UNV103 Week 6 Assignment Literacy Pre-Assessment GCU
UNV103 Week 6 Assignment Literacy Pre-Assessment
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Week 6 Assignment
Literacy Pre-Assessment
When doing research on your topic, “The impact of steroids on America”, you find you have
too much information for a three page essay. What do you do?
Use as much information as possible and hope the professor doesn’t notice that the essay is
two pages longer than the maximum
Choose a brand new topic; this one is too hard to cover in a college paper
Reduce the scope of your topic to something more focused, such as the use of steroids in
American high schools
Pick the first three articles you find and write an essay based on these three resources
2 The
following reference is a:
Bland, H. W., Melton, B. F., Bigham, L. E., & Welle, P. D. (2014). Quantifying the
impact of physical activity on stress tolerance in college students. College
Student Journal, 48(4), 559-568.
Book
Website
Encyclopedia
Journal
article
3 Which of
the following is NOT a Boolean operator?
AND
EITHER
NOT
OR
4 When using a journal article to support your essay, when do you have to include an
in-text citation?
When using a block quote from the journal article
When paraphrasing a few sentences from the journal article
When using a direct quote from the journal article
All of the above
None of the
above
5 You need
scholarly research on the treatment of diabetes. What type of resource would
provide the best information?
A popular
medical website
A peer-reviewed
medical journal
A current
online magazine article
A popular
YouTube video
6 A peer-reviewed
journal article is:
Reviewed by
the author’s friends
Reviewed by
experts in the same subject field prior to being published
Reviewed by
the author’s colleagues
Reviewed
for grammatical errors
Not sure
7 If, you
are writing a compare/contrast paper on a controversial topic like capital punishment,
it is important to:
Consider
both sides of the issue and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both
Choose only
resources that describe your opinion on the topic
Only
describe the strengths of one side and the weaknesses of the other
Build a
strong case that one side is better than the other
8 You find
the perfect article for your assignment and want to find more like it. What do
you do?
Search
using the author’s name in the library’s databases to see if they have written
more articles on the topic
Check the
references section for articles on a similar topic that were used as sources in
the article
Identify
key words in the article to use in your next search
All of the
above
9 Copyright
law in the United States, which governs intellectual property rights, applies
to which type of resources?
Book
Videos
Blogs
All of the
above
10 To learn
about the current issues in your field of study you can:
Run a
search for scholarly journal articles in the library’s databases published in
the last year in your field of study
Browse the
website for a professional association for your field of study
Interview a
professional in your field of study
All of the
above
11 Scholarly
articles generally contain the following elements:
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An abstract
that summarizes the content of the article
The author’s
affiliation or credentials
A bibliography
or a list of works cited
All of the
above
12 Wikipedia
can be a good starting place to learn more about a research a topic. However,
it is usually inappropriate to use Wikipedia as a cited resource in college
papers assignments because:
Wikipedia
is created by multiple persons and it isn’t clear what authority they may have
on a specific topic
Changes can
easily be made to Wikipedia that may be inaccurate
It is
difficult to determine if the content is biased
All of the
above
13 Which of
the following is an example of a primary source?
An encyclopedia
entry about World War II
A textbook
about global conflict and wars
The Diary
of Anne Fran
All of the
above
14 The
correct way to write the in-text citation for the following reference is:
Solganick,
H. (2013). Creating constructive consciousness: Critical thinking for the
Christian. Global Education Journal, 2013(3), 1-33.
(Creating
constructive consciousness, 2013)
(Solganick,
2013)
(Solganick,
H., 2013)
(Global
Education Journal, 2013)
15 Google
is
A research
database
A magazine
An internet
search engine
A book
16 What
steps can you take to find help with library resources?
Ask a
Librarian for help using the phone, email or chat
Attend a
group library instruction session, either in-person or via one of the library’s
virtual webinar
View a
library tutorial
Visit the
GCU Library on the Phoenix Campus
All of the
above
17 On the
reference page of your essay, the references should be alphabetized by:
Author
first name
Author last
name
Article
title
None of the
above
18 What is
the BEST place to find a scholarly article?
In a
research database
On the
internet
In popular
magazines
In
newspapers
19 When
should you consult a librarian for assistance?
You don’t
know where to start to search for scholarly resources
You need
help choosing the best keywords, search strategy, or resources
You
searched in the library databases and the search had zero results
You have an
article or other resource and don’t know how to properly cite the reference
All of the
above
20 When
required to use peer-reviewed articles on a topic for your essay, where would you
find this type of resource?
Books
Newspapers
Journals
Magazines
Not sure
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