XuTutor: Identifying Resources

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1.	In your library research, which of the following resources would you use to find information on your topic?
	a.		XPLORE
	b.		OhioLINK
	c.		Research Databases
	d.		Reference Librarian
	e.		Full-text journal collections
	f.		All of the above

2.	To find peer-reviewed articles for your research paper, look in:
	a.		Scholarly Journals
	b.		The Internet
	c.		Encyclopedias
	d.		Popular Journals

3.	Popular magazines are most useful if:
	a.		You need peer-reviewed articles
	b.		You need background or general interest information on a topic
	c.		You need a bibliography to hand in with your paper
	d.		You need detailed research on a topic

4.	If you need an original research article, written by an expert in the field, do you look for
	a.		Popular magazines
	b.		Scholarly journals

5.	Which of the following journals is NOT an example of a scholarly journal?
	a.		Science
	b.		Psychology Today
	c.		The New England Journal of Medicine
	d.		Journal of Sports Sciences

6.	Which of the following is NOT a primary source?
	a.		A work of fiction
	b.		A "Far Side" cartoon
	c.		A review of "Dead Man Walking"
	d.		Data from a Medicare Report

7.	When you search a database, all of the information about the article you have found is contained in the:
	a.		Field
	b.		Record
	c.		Computer
	d.		Database

8.	Examples of a field in a database record are:
	a.		Author
	b.		Title
	c.		Number of pages
	d.		Date of publication
	e.		All of the above

9.	Some databases contain only items pertaining to a particular subject while other databases contain a variety of information about many subjects.
	a.		True
	b.		False

10.	All Xavier databases contain information dating from 1982 to the present.
	a.		True
	b.		False

11.	Check the database that is entirely full-text
	a.		ERIC
	b.		Academic Search Premier
	c.		EJC (Electronic Journal Center)
	d.		PsycINFO

12.	When you search XPLORE, you can limit your search to only the titles that are not currently checked out:
	a.		True
	b.		False

13.	Which of the following are locations for items in the Xavier Library collection:
	a.		Browsing
	b.		Reference
	c.		Lodge
	d.		Video
	e.		Electronic Book
	f.		All of the above

14.	Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding the OhioLINK Central Catalog:
	a.		There is a record for every book, journal and audiovisual owned by all of the participating libraries
	b.		OhioLINK items can be requested online
	c.		If a Xavier book is checked out, you may request it from another OhioLINK library
	d.		OhioLINK books are delivered to your home or dorm
	e.		You must have an ID number from your ALLCard to request OhioLINK books

15.	Database searches for journal articles may be limited to a particular journal or particular author.
	a.		True
	b.		False

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XuTutor: Identifying Resources