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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) Consult a professional association that deals with the topic you are researching
e) Consult your textbook
3) 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
4) Which of the following is NOT a periodical?
 
a) Newspaper
b) Trade journal
c) Magazine
d) Scholarly journal
e) Encyclopedia
5) 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
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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
 



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