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Lesson 10 SMART Tutorial Speedback Assignment

First, complete the SMART tutorial at http://net.lib.byu.edu/tutorial/smart/

Then take the quiz. Mark the Correct answer to Red color.

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1.  According to the SMART tutorial what is the third step in the research process?
 
  Locate background information
  Write the paper
  Evaluate and select the best possible materials for your paper
  Develop and narrow topic
  Find research materials

 

 

2.  Scholar Search is a:
 
  A help desk in the library
  A study place in the library
  A search tool on the library webpage
  A writing and research lab

 

 

 

3.  When evaluating a source, asking yourself “Is the information objective?” helps you determine which of the following?
 
  Credentials of the author
  Bias of the source
  Evidence the author uses to support their claims
  Most current information

 

 

 

4.  In order to get help finding information for your research paper, you must do which of the following?
 
  Make an appointment
  Know who you need to talk to
  Go to the online chat service, visit a help desk, or use the drop-in writing and research service

 

 

 

5.  According to the SMART tutorial what is the second step in the research process?
 
  Evaluate and select the best possible materials for your paper
  Develop and narrow topic
  Find research materials
  Write the paper
  Locate background information

 

 

 

6.  Using information found through Google for academic research is which of the following?
 
  Always recommended
  Never recommended
  Recommended when appropriately evaluated and selected

 

 

 

7.  Please choose the best answer for the following statement: “I can find scholarly materials for my research paper by _________”
 
  searching Google Scholar.
  talking to a subject librarian.
  using Academic Search Premier.
  All of these

 

 

 

8.  In the module “finding sources,” what is the best library page to help you narrow your topic?
 
  Subject guides
  E-Reference
  Background resources
  Digital Collections

 

 

 

9.  According to the SMART tutorial what is the fourth step in the research process?
 
  Find research materials
  Develop and narrow topic
  Evaluate and select the best possible materials for your paper
  Locate background information
  Write the paper

 

 

 

10.  According to the tutorial, a source that has an abstract, detailed research by an expert, and an extensive bibliography is a(n) _________
 
  encyclopedia.
  scholarly article.
  website.
  magazine article.

 

 

 

11.  According to the SMART tutorial what is the first step in the research process?
 
  Write the paper
  Evaluate and select the best possible materials for your paper
  Locate background information
  Develop and narrow topic
  Find research materials

 

 

 

12.  According to the SMART tutorial what is the last step in the research process?
 
  Locate background information
  Find research materials
  Develop and narrow topic
  Evaluate and select the best possible materials for your paper
  Write the paper

 

 

 

13.  When evaluating a source, asking yourself “Who wrote the article?” helps you determine which of the following?
 
  Evidence the author uses to support their claims
  Bias of the source
  Credentials of the author
  Most current information

 

 

 

  For the next four questions, use the following two citations:

#1: Hessl, Amy E. “Pathways for climate change effects on fire: Models, data, and uncertainties.” Progress in Physical Geography 35.3 (2011): 393-407. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 29 Aug. 2011.

#2: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. “Greenhouse gas emissions overview.” Climate Change. Web. 29 Aug. 2011.
   

 

 

14.  Please identify the title of the article that was published by a government agency.
 
  Pathways for climate change effects on fire: Models, data, and uncertainties
  Progress in Physical Geography
  Climate Change
  Greenhouse gas emissions overview

 

 

 

15.  Please identify the database where the article in the first citation was found.
 
  Academic Search Premier
  Progress in Physical Geography
  Web
  EBSCO

 

 

 

16.  Please identify the author of the article located in a scholarly journal:
 
  Climate Change
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency
  Progress in Physical Geography
  Hessl, Amy E

 

 

 

17.  Please indicate which article is NOT peer-reviewed.
 
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency. “Greenhouse gas emissions overview.” Climate Change. Web. 29 Aug. 2011.
  Hessl, Amy E. “Pathways for climate change effects on fire: Models, data, and uncertainties.” Progress in Physical Geography 35.3 (2011): 393-407. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 29 Aug. 2011.

 

 

 

 

Lesson 10 Library Virtual Tour Speedback Assignment

First, complete the library virtual tour at http://net.lib.byu.edu/tutorial/hbll/. Then take the quiz.

