Madigan Library

1. What is the purpose of a research statement/research question?
   A. To focus your research
   B. To take the place of your thesis statement
   C. To impress your professor
    
2. Where do you get your key words?
   A. The dictionary
   B. The major words in the research statement
   C. The related words list
    
3. What is the purpose of creating a related words list?
   A. To give you a pool of words to form searches from
   B. To give you words to use to write your paper
   C. To help you organize your paper
    
4. What is the primary purpose of the Library Catalog?
   A. To locate full-text articles
   B. To identify what other libraries own
   C. To provide records for all materials a library owns
    
5. The primary purpose of library databases is
   A. To locate what books a library holds
   B. To provide computer indexes for finding magazine/journal' articles
   C. To help you create a research statement
    
6. What is the best way to identify an appropriate database for your topic?
   A. Open the “Subject Databases” page
   B. Ask your friend
   C. Search the Library Catalog
    
7. When would you use the Library Catalog to see if Penn College Madigan Library owns an article you found in a library database?
   A. When the article you have is full-text in the database you are using
   B. When your home library does not subscribe to the magazine your article is in
   C. When the database you are in does not have the article in full-text
    
8. Which of these is not a criterion for evaluating the reliability of a source?
   A. Currency
   B. Length
   C. Accuracy
    
9. Which type of information does not need to be evaluated for reliability?
   A. Books
   B. Journals
   C. All information must be evaluated for reliability
    
10. The name given to the author, title of magazine article, magazine title, issue date, page number, etc. is
    A. Citation
    B. Abstract
    C. Full-text
     
11. Where on a periodical record would you find what years and what format (paper or microfilm) our library holds of a magazine?
    A. Subject field
    B. "Holdings" field
    C. Main entry field
     
12. What 2 pieces of information from a book record in the Library Catalog do you need to find the book on the shelf?
    A. Title and author
    B. Call number and title
    C. Call number and location
    

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