Library Resources Quiz #1

What does "peer-review" mean?

• When I checkout my classmates

• When I ask a friend to read my essay before I submit it

• A journal article that has been reviewed by other scholars before it reaches publication

• When a group of scholars work on a paper together

Answer explanation

Peer-review means something has been

READ

VETTED

APPROVED

by other experts

A reference resource (dictionary, encyclopedia) is considered a peer-reviewed source

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Nope!

Only journals are peer-reviewed.

Dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias aren't.

What is the best TV series?

• Stranger Things

• Love is Blind

• Game of Thrones

• Bridgerton

• The Office

Answer explanation

The call number on a book is...

• The item's address - where it lives on the shelf

• Purposefully confusing

• Randomly generated and has no meaning

Answer explanation

Each call number is specific to that book.

The numbers correlate to categories

There are different parts of a journal. Which part is actually peer-reviewed?

• Editorial

• Book Reviews

• Articles

Answer explanation

Where in the library would you find primary sources?

• Main stacks

• Reference

• Special Collections Reading Room

Answer explanation

Inside the special collections room we have books that are hundreds of years old -- religious books, historical books, and some modern editions.

Anyone can come look at them!

If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?

• Disneyland, USA

• Paris, France

• Cancun, Mexico

• Marrakesh, Morocco

• Sydney, Australia

What is an "Academic Monograph"

• When everyone's favorite professor gives you their autograph

• A collection of edited essays on the same topic

• A single-volume book on a specific subject area

• Another name for peer-review

I don't go to the library to find physical books because I don't know where I'm going

• True

• False

• I don't want physical books

Filters help you

• Look hot on social media

• Turn you into a dancing carrot

• Narrow down your library searches

• Make coffee

Answer explanation

LIBRARY filters help narrow down your search