1.  Where do you return regular library materials that you have checked out at the Circulation desk on level 3?
 
  Circulation desk, level 3
  Security desks at the library entrance, level 3
  Reserve desk, level 3
  Information Commons desk, level 3

 

 

2.  Where would you go if you needed help finding an atlas of France?
 
  Science/Maps Reference desk, level 2
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1
  Humanities Reference desk, level 5
  Humanities bookshelves, level 5

 

 

 

3.  Where should you go to view a newspaper published on the day Abraham Lincoln was born?
 
  Media Center, level 4
  Humanities desk, level 5
  Family History/Religion, level 2
  Information desk, level 3
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1

 

 

 

4.  Where are subject-specific reference materials located?
 
  Library Atrium, level 3
  Near that subject’s reference desk
  In the subject librarian’s office
  Information desk, level 3

 

 

 

5.  Where would you go to use periodical indexes and read specialized encyclopedias about an endangered animal species?
 
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1
  Humanities Reference desk, level 5
  Information Commons desk, level 3
  Science/Maps Reference desk, level 2
  Family History/Religion Reference desk, level 2

 

 

 

6.  What department’s main purpose is to teach students how to conduct effective research?
 
  Library Instruction and Information Literacy, level 2
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1
  Media Center, level 4

 

 

 

7.  You have to write a paper on Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, but you are completely stuck. Where can you go to get help?
 
  Humanities Reference desk, level 5
  Periodicals Room, level 2
  Science/Maps Reference desk, level 2
  Music and Dance Library, level 4

 

 

 

8.  Where would you go if you want to look at a diary written by an early Mormon pioneer? You know this item cannot be checked out of the library.
 
  Family History/Religion bookshelves, level 2
  Special Collections, level 1
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1
  Interlibrary Loan desk, level 3

 

 

 

9.  Your biology class has been assigned to watch a film on spiders. Where should you go to view it?
 
  Reserve desk, level 3
  Media Center, level 4
  Special Collections, level 1
  Humanities Reference desk, level 5

 

 

 

10.  The library’s open study areas have:
 
  Wireless Internet service
  A quiet atmosphere.
  Tables wired with electricity and an Ethernet connection
  Individual desks
  All of these are correct

 

 

 

11.  If the library doesn’t have the book or article you need, what can you do?
 
  Request it at the Information Commons desk
  Find another one. You’re out of luck
  Request it through Interlibrary Loan

 

 

 

12.  One of your classes requires you to listen to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony while following along in the music. Where can you find the score?
 
  Music and Dance bookshelves, level 4
  Interlibrary Loan, level 3
  Humanities, level 5

 

 

 

13.  Where can you check out digital cameras and edit home videos?
 
  Multimedia Lab
  Information Commons desk, level 3
  Family History/Religion, level 2
  Music and Dance Library, level 4

 

 

 

14.  Which is true about the floor directories?
 
  They are located on every floor
  They show the locations of group study rooms
  They show the locations of reference desks and other library services
  They show the locations of call numbers
  All of these are correct

 

 

 

15.  Which of the following is true about Special Collections?
 
  You cannot photocopy any items
  You can check items out
  You can view items in the reading room

 

 

 

16.  Which is true about the Information Commons area (3rd floor)?
 
  It has multimedia editing stations
  It has computer workstations available for group work
  It contains the No “shhhhhhh” zone
  All of these are correct

 

 

 

17.  The undergraduate checkout period for most library materials is which of the following options?
 
  Two weeks with a one-week grace period
  Three weeks with a one-week grace period
  Two weeks with no grace period
  Three weeks with no grace period

 

 

 

18.  If you wanted to read an issue of National Geographic Magazine from 1970, where would you look for it?
 
  Juvenile Literature, level 4
  Science/Maps bookshelves, level 2
  Periodicals, compact shelving, level 2
  Social Sciences/Education Reference desk, level 1

 

 

 

19.  In order to respect the rights of other library users and to preserve library materials, we encourage you to
 
  Return books to the return shelves after you use them if you are not going to check them out
  Limit talking to group study areas only
  Refrain from eating or drinking in the library outside of designated areas to avoid damaging library materials
  Refrain from writing in library materials
  All of these are correct

 

 

 

20.  You are doing a report on the effectiveness of preschool in preparing children for formal education. Where would you look for information?
 
  Periodicals room, level 2
  Social Sciences/Education, level 1
  Humanities Reference desk, level 5
  Juvenile Literature, level 4
  Science/Maps Reference desk, level 2

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 11 MLA Speedback Assignment

 

1.  When listing a selection from an edited book in print, you must include the page numbers for the selection.
 
  true
  false

 

 

 

2.  Multiple answer. Choose all of the following in-text citations that are correct:
 
  A good rule of thumb with email is to “never do anything electronically that you would want others to do to you in person” (Shipley and Schwalbe 53).
  As Shipley and Schwalbe argue in Send, “never do anything electronically that you would want others to do to you in person” (53).
  Some commentators have argued that when it comes to email, there are still some things more appropriately performed face to face (Shipley and Schwalbe 53).

 

 

 

3.  Which of the following works cited entries is correct?
 
  Shipley, David, and Will Schwalbe. Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better. Rev. Ed. NY: Knopf, 2008. Print.
  Shipley, David and Will Schwalbe. Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better. Rev. Ed. NY: Knopf, 2008. Print.
  Shipley, David and Will, Schwalbe. Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better. Rev. Ed. NY: Knopf, 2008. Print.
  Shipley, David, and Will Schwalbe. Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better. Rev. Ed. NY: Knopf, 2008.

