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Library Pre- and Post-Assessment Questions

The following questions are designed to test your knowledge of the research process. Please answer all questions and submit them by clicking the Submit button located at the bottom of the questionnaire.

Please indicate your home campus at Montgomery College (You must pick one):

Pre-Test (mark this box if this is the first time you are taking this assessment)

Post-Test (mark this box if you have had library instruction with this class)


Semester (You must pick one):


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  1.  
How do you get into the libraries' resources from off-campus?
By calling the reference desk
Through the libraries' Web page
I don't know

  2.  
A library research strategy is:
A description of the proper format for a research paper
A pamphlet describing how to get books from other libraries
An action plan for finding information on a topic

  3.  
The best place to find for general background information on a topic is:
The Web
An encyclopedia or reference book
A magazine article

  4.  
Where would you find information on an event that happened last week?
In an encyclopedia or reference book
In WebVoyáge, the libraries' online catalog
In a newspaper index

  5.  
To find out if the library has books on your topic:
Look in WebVoyáge, the libraries' online catalog
Ask a librarian
Go to the shelves

  6.  
A periodical index is used to:
Look for books
Find articles in magazines and journals
Don't know

  7.  
What is a database?
A searchable collection of information
A computer file
A telephone book
All of the above

  8.  
Identify the main ideas or keywords in the following research question: "What effects does increasing global warming have on the oceans?"
effects AND oceans
increasing AND global warming
effects AND global warming AND oceans

  9.  
Click on the link http://www.dhmo.org and review the Web page. Is this a legitimate web page? Click the back button on the web page from the browser to return to this page.
Yes
No
Cannot Tell

  10.  
Documenting a source is necessary only when you are using a direct quote.
True
False

  11.  
A bibliography contains:
A list of information sources
A list of libraries
Details about people's lives



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