Basic Library Skills Quiz
This quiz has questions from the Basic Library Orientation.
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1
What type of information can be found through the UWF Libraries home page?
Addresses and phone numbers to UWF buildings.
Library hours, maps, and library contact information.
Office hours and information on your instructors.
Course assignments and syllabi in case you lose yours.
2
The UWF Library Catalog can help with locating _________________ owned by the UWF Libraries.
books.
DVDs.
journals.
All of the above.
3
A Basic Search in the UWF Library Catalog will:
search for a word anywhere in a book’s catalog record.
limit a search to finding books in a certain location.
find articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.
look on the Internet for books or other materials.
4
The LC classification code or call number for the book titled Men in Black by Scott
Spencer is ____________________.
(Use The Library Catalog to begin this search.)
PS 3569.P455 M46 1998
PL 2569.P041 M04 1995
REF PS 3523.O46 C3 2003
VHS PS 3569.P455 M46 1998
5
Course Reserves can be found through ______________________.
the Databases A-Z or Browse Databases pages.
using SFX and Citation Linker in MetaLib.
the Course Reserves link through the libraries’ homepage.
The information desk in the Student Commons.
6
Databases are defined as:
search engines such as Google, AltaVista, or DogPile.
recommended books and web sites for subjects.
online collections of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
pieces of information used in health and leisure science.
7
Look for the article titled “Binge drinking and violence” by Robert D. Brewer and
Monica H. Swahn in MetaLib. What year was it published?
(Use MetaLib or the databases InfoTrac OneFile or ProQuest Research Library to find this article.)
2005
2000
1993
1987
8
Subject Research Guides will:
provide you with research papers you can pay for.
recommend print and electronic resources for a subject area.
find articles in the Library Catalog on a particular topic.
search Yahoo! and Google for information and sites.
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