What does peer review refer to?

Articles reviewed by other authors before a journal publishes them.

What is a primary source?

Firsthand document like a letter, survey, or interview.

What is the primary benefit of using the about us button?

It gives information about the motive for publishing the website.

What is a research topic?

An area of interest someone wants to know more about.

A nonfiction book is?

factual and contains information about real events, people, topics

Which is true about a fiction book?

A fiction book is a novel about imaginary characters and events.

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Intro to Library Research Review

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1
What does peer review refer to?
None of the above.
Articles that your peers rank as good or poor.
Articles reviewed by other authors before a journal publishes them.
Articles that are reviewed by other students.
2
What is a primary source?
The first source used in a research project.
A book about World War II.
Firsthand document like a letter, survey, or interview.
A source used by elementary school students.
3
If the required length of the project is two pages and you find hundreds of sources what should you do?
Change your topic
Ask the teacher to change the required length
Broaden your topic
Narrow your topic
4
Which of these factors make a source unreliable?
Bias by the author
Factual information contradicted in another source
Trusted information from an educational source
Both A & B
5
What is the primary benefit of using the about us button?
It gives information about the motive for publishing the website.
It gives information about where to send complaints about the website.
It gives information about the name and address of the publisher.
It gives information about the education of the publisher of the website.
6
What is a call number?
Both A & C.
The student's id number used to check out a book.
A tag on the spine indicating the location of a book in the library.
A combination of letters and numbers on the spine of a book.
7
What is a research topic?
Romeo and Juliet as explained by the teacher.
An area of interest someone wants to know more about.
Knowledge presented in a class that people should know.
A step by step proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
8
In libraries and media centers what is used to find materials on an area of interest located in that space?
games
internet browser
online card catalog
online database
9
Which source combines information from firsthand materials and presents it in a format like a book, journal, or website?
tertiary
secondary
none of the above
primary
10
A nonfiction book is?
a story about imaginary characters
reference book only
biographies only
factual and contains information about real events, people, topics
11
Which of these is not a brainstorming technique we discussed?
Mindmapping
LTS
KWL
5Ws
12
Which of the following are examples of research sources?
Book
All the above
Website
Video
13
Which of the following is not a test to determine if a source is reliable?
Two source test-can info be found in other reliable sources?
Motive-why does the source publish what they do?
Bias-author has an agenda
Authority-who published information
14
Which is true about a fiction book?
A fiction book is a novel about imaginary characters and events.
A fiction book contains factual information about real events.
A fiction book is a story about real people or events.
A fiction book is a biography about a person's life.
15
A good research question
All the above.
allows you to explore and learn more about the topic.
can be answered using many sources.
is open ended.

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