Spring 2012 English 1320 Pre-Test : Albert B. Alkek Library : Texas State University

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Professor's Name *

Today's Date (choose the date from the calendar icon) *

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1. A popular magazine usually has a list of references. *

True

False

2. Scholarly Journals are written mainly for professors, students, or researchers *

True

False

3. Which publication would contain original research from a specific field? *

Scholarly Journal

Popular magazine/newspaper

4. Research articles written for scholarly journals are heavily reviewed by peer experts within the subject and revised by the author(s) before being accepted for publication, i.e., "peer reviewed." *

True

False

5. Examine the sample citation below:

McNew, Janet. “Mary Oliver and the Tradition of Romantic Nature Poetry.”
Contemporary Literature. 30.1 (1989): 59-68.

This citation refers to what type of resource? *

Book

Journal Article

Dissertation

6. Examine the sample citation below:

McNew, Janet. “Mary Oliver and the Tradition of Romantic Nature Poetry.”
Contemporary Literature. 30.1 (1989): 59-68.

The article title is: *

Contemporary Literature

Janet McNew

"Mary Oliver and the Tradition of Romantic Nature Poetry"

7. Using the term AND to link search terms (ex. media AND juveniles) will retrieve articles that contain BOTH "media" and "juveniles" anywhere in the text of the article. *

True

False

8. Adding quotes around a phrase will help narrow your search. *

True

False

9. The search methods you just learned can also be used in Google and other databases. *

True

False

10. Encyclopedias and books are a good way to get keywords. *

True

False

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