Temasek Polytechnic Library - Business Library Research Skills Test

Business Library Research Skills - Test Yourself

Answer 7 questions correctly and win a virtual prize.

1. What is plagiarism? using someone else's work quoting someone else's work taking someone else's work and pretending it is my own by not citing it correctly something a teacher invented to make my life difficult

2. To Avoid Plagiarism, I should... cite all the sources of information that I use quote all the sources of information that I use only use my own work never hand in an assignment or project

3. Who wrote the book, "Biting the bullet"? (Check OPAC now) A. Rardin. J. Rardin. S. Meyer. K. Baker.

4. In which journal can I find the article on business ethics and golden parachutes written by Evans and Hefner? (Check EBSCO now) Academy of Management Journal Journal of Business Ethics Wall Street Journal Journal of banking and Finance

5. When you evaluate a source of information, you need to look at... adequacy reliability objectivity all of the above (Check the blogspot now)

6. The correct way to cite an edited book using the APA Citation Style is... Jones, S. (Ed.). (2004). The mammoth book of vampires. New York: Carroll & Graf. Jones, S. The mammoth book of vampires. New York: Carroll & Graf, (Ed.). (2004). (Check the Cheat Sheet now)

7. What is the difference between a journal and a magazine? magazines are scholarly works, often with no colorful images and pictures magazines are scholarly works, often with more jargon magazines are popular works, often with many colorful images and pictures magazines are popular works, often with expert authors (Check the Cheat Sheet now)

8. The correct way to cite an online magazine article using the APA Citation Style is... How to prepare for an interview. (2005). Community Care, Retrieved April 14, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database. How to prepare for an interview. (2005, February 3). Community Care. Retrieved April 14, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database. (Check the Cheat Sheet now)

9. The easiest way to find an online newspaper article on a specific topic is to use... Google. the EBSCOhost databases. the LexisNexis database. the LexisNexis Academic database.

10. Using the Google "define" option is a good way to... find keywords & other phrases related to your topic. generate the booleans AND, OR & NOT. look for more research tools don't remember! (NB: turn up the sound!)