Information Literacy Pretest- WWW

MHJH Media Center

7:50 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
(subject to change as needed)

Information Literacy Pretest - WWW

1. The Internet is the best place for locating quality research information on most topics.
	true false
2. A URL is
	the number used to find an item on the library shelf the address of an Internet site Universal Resource Limitation I don't know
3.	The name of the card catalog for the Internet is
	The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org The Web Catalog http://www.webcatalog.org Find It Fast! http://www.finditfast.com None of the above
4. How can you verify information from a Web site?
	contact the webmaster do another Web search check the information in other sources none of the above
5. Most material published on the Internet has not gone through the editorial process. therefore you should take special care in determining its quality and authenticity.
	true false
6. When evaluating web pages for possible use in research papers, students should be cautious of those from which domain?
	.org .com .gov .edu
7. An Internet address with a .com at the end of the address would indicate which kind of website?
	a military site a university site a business site a site of a communist country
8. Identify two criteria you use to judge the quality of material found on the Internet.

9. You are researching the Gulf War using a computerized newspaper index. Which kind of article would provide the most factual information?
	a feature news article a book review an editorial a commentary
10. You need to find all the articles about cars. Which search will get you more articles?
	cars AND automobiles cars OR automobiles
11. You need to narrow your research topic. Which search will help you narrow your topic?
	teaching AND reading teaching OR reading
12.	Which is NOT a characteristic of a search directory?
	Human-selected sites picked by editors Usually organized into hierarchical subject categories Compiled by "spiders" (computer-robot programs) with minimal human oversight Can browse subject categories or search using broad, general terms
13. A Boolean operator is used
	to broaden or narrow a search group two or more words together so they are searched as a unit to get variations of the root word by adding a wild card character when the search term is case sensitive
14.	You have found some great information on the Internet that is just what you need for your paper. When you try to cite the article, you cannot find the name of the author, institution, or group that published it. What should you do?
	copy and paste the article into your paper cite the article by title, give the URL, the date you first found the site and use it anyway cite the article by the title and use it anyway try to find the same information in another source that does list the author and publisher
15	To groups several words together so they can be kept as one unit for a search you should use
	parenthesis around the words ( ) brackets around the words [ ] quotations " " italics