Question 1.

Humanities can be defined as the discipline that includes: “branches of knowledge that investigate: human beings, their culture, and their self-expression”

A.

False

B.

True

Question 2.

Sub-disciplines of humanities include:

A.

Anthropology, economics, visual arts, sociology

B.

Literature, Languages, Arts, History, Philosophy, Religion

C.

Literature, visual arts, environmental studies

Question 3.

When helping find relevant, authoritative sources for humanities researchers, it will usually be important to limit search results to those published within the past five years.

A.

True

B.

False

Question 4.

Reference books and biographies are examples of:

A.

Primary sources

B.

Secondary sources

C.

Tertiary sources

Question 5.

JSTOR is:

A.

A shared digital library created in 1995 to help university and college libraries free up space on their shelves, save costs, and provide greater levels of access to content

B.

A vendor that provides journal digitization services to academic libraries

C.

vendor that provides archival services to libraries

Question 6.

According to MLA 8th edition, it’s important to indicate if a resource is print or web 

A.

True

B.

False

Question 7.

Digital humanities is an emerging area of scholarship, where digital technologies are used when conducting research in the humanities. 

A.

True

B.

False

Question 8.

When answering historical reference questions, it’s important to: 

A.

Ask open questions

B.

Use a historical database like CBC archives and conduct a keyword search

C.

Identify when the event occurred, then select an appropriate resource to find an answer

Question 9.

ProjectMUSE is... 

A.

Database of scholarly full-text humanities and social science materials

B.

Database of high-quality, peer reviewed, scholarly full-text humanities and social sciences materials, citations and some full-text are available for free on the internet

C.

Database of high-quality, peer reviewed, scholarly full-text humanities and social sciences materials

Question 10.

The Arts and Humanities Index is...

A.

An index of peer-reviewed journals available via Open Access

B.

Citation only index, part of the Web of Science, key database in the arts and humanities

C.

An index of Canadian published peer-reviewed scholarly arts and humanities journals