The answers to these questions can all be found in the Student Resource Gold help and instructional files. Either choose the best answer or fill in the blank. Good luck!
Which of the following is NOT a search category on SRC Gold?
Geography and Cultures.
Science and Health.
Fine Arts.
History.
You're doing a paper on the death of Mozart. One of the sources you found says many people believe Mozart was poisoned. Where would you start looking to find out more about the symptoms of arsenic poisoning?
History search -- arsenic is how lots of people have been rubbed out, so there will be lots here.
Person search -- find more information about Mozart and who might have poisoned him.
Science and health search -- find more information about arsenic poisoning.
All available resources -- the more places to look, the better the results.
Which of the following sources are usually complete and reliable?
Books.
Magazines.
Encyclopedias.
Web sites.
For best results, how many search terms should you work with?
One. I want to be really specific.
As many as possible. I don't want to miss anything.
Two or three. I'm looking for a balance.
More and Parker call "the careful and deliberate determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgment about a claim":
I want to find the words arsenic and poisoning in the same article, within 3 words of each other, but I don't care in what order they appear. I should type:
arsenic w3 poisoning
poisoning n3 arsenic
poisoning w3 arsenic
None of the above.
What should I consider when evaluating an information source?
Point of view. What is the source's intention regarding this topic? What does it (or its author) gain by presenting a certain perspective?
Timeliness. Does this source give information that accurately reflects the time period it covers, regardless of when it was created?
Usefulness. Does this source deal with the aspects of the topic needed for my report? If not, does it provide valuable background information?
All of the above.
To flag documents that you have found especially helpful or interesting, use this feature of SRC Gold:
This activity was created by Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik in Spring 2006.
INF 382S: Library Instruction and Information Literacy, taught by Dr. Loriene Roy
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin