questions bank
Quiz Question Bank tools:
Question Areas:
when to use the library
Which is NOT a good example of a research question for a 5 page paper?
Why?
Would employers rather hire tall people?
Can dogs be trained to sense diseases?
Does television make children smarter?
Which is NOT a good example of a research question for a 5 page paper?
Do bananas grow in the US?
How has technology affected parenting in the US?
Why should companies offer domestic partner benefits to their employees?
Should the US government step in to stop polygamy practices in the United States?
Which is NOT a good example of a research question for a 10+ page paper?
How has New Orleans become a popular Mardi Gras destination in America?
Do avid readers retain story facts better than average tv viewers?
Why video games are cool.
What are the risks of seniors seeking healthcare and dental services in Mexico?
What should you do if you want to gather background information on your topic?
Ask your roommate
Look in a subject encyclopedia (or a whole bunch of them at once)
Guess
Read every book in the library on the subject
From Question to Keywords
*Which terms in this research question would you use when searching for articles: What are the effects of smoking on college students?
College, effects, students
Effects, smoking, college students
What, effects, smoking
The, effects, students
Keywords are typically the nouns in your research question.
*Which terms in this research question would you use when searching for articles: What was the role of women in World War I?
World War I, was, role
Women, what, role
Role, women, World War I
Role, in, World War I
Keywords are typically the nouns in your research question.
*Which terms in this research question would you use when searching for articles: What was the effect of The Simpsons on television?
The Simpsons, was, effect
What, The Simpsons, television
The, Simpsons, television
Effect, The Simpsons, television
Keywords are typically the nouns in your research question.
Which source
Choose Your Resource...
*Choose the best place to find:The history of television in the US
Book *
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*The score of last night's game
Book
Website *
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping
*An article about Angelina Jolie's humanitarian work
Book
Website
Magazine *
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*An article by a researcher about postpartum depression
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal *
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*Letters written between John and Abigail Adams
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*A story about a recent national disaster
Book
Website
Magazine*
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*The collected poetry of William Shakespeare
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*An article about women in the Revolutionary War
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*An in-depth biography of Helen Keller
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
How the stock market closed yesterday
Book
Website *
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*A press release about a new product
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*An article by a professor about Monet's influence on other artists
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal*
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*A detailed description of the events leading to World War I
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*A musical score by Beethoven
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*An article with lots of pictures of New York City
Book
Website
Magazine*
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*Breaking news on election results
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*The complete works of Van Gogh with background information
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*An arrangement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for violin
Book *
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*Biographies of important Revolutionary War generals
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*The text of a recent Presidential speech
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*The results of a Congressional vote
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*An article your professor wrote
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal *
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*A work of fiction about a boy and his dog
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*A work of fiction about a typical American family
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*Information about the actor who starred in your favorite old movie
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*An in-depth article with interviews and commentary on an event that happened recently
Book
Website
Magazine*
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*An advertisement for a car from 1935
Book
Website
Magazine*
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*The results of the 1900 Census
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*A study on the effects of a new antidepressant on teenagers
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal*
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*The complete works of the poet Robert Frost
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*An article about the sinking of the Titanic written shortly after it happened
Book
Website
Magazine*
Scholarly Journal
Magazines are great sources for profiles of important people, articles by journalists, and in depth information on recent events.
*A ten-year study on the television watching habits of children
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal*
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study.
*A fictional account of a young girl's life during the French Revolution
Book*
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets.
*Directions to a friend's house
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*The address of the nearest McDonalds
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*The best deal on a new iPod
Book
Website*
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Websites are great sources for up to date information, directions and shopping.
*An article discussing whether or not Shakespeare wrote all of his own plays
Book
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal *
Journal articles are usually written by a scholar or professor and are usually the result of research or a study
*An in-depth biography of John F. Kennedy
Book *
Website
Magazine
Scholarly Journal
Books are the best place to find extensive information on a topic, musical scores, and the works of musicians and poets
The library catalog can help you find:
Books
Articles
Websites
Friends
You can use the library catalog to find books, and the library's databases to find articles.
