TWU Libraries

Level I Skills Test

Level II Skills Test

The Texas Woman's University Libraries are pleased to offer an Information Literacy Program designed to help you improve your research skills. We provide regularly scheduled orientation tours as well as library workshops and individual and small group instruction at your convenience. Librarians team with faculty to provide discipline specific instruction to university classes and we collaborate with faculty to develop library assignments. We look forward to working with you.

1. You are given an assignment to write a research paper and you can choose your own topic.
Where can you find ideas or topics for your paper?

a. Internet
b. TV, radio, newspapers
c.  your textbooks
d. general or subject specific encyclopedias
e.  all of the above

2. In order to find information about a topic, you must first determine which words best describe what you are searching for. These terms will become the keys for searching online catalogs, databases, and the Internet for information on your topic.
What are the key words or phrases in the following statement?

The employees' excellent work attitudes are directly related to the low rate of absenteeism.

a.  rate and absenteeism
b.  work attitudes and absenteeism and employees
c.  work attitudes and employees  

3. Think about other words, descriptors, terms and concepts that you might use. Which of the following might also be used to search for information on the topic listed above?

a. job attendance and work attitudes
b. unemployment and absenteeism
c. salaries and employment

4. Information is available to you in a variety of sources and formats. Some are entertaining and others are more scholarly. Which of the following sources could you use to look for information about unemployment and the stock market?

a. books
b. newspapers
c. journal articles
d. almanacs
e. all of the above

5. Which of the following has records showing the locations of all the books, journals, newspapers, and audiovisual materials available through the TWU Libraries?

a. EBSCOHost
b. TWU Libraries online catalog
c. Ready Reference

6. Go to the TWU Online catalog (http://enterprise.twu.edu/ )
Set the Quick Limit Box to Main Library and do a Basic, Keyword search using the phrase "food pyramid" in quotations.
Locate the book titled Food politics : how the food industry influences nutrition and health by Marion Nestle. Click on the title link.
What is the location and call number of this book?

a. New York TX355 .K22 1998
b. Main Library TX360.U6 N47 2002
c. First Floor Library TX360.U6 N47 2002
d. Woman's Collection RC662 .W315 1996

7. What year was it published?

a. 1996
b. 1998
c. 1954
d. 2002

8. Click on "Detailed Record".
Which of the following is one of the subject(s) terms for this book?

a. deregulating dietary supplements
b. diet food and health food
c. food industry and trade--United States
d. food Industry and American diets

9. After you find a book listed in the online catalog, what do you need to note in order to retrieve the book from the library shelves?

a.  call number and author
b.  location, call number and author
c.  call number, location and status (available or checked-out/discharged)
d. author and title

10. Which of the following library locations is not in the Denton Main TWU library?

a.  Woman's Collection
b.  Parkland Library
c.  Main Library - Reference

11. How can you renew materials that you have checked out from the TWU libraries?

a. through the TWU Online Catalog
b. by telephone
c. at the Circulation Desk
d. your local public library
e. a, b, & c
f. all of the above

12. If you are looking for a specific book and it is not listed in the TWU Libraries' online catalog, how can you borrow a copy?

a. get it from a TexShare Library
b. request it through Interlibrary Loan
c. Amazon.com
d.  a and b

13. A class you are taking requires that you read three journal articles related to a topic of your choosing. Which of the following would be the correct resource to find and select journal articles?

a.  an online library catalog
b.  an index (database or print)
c.  an encyclopedia

14. Use the Subject Guides - (http://www.twu.edu/library/search/guides.htm) to determine which of these would be the best database to use to find a citation to a journal article published in 2003 about nursing ethics.

a. CINAHL
b. Google
c. Literature Online (LION)
d. none of the above

15. AND, OR & NOT are terms that can help you limit or broaden your results when you are searching for journal articles on a specific topic. Read the following assignment and select the search statement that will retrieve the best information.

