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AMT 310 - Automotive Service Management Library Quiz

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Directions: Complete this quiz online, fill out the information at the end, sign the "Honesty Statement" and click "Submit."

Note: If you need to, you may check your notes or the PowerPoint presentation given in class for the answers to these quizzes questions.

1. Which research tool would you use to find what books a library owns?
A. Databases
B. Library Catalog
C. Print Indexes
D. Internet
2. Which search method would be the most likely to give you a greater number of irrelevant results?
A. Words of phrases
B. Subject
C. Author
D. Title
3. Where on a Library Catalog Information Record would you find the call number and location of a book?
A. Subject area
B. Holdings area
C. Main entry area
D. Item Information area
4. Where is the best place to find magazine/journal articles on your topic?
A. Internet
B. Library Catalog
C. Databases
D. Course Guides
5. Which of these describes the function of the Databases by Subject page?
A. Gives the subjects covered in all the library’s databases
B. Gives a list of magazine titles arranged by subject
C. Gives a list of magazine articles arranged by subject
D. Gives lists of our databases arranged under broad subject categories
6. Which of these is not a way to do legal research in our library?
A. Library Catalog
B. Westlaw
C. Lexis Nexis
D. PCT Law Library
7. When would you usually use a paper (print) magazine index?
A. When you want to find very recent information
B. When you want to find out what magazines a library owns
C. When you want to find magazine information older than 15-20 years
D. When you can’t find articles on the internet
8. What is the first thing to do if you want a magazine article you found in a non-fulltext magazine database OR in a paper (print) magazine index?
A. Ask for an interlibrary loan
B. Go to another library and see if they have it
C. Change your topic
D. Check the Library Catalog to see if PCT owns it
9. When using information in a college research paper found on the internet you must:
A. Never use a .com site
B. Always evaluate the information for its reliability
C. Always use a .edu site
D. Never use any site with advertising
10. Which of these is not a criterion for judging web pages?
A. Look for .edu, .gov, .org in the address
B. Look for who’s responsible for the page’s content
C. Eliminate all .com pages
D. Look for bias-free information

Please complete the following before submitting this quiz to me.

Name
AMT310 Professor
Section Number

Read and type your full name after the following “honesty statement” if the statement is entirely true.

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