Question 1. Scholarly journals are usually:
1. written by scholars 2. sold in stores 3. published daily 4. the only periodicals available in the library
Question 2. When you find an article in a database or index, you need to write down the citation. Which of the following are part of the citation?
1. author, title and location in the library 2. call number 3. journal title, volume number or date, and page numbers 4. a notation about whether the journal is popular or scholarly
Question 3. When you find an article that you need that is not in full text, what is the first step you should take to get a copy of that article?
1. go to a search engine like Google 2. go to the Fordham Library Catalog to see if we own the journal 3. browse the current periodicals 4. ask your friend about the article
Question 4. You want to find scholarly journal articles on gender discrimination in the work place. You should:
1. look in the newspaper 2. go out on the Web 3. look in an encyclopedia such as Britannica 4. look in one of the library databases such as JSTOR or Academic Search Premier
Question 5. You are writing a paper on the 1960's and you are looking for information on current events including people's opinions. Where might you look?
1. the current periodical room 2. old copies of the Journal of Ancient Philosophy 3. old copies of popular magazines like Time or Newsweek 4. old Fordham Yearbooks
Question 6. Periodical indexes:
1. are available only on the computer 2. allow you to search for articles on a particular topic 3. usually contain the whole article 4. are never used anymore because everything you need is on the Internet
Question 7. You find an article that you need but we don't have it here in the library:
1. you can order it from InterLibrary Loan 2. go the the bookstore and buy it 3. you should just forget about it; you don't need it that much 4. the article you need is probably on the Web
Question 8. One thing that scholarly journals usually have that popular magazines do not is:
1. lots of advertising 2. articles with bibliographies 3. articles with short catchy titles 4. regular columns by staff writers