Which of the following can affect your search in the library catalog?
Font
Misspellings
Capitalization
Location
Like in most search engines, capitalization is not important in catalog searching.
If the book you're looking for isn't available at our library, what can you do?
UNC Library Express
Interlibrary Loan
Check the catalog at another UNC-system school and go get it there
All of the above
If you know the title of the book you're looking for, which search option would be most efficient?
Keyword anywhere
Keyword in title
Keyword in author
Keyword in subject
If you know the author of the book you're looking for, which search option would be most efficient?
Keyword anywhere
Keyword in title
Keyword in author
Keyword in subject
If you're looking for books on a particular topic, which search option would be most efficient?
Keyword anywhere
Keyword in title
Keyword in author
searching databases
Which of the following search connectors can be used to NARROW a search?
And
Or
But
Not
Using the term "And" in a search will yield fewer, more specific results.
Which of the following search connectors can be used to BROADEN a search?
And
Or
But
Not
Using "Or" is the best way to include synonyms or related terms in your search (such as death penalty or capital punishment)
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about skiing in Vermont?
Skiing or Vermont
Skiing not Vermont
Skiing Vermont
Skiing and Vermont
Using "skiing and Vermont" will only return articles that contain both terms.
Which search would you use in an article database to find the MOST results about cars?
Cars
Cars or Automobiles
Cars and Automobiles
Cars not Automobiles
If you searched only cars, you might miss some articles that just discuss automobiles.
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about wildlife in Alaska?
Wildlife or Alaska
Wildlife and Alaska
Wildlife not Alaska
Wildlife Alaska
Using "Wildlife and Alaska" will only return articles that contain both terms.
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about cookies without chocolate chips?
Cookies or Chocolate chip
Cookies not chocolate chip
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookies and Chocolate chip
Using "not chocolate chips" will automatically eliminate all articles containing the words "chocolate chips"
A search for the truncated word dream* will NOT retrieve results containing the word:
Drain
Dreaming
Dreams
Dreamer
Truncation only replaces the letters after the symbol.
A PDF article looks like:
A website
A print article
A handwritten letter
A drawing
A PDF article looks exactly like the print version of the article, complete with graphs, pictures, and even advertisements.
The abstract of an article is:
A painting
A brief summary
Title and author information
How to find it
Reading the abstract is a quick and easy way to decide whether or not you are interested in reading the whole article.
An article database does NOT usually contain which of the following
Scholarly journals
Magazines
Websites
Newspapers
If you are looking for a website, a search or metasearch engine is the best place to start.
In a database search result, "vol" is an abbreviation for:
Volunteer
Volume
Voldemort
Volcano
The volume number is an important part of citing a source, so be sure to write it down!
A term for an organized collection of electronic material is:
Book
Database
Map
Magazine
An old-fashioned example of a database is a phone book.
A symbol that allows you to search for different forms of the same word is called a/an:
Truncation Symbol
Abbreviation Symbol
Shortening Symbol
Abridging Symbol
In most cases, the truncation symbol is an asterisk (*)
If you have done a search and retrieved too many results, which is the best way to narrow your search?
Add OR and a related term
Add AND and a related term
Add BUT and an opposite term
Add OR and an opposite term
Adding AND and an additional term will only return articles with both terms, so you will have fewer results."
Which search would you use in an article database to find the MOST results about the death penalty?"
Death penalty"
Death Penalty and Capital Punishment"
Death Penalty or Capital Punishment"
Death Penalty not Capital Punishment"
Both terms are used interchangeably and if you don't include both, you may miss a good source."
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about weight gain by first-year students?"
Weight gain or First-year students"
Weight gain first-year students"
Weight gain and First-year students"
Weight gain not first-year students"
The search connector 'and' searches for articles that contain both search terms."
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about other breeds of dogs besides Golden Retrievers?"
