Review Sheet for Test IV Library  Resources

Birthday Sheet

Not on Unit Test for On-line Class.

Attach your birthday sheet to the test for 10 points on the test. This is a requirement, not a bonus. All blanksmust be filled in . If you had trouble finding the president or vice president, consult another source.

 General Library   Information

Matching questions from general information about the library. You should be able to identify the following terms:

Currency
Biography Resource Center
Bound Periodicals
Call number
Dewey Decimal System
Current Periodicals
GeneralOneFile
How to access General off campus
Scholarly Journals
Lexis Nexis
Voyager
Reserves
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Research Gateway
Accuracy
Periodicals Abstracts
Bibliography
Boolean
Citation
Database
Periodical

There is a matching game for this. Only 10 terms show up at a time so play it more than once.

Quick Reference Sources

Not on Unit Test for On-line Class

You will be asked to identify which of the 9 reference books we studied will be the most useful in finding the answer to a question. Use page 276 of your text as a guide. This will be matching format.
There are flashcards on line . You may also play concentration of other games with them.
  Shock wave flash cards here.

Voyager and General Onefile

True False Questions about Voyager and General OneFile.

Use the following sites to review:

http://library.mtsu.edu/help/guides/voyager.php

http://library.mtsu.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=108  Read this page and also from that page click on Locate article full text

Which Database?

First you will be asked to define database.
Our library uses several different electronic databases:1. Voyager the on-line computer catalog, 2. General One File  for general periodical articles , 3.the Research Gateway(Subject Area Databases), and 4.Lexis Nexis (one of the newspaper data bases. Of course, 5.the Internet is also a valuable database. . You will be given a situation where you need information and asked to identify the most useful data base to use. For example: You need to find an article about the Russian space Mir. Or, for a psychology class, you need to identify ways to measure intelligence. (9questions)   There is a practice test on line to help you.quia.com/tq/148934.html

Finding Resources

As you come in the testing room, you will draw a subject from the "hat". Using that subject you will be asked to find a book, a periodical article, a newspaper article, and an internet article. You will use the computers in the classroom so that you will need to know how to access whatever you need from there. On the next page is a copy of the test page so that you can practice.

Steps for Systematic Research

You will be asked to recall some details about the steps for a systematic approach to research. (see pages 256-259  or 2nd set of questions on the summary)

Practice exercise

Map

Not on Unit Test for On-line Class

You will be given a map of the library and asked to identify places such as the circulation desk, reserves, stacks, microtext area, copy areas, study areas, periodicals, reference area.

Who Wants toKnow About the Library Review Game

There is a large test bank so you should get different questions each time you play.

Library Test Evaluation

 

Subject  (try anthrax for practice)


Problem: You have drawn a subject. Now, your job is to search databases available to you and find information about that subject
Books
_____________________________ Database used
_____________________________ How many books found in that data base?
_____________________________ Title of one book
_____________________________ Author of above book
_____________________________ Call number of above book
_____________________________ What floor in the library will it be found
_____________________________ Is it on the shelf
Periodical Article (note do not use New York Times Articles here-New York Times is a Newspaper)
_____________________________ Data Base
_____________________________ Name of one article
_____________________________ Author
_____________________________ Name and date of periodical
_____________________________ Is full text given?
_____________________________ Is abstract given
Newspaper Article
_____________________________ Data Base
_____________________________ Headline of article
_____________________________ Name of Newspaper
_____________________________ Date of Newspaper
_____________________________ Can you read the article from your computer
Internet Article
_____________________________ Search Engine
_____________________________ URL for article not search engine
_____________________________ 3 facts about your topic found on the site

1. ________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________________
Bonus Question keeping your same subject use one of the data bases listed under "Subject Guide" on the Gateway and fill in the following. (3 bonus points)
_____________________________ Subject (not the subject you drew the subject chosen in guide)
_____________________________ Data base
_____________________________ Title of Article
_____________________________ Source of Article