)	Which of the following is NOT a periodical?
	a) Newspaper b) Trade journal c) Magazine d) Scholarly journal e) Encyclopedia
9)	You have conducted a database search using ‘labour’ as your search term. You have evaluated the results and need more. Your FIRST step should be:
	a) Apply the search to an Internet search engine b) Consider alternative search terms c) Choose a new topic d) Search a different database e) Add another term to your search using AND
10)	Which of the following statements is FALSE?
	a) Subject searches are more specific than keyword searches b) You need to know what the formal subject term is before you can do a subject search c) Subject terms are the same in all databases d) Keyword searching is useful to find subject terms e) All of the above
11)	Why is accurate in-text citation and referencing insisted upon?
	a) It is an infringement of copyright laws and UC Academic Integrity policy not to provide proper citations and referencing b) It makes you look professional and authoritative c) It enables the reader to follow up on the original work if desired d) Opinions of experts can be used to validate a statement or argument e) All of the above
12)	When a journal is refereed, it means the journal is:
	a) Published by Oxford University Press b) Popular amongst other University students c) Examined by experts in the appropriate field prior to publication d) Frequently recommended by lecturers e) Freely available via the Internet
13)	You have identified an article entitled ‘HIV doesn’t cause AIDS’, but you are unsure about its quality. Which of the following would NOT assist in evaluating the quality of scholarly information?
	a) Length of the article b) Statements of fact supported a list of references c) Continue searching the literature for supporting information d) The use of emotive language e) Credentials of the author
14)	You want to photocopy some material from your textbook for your study. How much can you legally copy?
	a) None of it b) 10% of the number of pages or one chapter, whichever is greater c) 20% of the number of words d) All of it, provided it is not used for commercial purposes e) Table of contents pages only
15)	Which of the following is an act of plagiarism?
	a) Using graphics from the Internet and deliberately referencing an incorrect text at end b) Using graphics from the Internet without acknowledging original author/creator c) Summarising a section of another person’s work, without acknowledging the original author/creator d) Failure to indicate a direct quotation by using quotation marks or formatting as a block quote e) All of the above
16)	You have found a book which you think will be useful for your assignment. You want to be able to easily locate this book at a later time. Which of these strategies is NOT a guaranteed way to find it again?
	a) Remember which shelf the item is located on b) Write down the call number for future reference c) Photocopy the front cover or title page, annotate with the call number and store these together with your text books d) Record the bibliographic details, including call number and item location, and store these details together with other references e) Make the title a ‘preferred search’ in you’re My Library Space on UC Library catalogue
17)	Which of the call number sequences below is in the INCORRECT order?
	a) LB 2395 .A88 2006 LB 2395 .B33 2002 LB 2395 .B43 2006 LB 2395 .B6 1998 LB 2395 .B623 2001 LB 2395 .B77 2001 LB 2395 .B87 2003
	b) N 7431 .P47 2001 N 7431 .Q56 2002 N 7431 .Q562 2001 N 7431 .Q563 2005 N 7431 .5 .A34 2006 N 7431 .5 .A34 2007 N 7432 .I86 2005
	c) B 180 .5 .D44 .C66 2005 BD 180 .5 .D44 .Q36 2005 BF 180 .D74 .W45 2002 BF 180 .5 .E34 2002 BF 180 .J44 2006 BH 180 .M66 2005 BF 180 .M67 2005
	d) GN 42 .3 S64 2007 GN 46 .A8 .S74 2005 GN 50 .6 .J64 2006 GN 51 .A58 2002 GN 57 .A89 .M32 1999 GN 58 .P3 .L54 2001 GN 60 .B74 2002
	e) Q 16 .D58 2000 Q 16 .G24 2007 QA 16 .M53 2004 QC 16 .M533 2003 QH 16 .S65 2004 QH 16 .S65 2007 QK 16 .S652 2006
18)	What are the key concepts in the following assignment topic? “Discuss the urban sprawl brought on by population growth in the past five years.”
	a) urban sprawl | population growth b) discuss | urban sprawl | population growth c) urban sprawl | population growth | past five years d) discuss | urban sprawl | population growth | past five years e) discuss | past five years
19)	You want to make a layered cocktail. What logical conclusion can you draw from the following set of statements?
	The liquid with the lighter density will float. Midori is heavier in density than Cointreau. Kahlua is heavier in density than Midori.
	a) Midori will float on Kahlua and Cointreau. b) Kahlua will float between Cointreau and Midori. c) Cointreau will float between Midori and Kahlua. d) Kahlua will float on Midori and Cointreau. e) Cointreau will float on Midori and Kahlua.
20)	The following reference needs to conform to APA style of referencing. Bialystok, E. (1997). Effects of bilingualism and biliteracy on children’s emerging concepts of print. Developmental psychology, 33, 429-440. Retrieved from PsycARTICLES database.
	What element is missing from the reference?
	a) place of publication b) URL c) page numbering d) date you accessed the resource e) journal title