Assessment questions

Chapter 2

  1. What are the main scientific communication channels?
  2. What are advantages of formal printed channels?
  3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of oral channels of communication?
  4. What are advantages of electronic mail?
  5. Give examples of three different types of secondary publications that are available at KTU library.

Chapter 3

  1. What is primary information sources?
  2. What is secondary information sources?
  3. What is a Journal?
  4. What is Refereed Journals?
  5. What are Conference Proceedings?
  6. What is a Report?
  7. How to find European Reports?
  8. How to find Reports from the USA?
  9. What is a Patent?
  10. What is a Theses/Dissertation?
  11. How to find Theses?
  12. How to find Reviews?
  13. Which type of secondary publication would you choose if you were just starting work on a new research project? Give examples what are available at KTU library.
  14. What are primary sources on the Internet?
  15. What is a Review?
  16. What are the main types of database?
  17. What do you know databases available at KTU Library?

Chapter 4

  1. What are the main types of information searches?
  2. Describe the main types of information searches.

Chapter 5

  1. How to choose and develop a topic?
  2. How to find a topic?
  3. Describe the information search process in your own words.

Chapter 6

  1. What are online search elements?
  2. How do you plan the search?
  3. How do you develop the search strategy? (Boolean logic)

Chapter 7

  1. What do you know search engines?
  2. What do you know multi-threaded search engines?
  3. What do you know subject guides?

Chapter 8

  1. How should users can critically evaluate the references they find?

Chapter 9

  1. What does the citing method include?
  2. What are the ways of in-text citing?
  3. What is bibliographical record of one author's book?
  4. What is bibliographical record of the article in journal?
  5. What is bibliographical record of the book without author?
  6. What is bibliographical record of the book of corporate author?
  7. What is bibliographical record of the conference proceedings?

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