W04 Quiz and Case Study: Online Literacy and Research
Due Jan 31 at 11:59pm
Points 42
Questions 42
Available until Feb 14 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 300 Minutes
Instructions
Review the description below for a quick overview of this activity.
Task: You will answer questions to test your knowledge of information from this week and search
various repository catalogs to locate items of interest.
Purpose: It is important to have fundamental search skills to navigate online information.
Instructor: Your instructor is available to answer questions.
Instructions
To successfully complete this activity, carefully follow these steps:
1. Review all the study and try materials from this week.
2. Review Section 8 of Chapter 11.
3. Search the websites and online catalogs of these repositories:
BYU-Pathway Library (http://library.byupathway.edu/)
BYU-Idaho McKay Library (https://byui.ent.sirsi.net/)
Kansas Historical Society (https://www.kshs.org/)
Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/)
National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/)
4. Practice finding single and specific collection databases using FamilySearch.org
(http://www.familysearch.org) .
5. Practice using search engines to find answers to questions.
6. Practice identifying reference source types and finding reference sources.
7. When you feel comfortable in your knowledge, you may begin.
8. Answer the quiz and case study questions.
9. Work consistently and save often.
10. Submit when finished.
Conditions
The assessment quiz has multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and true/false questions.
The assessment quiz is timed and will close after 5 hours.
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The assessment quiz may be taken one time.
Use any resources except other people while you complete the assessment quiz.
You may review your submission and answers after the due date.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 91 minutes 32.86 out of 42
Score for this quiz: 32.86 out of 42
Submitted Jan 31 at 7:31pm
This attempt took 91 minutes.
Use the BYU online catalog (https://lib.byu.edu/) , guides, and/or A-Z databases list to answer the
following questions:
Wrong answer
Question 1
pts
Using the BYU library catalog, find the book The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy by Val D.
Greenwood. You must be in the library to access this book.
True
False
Wrong answer
Question 2
pts
Which of the following are e-books held by the BYU library?
Professional Genealogy edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills
Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills
Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herber
Mastering Genealogical Proof by Thomas W. Jones
None of the above
Use the Kansas Historical Society website to answer the following questions:
Correct answer
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