To start the exercise, please answer a few questions for us about your knowledge of an academic library.  You must answer each question (choosing the best answer) before clicking the "Continue...' button at the bottom of the page.

Your First Name:      Your Last Name or Initial:  
Your Status:  SU Student    SU Faculty    SU Staff    Other
Your Access:  On-Campus Computer    Off-Campus Computer
 
One of the best, and often overlooked, resources in an academic library is:
  Public pamphlets and brochures
  Human resources - faculty librarians, help desk personnel, etc.
  The general stacks collection
  The computer lab
 
Finding library books for my topic is best done by:
  Browsing on the library shelves
  Borrowing the books my classmates have checked out
  Searching in the USMAI library catalog
  Asking a library staff member to retrieve books for me
   
Books in Blackwell Library are organized by:
  Title       Author       Color       Subject
   
Catalog USMAI, the Blackwell Library Catalog, does NOT contain records for:
  Individual articles in journals, magazines and newspapers
  CDs, DVDs, Videocassettes
  Journals, magazines and newspapers
  Musical scores
  
Which of the following Library of Congress (LC) call number ranges are in the proper order:
                     
   
The best method to find academic-level information for my research assignment is to:
  Rely only on my required textbook
  Look through the materials I already own
  Search on the World Wide Web
  Use resources available through Blackwell Library
  Use resources available through a public library
  
Choose the library periodical in which you will find a scholarly article:
                            

When you access online article databases through Blackwell Library, you can:
  A. Search anytime (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
  B. Find articles from thousands of popular and scholarly sources
  C. View, print and/or save the full-text of periodical articles
  D. Electronically request that we get an article for you, if the full-text is not readily available
  
  B only       A & D       A, B & C       B & D       B & C       A, B, C & D
   
To research the topic GANG VIOLENCE you must first identify keywords to use in your search.  Which of the following is NOT a good keyword for this topic:
  Gangs       Problems       Turf       Violence        Crime

When I use an idea in my research paper that I got from reading an article, I must give credit to the author of the article:
  NO, no need to cite the author because I used my own words to describe the idea
  YES, I must cite the material, since I did not originate the idea