Try the following questions to see how you do:

 

 

1. The first thing you should do when researching your topic is:

Start writing your paper immediately to make sure you find enough materials early on
 Formulate your research problem and start writing your essay
 Get more familiar with your topic by consulting various reference materials
 Try and find some good journal articles on CINAHL PlusText

2. Library general reference sources are good for:

Providing you with style examples for writing your essay
 Giving you tips on how to use journal indexes
 Helping you get good concise background material for your essay
 Showing you how to use the Brock Library Catalogue

3. The Encyclopedia of Gerontology is an example of:

A good general purpose reference source
 An excellent journal source for community health sciences articles
 A source you should consult to find information on geneological health topics
 A community health sciences reference source

4. A good comprehensive research strategy when using reference materials includes:

Selecting appropriate topic keywords using synonyms if necessary
 Taking notes from the article sources you consult
 Being aware of being "too specific" in your search strategy
 All of the above

5. You use the Brock Library Catalogue to locate:

Journal articles directly using title search
 Internet sites using search engines
 Books, journal titles, government documents, newspaper titles and video titles
 Course notes on WebCT

6. Journals or periodicals are used extensively by researchers because:

They are easier to store on a professor's bookshelf
 They are usually filled with good references
 Journal articles are shorter and take less time to read than books
 They provide current research results at the time of publication

7. Electronic journals are:

Of higher quality than paper journals because they are available online
 More current than paper journals
 More highly regarded by researchers
 Virtually the same as paper journals except they are reproduced on the internet

8. The writing style used by community health sciences students is called:

Whatever most of your courses use
 MLA Style
 APA Style
 Whatever, since it's not that important as long as you get your essay handed in on time

9. When you use sources from the internet, you cite them using what style guide?

Whatever style is used in the source document you get from the internet
 MLA Style
 Usually the title, author, date and journal title are more than enough
 American Psychological Association (APA) Style

10. A good place to go on the Library Home Page for help with writing your essay is:

Brock Home Page
 Essay Writing Help from the Reference Page
 Subject Resources Pages
 Databases Page