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In Fall 2003 the Library conducted a survey of first year students, focusing on the students' experiences using libraries and conducting research.
Survey Questions (on this page)
Survey Results (separate page)
(1) During the past year, what kinds of libraries have you used?
(2) During the past year, why did you use a library?
> School-related research
(3) How often did you use these kinds of research resources during your senior year in high school?
Magazine or journal articles from a full-text database or e-journal
(4) During your senior year in high school, how often did you ask for research help at a library reference desk? (circle one)
(5) In determining whether an information source is appropriate for your research, how important are the following qualities:
Contains current information
(6) What is the best way to find a scholarly journal article on a given topic? (circle one)
(a) Page through print volumes of academic journals
(b) Search a general Web search engine like Google or Yahoo!
(c) Search a print index or periodical database
(d) Search the online library catalog
(7) During your senior year in high school, how many papers did you write that included a bibliography or list of references? (circle one)
(8) During your senior year in high school, how many papers did you write that included footnotes, endnotes, or in-text parenthetical citations? (circle one)
0
1-3
4-6
7-10
more than 10
(9) How confident do you feel that you know how to cite others' work when writing a research paper?
(10) How confident do you feel that you know when to cite others' work when writing a research paper?
(11) Examine the following citation:Faull, Katherine M. "Self Encounters: Two Eighteenth-Century African Memoirs from Moravian Bethlehem." In Cross-Currents: Germany, Africa and America in the Modern World, edited by C. Aisha Blackshire-Belay, Leroy Hopkins, and David MacBride. New York: Camdenhouse, 1998.
This is a citation to: (circle one)
(12) Examine the following citation:DeWoody, J. A. 1999. Nucleotide Variation in the p53 Tumor-Suppressor Gene of Voles from Chernobyl , Ukraine. Mutation Research. 439 (12):25-36.
This is a citation to: (circle one)
(13) You retrieve the following information from a database search:TI: The Cuban Revolution's Evolving Identity
AU: Erisman, H Michael
SO: Latin American Politics and Society , 2002, 44, 1, Spring, 145-153
In what issue of Latin American Politics and Society will you find this article? (fill in the blanks)
Volume: _________
Number: ________
(14) Read the following passage from Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams :Generally speaking, we are not in a position to interpret another person's dream if he is unwilling to furnish us with the unconscious thoughts which lie behind the dream-content, and for this reason the practical applicability of our method of dream- interpretation is often seriously restricted. But there are dreams which exhibit a complete contrast to the individual's customary liberty to endow his dream-world with a special individuality, thereby making it inaccessible to an alien understanding: there are a number of dreams which almost every one has dreamed in the same manner, and of which we are accustomed to assume that they have the same significance in the case of every dreamer. A peculiar interest attaches to these typical dreams, because, no matter who dreams them, they presumably all derive from the same sources, so that they would seem to be particularly fitted to provide us with information as to the sources of dreams.
Circle the paragraph or paragraphs that should contain a citation to Freud's Interpretation of Dreams
(A) Although Freud deemed most dream analysis impossible without knowledge of the individual dreamer's unconscious thoughts, he defended generalized interpretations of common dreams. "A peculiar interest attaches to these typical dreams," Freud wrote, "because, no matter who dreams them, they presumably all derive from the same sources, so that they would seem to be particularly fitted to provide us with information as to the sources of dreams."
(B) Although Freud deemed most dream analysis impossible without knowledge of the individual dreamer's unconscious thoughts, he defended generalized interpretations of common dreams. He believed these seemingly universal dreams held promise for study and interpretation because, he presumed, they arise from the same source, regardless of the dreamer's psyche.
(15) How confident do you feel in your ability to use academic library resources to conduct college-level research?
(16) A professor assigns you a research paper about a completely unfamiliar topic. How would you begin your research? Please rank your top three choices in order of importance (1 is the most important)._____ Search library catalog
_____ Search general full text database
_____ Search subject-specific database
_____ Search the Web using Google or another search engine
_____ Browse library books
_____ Consult encyclopedia or other reference resource
_____ Ask professor for advice
_____ Ask librarian for advice
_____ Ask friends for advice
(17) If you needed to find out whether Carleton's library held the book King Leopold's Ghost, which would you search? (circle one)
(18) If you needed to find a journal article on Baroque architecture, which would you search? (circle one)
(19) To retrieve books about Charles Dickens, the best search would be: (circle one)
Title = Dickens
Author = Dickens
Subject = Dickens
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Last updated: Wednesday, 01-Sep-2004 13:10:46 CDT