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1 |  |  In order to locate a book called A Walk in the Woods, what kind of search should you do? |
|  | A) | Title search under A |
|  | B) | Title search under W for Walk |
|  | C) | Title search under W for Woods |
|  | D) | Subject search under W for Walk |
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2 |  |  The best way to find more than one book about the same topic is to do a search by subject. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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3 |  |  To locate a book in the library stacks, you need to know its ________________. |
|  | A) | publisher |
|  | B) | call number |
|  | C) | author |
|  | D) | copyright year |
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4 |  |  Periodicals include |
|  | A) | books. |
|  | B) | card files. |
|  | C) | magazines. |
|  | D) | all of the above. |
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5 |  |  A good way to use the Internet to find books on a topic is to |
|  | A) | visit an online bookstore and use its keyword search box. |
|  | B) | visit an online bookstore and use its "Browse Subjects" box. |
|  | C) | visit the Library of Congress website and use its search form. |
|  | D) | do all of the above. |
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6 |  |  To narrow an Internet search to a reasonable number of entries, use more than one keyword. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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7 |  |  A research paper should be narrow and deep rather than broad and shallow. Which of the following topics would be most suited for a research paper of about ten pages? |
|  | A) | Crime |
|  | B) | Punishments |
|  | C) | The death penalty |
|  | D) | Economic benefits of the death penalty |
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8 |  |  The subject headings in the book file can help you to limit the subject of a paper. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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9 |  |  To find articles on your topic, which of the following sources should you go to? |
|  | A) | Periodicals index in the library (such as Readers' Guide) |
|  | B) | CD-ROM database in the library (such as Magazine Index Plus) |
|  | C) | Internet search engine |
|  | D) | All of the above |
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10 |  |  The bottom of each summary note card should |
|  | A) | list the source and page number of the information on the card. |
|  | B) | contain the heading of the section where it will be used. |
|  | C) | contain the author's name. |
|  | D) | be blank. |
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11 |  |  If you use specialized information or ideas that are not your own and you do not give the author credit, you are plagiarizing. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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12 |  |  While doing your research, you need to keep a written record of only the print sources you have used, not the online sources. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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13 |  |  The first time you cite a source in a research paper, you must state |
|  | A) | the author's name and the title of the book or article. |
|  | B) | the author's name, the title of the book or article, and the page number. |
|  | C) | the author's name and the page number. |
|  | D) | just the author's name. |
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14 |  |  The "Works Cited" section of a paper should |
|  | A) | have numbered entries. |
|  | B) | include all books the author of the paper has read. |
|  | C) | not include any more than one book by the same author. |
|  | D) | include only the books and articles referred to in the paper. |
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15 |  |  Which of the following shows the correct format for a "Works Cited" entry? |
|  | A) | Quindlen, Anna. A Short Guide to a Happy Life. New York: Random House, 2000. |
|  | B) | Anna Quindlen. A Short Guide to a Happy Life. New York: Random House, 2000. |
|  | C) | A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Anna Quindlen. New York: Random House, 2000. |
|  | D) | Quindlen, Anna. "A Short Guide to a Happy Life," Random House, 2000. |
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