Dogs not Golden Retrievers"
Dogs and Golden Retrievers"
Dogs or Golden Retrievers"
Dogs Golden Retrievers"
The search connector 'not' eliminates any articles that contain the word after it."
When used in searching, the terms AND, OR, NOT are called:"
Articles"
Search Connectors"
Conjunctions"
Attachments"
You may also hear them called Boolean Operators."
The keywords in a research question are usually:"
Nouns"
Verbs"
Adverbs"
Adjectives"
It is easy to find the keywords in a research question. Just pick out the nouns!"
If you want to broaden a search for 'college', you could add the term:"
Student"
University"
Effect"
UNCG"
If you only search for 'college,' you might miss articles about universities."
Which search would you use in an article database to find articles about women and the death penalty?"
Women or death penalty"
Women and death penalty"
Women not death penalty"
Women death penalty"
The search connector 'and' narrows your search to articles that include the terms 'women' and 'death penalty'."
If you are going to combine AND and OR in one search, which of the following must you use?"
Parentheses"
Quotation marks"
Two extra spaces"
Nothing special"
It is just like the distributive property in math."
Which is the correct way to combine AND and OR into one search?"
Death penalty or capital punishment and women"
Death penalty or (capital punishment and women)"
(Death penalty or capital punishment) and women"
(Death penalty and women) or capital punishment"
Think of it as a math problem—the computer finds the 'or' articles first, then narrows them down with the 'and' term."
Scholarly VS Popular
A scholarly article has:
Lots of pictures
Lengthy interviews
Cited sources
Advertisements
Unlike articles in magazines and newspapers, articles in scholarly journals contain a list of the articles and books the author consulted while writing the article.
Peer-reviewed means:
Other students have read and approved the article
An editor has read and approved the article
Another specialist in the same field read and approved the article
A man on a pier approved the article
The practice of peer-reviewing journal articles helps maintain their credibility as sources.
Articles in scholarly journals are usually written by:"
Undergraduate students"
Reporters"
Professors"
Celebrities"
Some of these articles are also written by independent scholars."
Which of the following is a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal?
Cosmopolitan
American Sociologist
US News and World Report
The Weekly Standard
The articles in American Sociologist are written by scholars, while the articles in <i>Cosmopolitan</i>, <i>US News</i> and <i>The Weekly Standard</i> are written by journalists.
Which of the following is NOT a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal?
Journal of Contemporary History
International Security
Time
International Journal of E-Learning
Time is a news magazine.
Which of the following is a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal?
Good Housekeeping
Better Homes and Gardens
Southern Living
Southern Cultures
The articles in Southern Cultures are written by scholars, while the articles in <i>Good Housekeeping</i>, <i>Better Homes and Gardens</i> and <i>Southern Living</i> are written by journalists.
Which of the following is NOT a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal?
Educational Gerontology
Journal of Family Social Work
National Review
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
National Review is a conservative news magazine.
websites
The web address of a college or university will most likely end in:
.com
.net
.edu
.org
Not all information on a website that ends in .edu should be assumed accurate because students and professors are often allowed to put up information on personal websites not sanctioned by the university.
Which of the following is a commercial website?
www.amazon.com
www.whitehouse.gov
www.uncg.edu
www.redcross.org
Amazon.com is a popular place to buy books, movies, and CDs.
The invisible web is:
Websites that cannot be seen without a special monitor
Websites that require special glasses
Websites that are not indexed by a search engine
Websites of spy agencies
The library's databases are part of the invisible web because they are password protected, so web crawlers cannot find them.
A search engine will return results from:
A subscription database
Personal email
A password protected site
A commercial website
Search engines do not index subscription databases because they are password protected.
When evaluating web resources, which of the following things do you NOT need to consider?
Accuracy
Objectivity
Authority
Web design
Unfortunately, very poorly designed websites may contain very good information- if you can find it.
In your research you happen upon a website that looks decent. Out of the following choices, which would you NOT consider when evaluating appropriateness for a research paper?
(need answers)