library quiz


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1.   

In which database would you find the Seby Jones Library collection?

  Athena
  GALILEO
  Nabster
  Academic Search Premier

2.

From where can you get into the library catalog?

  In the library.
  On the beach with your laptop
  In the computer lab
  At Mom and Dad's place
  Any place with an Internet connection
  All of the above

3.

From which source would you expect to find the oldest information?

  A book
  A newspaper
  An Internet site
  A journal

4.

What does a periodical index do?

  Tells you in what period of history a particular event occurred
  Helps you find journal articles on a specific topic
  Tells you what form of punctuation goes at the end of a sentence
  Supplies the full text of every magazine article ever written

5. What can you do if the library does not have the specific material you need for a project?
  Go on strike
  Transfer to another college
  Tell the President
  Ask the library to get it on ILL

6. Which of these Internet sites would give you the best information on the platform of the National Republican Party?
  Ilovegeorgew.geocities.net
  gop.org (official site of the republican party)
  galloppoll.com
  newyorktimes.com
  algorespersonalchatroom.net
  tfc.edu~jalovick/classnotes

7.

For which of these subject areas would old materials be just as pertinent to research as new materials?

  Science
  Medicine
  Education
  Religion
  Communication

8. Where would be the easiest place to search for the ebooks the library has?
  In the e-asy section of the children's books
  In Athena
  In Yahoo
  In e-mail

9. How do you get a card to use the UGA library?
  Sign a request form at the reference desk to be faxed to UGA
  Check in specialty marked packages of Doritoes
  Offer a bid on eBay
  Go to UGA and beg

10. What's the best way to find out how to cite an article from Academic Search Premier or a book from  NetLibrary?
  Ask another freshman
  Ask Jeeves
  Call UGA
  Look at the example on the library's web page

11. Which database in GALILEO will give you access to 60 full-text major newspapers?
  Lexis-Nexis
  Piggly-Wiggly
  Henny-Penny
  Super-Duper

12. If your friend said "It's on the Internet so it must be true," how would you respond?
  Of course, they wouldn't allow it on the Internet if it wasn't.
  You said it. The Internet is totally reliable, Dude.
  Just ask Slippery Sam, the car salesman. He advertises there.
  Not neccessarily.

13. It is always faster to find an answer on the Internet than to find it in a book.
  True! True! And double true!
  Of course! Everyone knows that books are becoming obsolete.
  Sure. Why not get 4,897 Internet sites full of answers.
  Not always. It can be easier to locate info in an organized book

14. The books in Seby Jones Library are organized according to what classification system?
  Dewey Decimal System
  Solar Systerm
  Library of Congress System
  Robbins-Wilkes Big Bang System

15. According to this system, materials are arranged by:
  Color
  Size
  Subject area
  Smell

16. Which materials from Seby Jones Library would not be acceptable for a college research project? 
  eBooks
  Juvenile collection
  Microform materials
  Newspaper articles
  Videos
  Periodical articles

17. How can you get reference assistance?
  Yell help in the library and someone will come
  'Ask a reference question' at the library web page
  Call the reference desk from your room
  Go upstairs to the reference desk and ask
  Marry a librarian
  Bribe a librarian
  All would work, though some better than others

18. What does the R mean in the call number on a book?
  You must be 18 to view it.
  The book is Really good. 
  It is a Reference book and cannot be checked out.

19.

If the record you pull up in Athena says EBOOK, you immediately know:

  It is going to cost a fortune to get.
  It is e-asy to read.
  You can check it out, take it home and sleep on it.
  You can check it out from your computer for 2 hours and read from your computer.

20. The very best way to get good information from the Internet is to:
  Go to a web address recommended by a professor, librarian, etc
  Go to Yahoo and surf away
  Go to 'askjeeve.com' and let him do your research
  Use a search engine and look at each of the 1,276,397 hits

 


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