 

 

 

4.  If there is more than one author, you MUST add et al. after listing the first.
 
  false
  true

 

 

 

5.  What is the name of the video game Rebecca Moore Howard uses as an example of how to cite video games on your works cited page?
 
  Portal 2
  Donkey Kong Country Returns
  Rock Band 2
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 

 

 

6.  When should you “block” a quote (that is, “omit the quotation marks, and indent the entire quotation one inch from the left margin of your text”)? (Hint: Look in chapter 17 for the answer to this one.)
 
  When quoting three or more lines.
  Whenever you feel like it.
  When quoting Shakespeare.
  When quoting four or more lines.

 

 

 

7.  Which of the following works cited entries for a blog post is correct?
 
  Carr, Nicholas. Rough Type. “E-Textbooks Flunk an Early Test.” 12 May 2011. Web. 4 June 2011.
  Carr, Nicholas. “E-Textbooks Flunk an Early Test.” Rough Type. 4 June 2011. [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/05/etextbooks_flun_1.php]
  Carr, Nicholas. “E-Textbooks Flunk an Early Test.” Rough Type. 12 May 2011. Web. 4 June 2011. http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/05/etextbooks_flun_1.php
  Carr, Nicholas. “E-Textbooks Flunk an Early Test.” 12 May 2011. Web. 4 June 2011.

 

 

 

8.  Consider the following passage from Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene:

“Although we now know that reading acquisition systematically converges onto the same region of the cortex, the reason for this precise localization is still shrouded in mystery.”

Which of the following passages from a student paper is NOT patchwritten by the student?
 
  Though the experts know that reading acquisition converges in an orderly manner on the same area of the cortex, it is mysterious why this localization takes place (Dehaene 164).
  Cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene points out that though we know from neuroimaging the exact location in the brain where letters, words, and sentences are comprehended, we still don’t know why it happens there (164).
  Cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene writes that although we know that reading converges in the brain in the cortex, the reason for this is still enveloped in mystery (164).
  It is not yet clear why reading acquisition systematically consolidates onto one region in the brain—specifically, the cortex (Dehaene 164).

 

 

 

9.  Which of the following in-text citations has an effective signal phrase?
 
  In a recent blog post, web critic Nicholas Carr argues convincingly that “schools have long had a tendency to buy first and ask questions later” (Carr).
  Sometimes educators get so excited about new technology that they “buy first and ask questions later” (Carr).
  Some say that when it comes to new technology, “schools have long had a tendency to buy first and ask questions later” (Carr).
  When it comes to new technology, “schools have long had a tendency to buy first and ask questions later” (Carr).

 

 

 

10.  Which of the following represents the correct order in which you put information for a scholarly journal article accessed through a database?
 
  Surname, First name. Database. “Article Title.” Journal Title volume.issue (year): pages. Access date. Medium of publication.
  Surname, First name. (year). “Article Title.” Journal Title volume.issue: pages. Database. Medium of publication. Access date.
  Surname, First name. “Article Title.” Journal Title volume.issue (year): pages. Database. Medium of publication. Access date.
  Surname, First name. “Article Title.” Journal Title volume.issue (year): pages. Access date. Medium of publication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 14 Design Principles Speedback Assignment

 

1.  According to Howard, to create a “softer, more harmonious look” with the color blue, which color combination would you want to use? Choose all that are correct.
 
  Red-violet
  Blue-green
  Green
  Red-orange
  Blue-violet
  Yellow
  Yellow-green
  Orange

 

 

 

2.  You do not need to cite images if you cut and paste them from Google Image.
 
  false
  true

 

 

 

3.  Which typeface would be inappropriate to use on a printed funeral program: Comic Sans MS or Garamond?
 
  Comic Sans MS
  Garamond

 

 

 

4.  Type and font are not the same thing, though they are often used as synonyms.
 
  true
  false

 

 

 

5.  You should use 3-D effects when making charts or graphs.
 
  true
  false

 

 

 

6.  The cardinal rule of design is always remember your audience.
 
  false
  true

 

 

 

7.  What does multimodality mean?
 
  Composing an argument using more than alphabetic text.
  The ability to write with both hands.
  Composing an argument using a popular mode.
  Composing an argument with more than one reason.

 

 

 

8.  What is the complementary color for red? ___________________
 
  Yellow
  Green
  Blue
  Orange

 

 

 

9.  Which of the following are sans-serif fonts?
 
  Cambria Math
  Verdana
  Arial Narrow
  Times New Roman

 

 

 

10.  What color is analogous with red? Choose all that are correct.
 
  Red-violet
  Orange
  Violet
  Yellow-orange
  Red-orange
  Blue-violet