PHSC: Information Literacy Module Final Study Guide verified to pass 2025/2026

PHSC: Information Literacy Module
Final Study Guide verified to pass
2025/2026
It is necessary to log into the library resources and one method to do so is to use the instant login link:



There is also an instant log in link in the left side bar of ALL your courses including this one. Click on the
link "Electronic Library Resources" in the left side bar and you will get a page with a button "Launch
Pasco-Hernando State College". If you click that button you will automatically be logged into the library
databases and will see the alphabetical list. You can then click on "Subject" to see a list of the databases
by subject area or click on "Go to Catalog" to be taken to the catalog/ discovery tool (you will remain
logged in). - correct answer ✔True



Another method is to log in with a borrower ID and PIN. Your Borrower ID is the 14 digit number below
your bar code on your photo student ID card. Your PIN is the two digit month and the two digit day of
your birth (MMDD). If you were born on January 6, 1985 your PIN would be 0106. - correct answer
✔True



If you don't have your student ID/ Library card you can use WISE to look up your borrower ID. - correct
answer ✔True



You can take the ILM Final as many times as you want. - correct answer ✔False



If you have questions on any of the content in the ILM including the final, you can contact a PHSC
librarian to help you. - correct answer ✔True



Select the information resources that are NOT scholarly: - correct answer ✔-"Challenger Panel's
Findings Show Shuttle Disaster Was Inevitable." New York Times, 15 June 1986: E6. (article)

-"Media Coverage of Shuttle." Time, Feb. 10, 1986, p. 42. (article)

-"Ease up on the Challenger." National Review; 3/28/1986, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p70-70 (article)

, Mark the information resources that are primary sources: - correct answer ✔-Abraham Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address (text of speech)

-"Gettysburg: Rebel Accounts of the Battle." New York Times, July 11, 1863. (newspaper article)

-War Journal of Louis N. Beaudry, Fifth New York Cavalry : The Diary of a Union Chaplain (book)



Which of the following resources would you use when you need the most recent research on the long-
term psychological effects of Pearl Harbor on veterans who survived it? - correct answer ✔Scholarly
journal article



Which of the following resources would you use when you need as much in depth information on a topic
as possible. - correct answer ✔Book



Which of the following resources would you use when you need the most up-to-date information on an
event that happened yesterday? - correct answer ✔Newspaper Article



Which of the following resources would you use when you need a concise summary of the attack on
Pearl Harbor and why it happened? - correct answer ✔Encyclopedia Article



General encyclopedias provide brief articles on a broad range of subjects. Specialized encyclopedias
provide in depth articles on topics that are relevant to a specific subject. Both resources are good for
finding background information, however specialized encyclopedias are best for locating detailed
information on a specific subject. Which of the following encyclopedias are specialized encyclopedias? -
correct answer ✔- Encyclopedia of American History

- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

-Encyclopedia of Psychology



What information do you need to record for citing a work while collecting information resources for
your paper ? (Hint: review Module 2 step 9 -- Organize and write). - correct answer ✔- author

- title