4.

While researching a topic, you find yourself inundated with too much information. Which of the follow would be an effective strategy? (select all that apply -- incorrect selections will receive negative points)

		Add wildcards or truncations to the existing search terms
		Focus your area of research by adding another concept
		Revise your search plan by removing alternate search terms or using more precise search terms
		Evaluate each source and only focus on non-bias, authoritative sources
		Limit your search to a single source type (e.g. scholarly journals)

5.

Advanced search screens will vary from resource to resource and from web search engine to research database, but they often let you search using (select all that apply -- incorrect selections will receive negative points)

		Customized search algorithms
		Limiters for date, domain, resource type
		Implied Boolean operators
		Limiters for accuracy, purpose, authority

6.

Which of the following is not an example of Plagiarism? (select all that apply -- incorrect selections will receive negative points)

		Paper included proper citation to sources but contained almost no original work
		Paper included proper citation to sources except for information that is common knowledge
		Paper changed key words and phrases but retained the essential content of the source
		Paper used significant portions of text from a single source without alterations

7 .

Which of the following statements are true? (select all that apply -- incorrect selections will receive negative points)

		Research Databases and Academic Library Catalogs have all been standardized to use the same controlled vocabulary that was created by the Library of Congress.
		Essential information (e.g. Author Name(s), Publishers Name, Year of Publication, etc) that identifies an information resource is often referred to as metadata or bibliographical information
		One of the most important things you can do when starting to research a topic is to scan the existing information landscape to find out what is already out there.
		The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy should be followed strictly in the order that they are presented.