Discuss mandatory prison sentences as a deterrent to driving under the influence of alcohol.

a.  prison and alcohol and driving
b.  prison or alcohol and driving
c.  prison or driving

16. Which of the following indicates that a journal is scholarly?

a.  very current information and splashy advertisements
b.  articles have footnotes or bibliographies and go through a peer review process where they are critiqued by experts in that field
c.  sold at supermarkets and lots of color pictures

17. Your assignment is to write a 15-page paper about Sarah Ragle Weddington. ( She is believed to be the youngest person to ever win a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. She teaches women's leadership classes and she is a longtime advocate for women's rights.) You are required to have at least 10 sources using books, journal articles and information from the internet. At least one of your sources must be a primary source.
Select the search statement that will retrieve the most relevant websites.

a. Sarah Weddington and Supreme Court
b. Sarah Ragle and teacher
c. women's leadership and advocates

18. Do a title search in the TWU online catalog to find a book called Roe v. Wade : proceedings of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court . Click on "Detailed Record" and look at the information in the "notes" field.
What kind of source is this book?  

a. secondary
b. primary
c.  tertiary
d. none of the above

19. Search in the database Academic Search Premier to find information about Sarah Weddington. Find the journal article titled Reflections on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. By: Weddington, Sarah. .1999, Vol. 62 Issue 3, p811, 22p;
In what journal was this article published?

a. EBSCOHOST
b. Academic Search Premier
c. Albany Law Review
d. none of the above

20. Which of the following is a subject word or phrase given in the record listed above?

a. actions & defenses (administrative law)
b. University of Texas at Austin
c. United States Supreme Court Case
d. speech

21. Examine the Advanced Search page(s) of the Academic Search Premier database.
Which of these "search limiters" are available through this database?

a. full-text
b. published date
c. scholarly (peer reviewed) journals
d. all of the above

22. Examine the Advanced Search page of the Google internet search engine www.google.com/advanced_search
Which of the following are search features and/or limiters that might help you improve your search results?

a. exact phrase
b. scholarly (peer reviewed) web pages
c. domain
d. a and c
e. a,b and c

23. On August 31, 1978, Sarah Weddington became "Special Assistant" to the President" of the United States. A year later she was promoted to "Assistant to the President", the highest White House staff title. Use the Google search engine - Advanced Search. www.google.com/advanced_search to find a web page that tells you which president she worked with. Who was the president she assisted?

a. Gerald Ford
b. Ronald Reagan
c. Jimmy Carter
d.  Richard Nixon

24. If you were using the Vivisimo Search Engine (advanced search page) http://vivisimo.com/advanced to find information about nursing homes, which search strategy would produce the most relevant search results?

a.  nursing and grandparents
b.  "nursing homes"
c.   finding a home +parents

25. Which of the following is a true statement?

a.  Everything you read on the Internet is true.
b.  Material that is found on the Internet can legally be freely used in personal web pages.
c.  Material that you create for the web is protected by copyright.

26. Examine this website and answer the following questions. http://www.cityofdenton.com/
What is the copyright date for this site?

a. last year
b. this year
c. two years ago
d. none of the above

27. What is the purpose of this website?

a. to inform
b. to persuade
c. to entertain
d. none of the above

28. What contact information is given for the author or webmaster?

a. author or webmaster cannot be identified.
b. name and telephone number of the Webmaster is provided.
c. an email link for the Webmaster is provided.

29. Is the information on the website current and reliable?

a.  yes, the information was current and factual.
b.  partly but there were many links that did not work
c.  no, the information given was for Denton , Oregon instead of Denton , Texas

30. The Internet can be a good place to find medical information sites. http://genochoice.com sounds like a great place to find out about cutting-edge research leading to the clinical treatments of the future. Does this appear to be a reliable web site?

a.  yes
b.  no

31. A student should provide full citations to the sources used in a research paper in order to

a.  give credit to the author
b.  allow others to find the sources
c.  lend credibility to the research paper
d.  all of the above

32. Which two of the following choices will help you cite sources properly?

a. a style manual
b. Citing Resources web page
c. a bibliography
d. a and b
e. b and c

33. Name some of the ways you can request help from a librarian.

a.  use the "Ask a Librarian" request form.
b.  call or go to the library information desk.
c. call the librarian on his/her cell phone at 3 am in the morning.
d.  a and b

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