Indicate in the space provided whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
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1 | | Periodical Indexes are a form of directional material. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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2 | | Recordings, films, photographs and computer software programs are generally not found in bibliographies. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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3 | | An abstracting service is a publication which provides short descriptions of articles. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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4 | | Though search engines often attempt to highlight their unique features, they are all basically the same. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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5 | | Conducting a "metasearch" involves using a search engine which searches other search engines. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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6 | | An item of information becomes a fact when only once it becomes known. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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7 | | All facts can be authenticated. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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8 | | Whether or not there is a purple monkey that created the earth is a matter of fact. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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9 | | Some facts are impossible to verify. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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10 | | When considering the credibility of an author, we should assess the author's background, sources and publisher. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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11 | | Any information source which entails a particular ideological or political perspective is safely regarded as a biased and unreliable source. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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12 | | When taking notes, it is important to write down every word a professor utters. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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13 | | When adding information to a quotation, you should always place the addition in brackets. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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14 | | When we paraphrase an author's work using our own words, it is not necessary to acknowledge the source of the paraphrased information. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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15 | | Paraphrasing is fundamentally a process of substituting synonyms for original words. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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16 | | Plagiarism comes from the Latin plagium, meaning "kidnapping." |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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17 | | It is not necessary, when using graphics, drawings, tables, charts and other visual items, to acknowledge their source. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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18 | | One method for ensuring that your paper is your own is to write the argument first without sources and then to plug in your sources where needed. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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19 | | When only a single word is drawn from an information source, there is no need to acknowledge the source |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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20 | | When using block quotations it is unnecessary to use quotation marks, reminders, or dialogue tags. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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