After completing the information literacy tutorial sessions,
a self-evaluation is necessary to assess your information
literacy competencies. This session includes the following
three tests:
Competency
2 : Constructs/implements
effective strategies for searching library sources.
You should be able to:
Select appropriate library databases
Identify appropriate strategies for selecting search
terms
Combine search terms effectively
Use truncation effectively
Determine if the library subscribes to a specific
journal using a citation
Quiz yourself:
1. What is the best way to truncate the word "computer"
in order to search for variant words: computers, computing,
computerized?
a) Com*
b) Computer*
c) Comput*
d) None of the above ways
2. To focus or narrow your search, which search strategy
is correct?
a) Type another word (or phrase) using AND to connect,
e.g. "nutrition
AND vitamins"
b) Type another word (or phrase) using OR to connect,
e.g. "nutrition
OR vitamins"
3. The above image of search screen on OSCAR Web, the
Library's online catalog, shows the ways that you may
search for books. If you only remember several words of
the title of a book recommended by your professor, you
should use:
a) Search by: Title
b) Search by: Subject
c) Search for keyword(s) in: Title
d) None of the above
4. You need to search for recent scholarly articles
on "early childhood education" in Academic Search Premier
from your home PC. Select the best search strategy:
a) Early childhood education [in title]
b) Early childhood education [in Default fields]
c) Early childhood education [in subject] and limit your
search by:
[Peer Review]
d) Early childhood education [in Abstract] and limit your
search by:
[Publication Type] and [Titles available in Periodicals
Department].
5. You need to know if a specific journal is available
in the Guarini library. Select the BEST answer.
a) Ask a reference librarian.
b) Do a "Title" search for the journal in OSCAR
or check Periodicals List
A-Z in the Library Web page .
c) Look for the title on the shelves in the Periodicals
Department on the
second floor of the Guarini Library.
d) Use the Internet Web site : <findarticles.com>
6. Read the following citation from the "Result list"
in searching the library database Academic Search Premier,
and select the INCORRECT statement.
a) The title of the article is: Developing a General Outcome
Measure of
Growth in Movement for Infants and Toddlers.
b) The title of the periodical is: Topics in Early Childhood
Special
Education.
c) You can print the full text of the article from the
database.
d) You can not get the original source in print in the
library.
7. In evaluating periodical articles you should consider:
(select the BEST answer)
a) Relevance, peer reviewed or scholarly publication.
b) Journal title, currency.
c) Availability in full text database.
d) Author credentials.
AND vitamins"
