Quiz 1: Formats of Library Resources

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  1. Formats of library materials include

    2. Your answer:
    print
    multi-media
    electronic
    all of the above

  2. Electronic resources in libraries can include

    3. Your answer:
    tables and chairs
    CD-ROM databases
    The Internet
    choices b and c above

  3. Access points for finding information in libraries include

    4. Your answer:
    keyword, street address, telephone number, subject
    author, title, keyword, subject
    author, title, subject, telephone number
    telephone number, street address, author, subject

  4. The library catalog tells users

    5. Your answer:
    which books and other materials the library owns
    the addresses of publishers
    which librarians are on staff
    none of the above

  5. Different types of library catalogs include

    6. Your answer:
    directories
    radios, cable television, and direct television
    card, book, and computer catalogs
    lab manuals

  6. Library bookshelves are sometimes called

    7. Your answer:
    pamphlet files
    links
    chains
    stacks

  7. Books are arranged on shelves by

    8. Your answer:
    subject areas
    formal classification systems
    a and b
    none of the above

  8. To classify their books, many public libraries mainly use the

    9. Your answer:
    Dewey Decimal Classification System
    Leeuwenhoek Classification System
    National Library of Medicine Classification System
    County Library Classification System

  9. To classify books and other materials, college and university libraries mainly use the

    10. Your answer:
    Leeuwenhoek Classification System
    Library of Congress Classification System
    County Library Classification System
    National Library of Medicine Classification System

  10. To classify materials, many major health sciences libraries or collections use the

    11. Your answer:
    Reader's Guide Classification System
    National Library of Medicine Classification System
    County Library Classification System
    Leeuwenhoek Classification System

  11. The Biomedical Library at UCLA mainly uses the

    12. Your answer:
    Dewey Decimal Classification System
    Leeuwenhoek Classification System
    County Library Classification System
    National Library of Medicine Classification System

  12. A listing for a book in a library catalog is called

    13. Your answer:
    a pamphlet
    an abstract or treatise
    a file or treatise
    a record or entry

  13. Periodical indexes provide access to information in

    14. Your answer:
    catalogs
    periodicals
    books and dictionaries
    lab manuals

  14. Periodicals include

    15. Your answer:
    journals, newspapers, and magazines
    magazines, abstracts, dictionaries
    pamphlets, magazines, and abstracts
    journals, newspapers, and pamphlets

  15. Periodical indexes allow users to search for articles by

    16. Your answer:
    library addresses
    PIN numbers
    subject
    publisher addresses

  16. A citation for an article in a periodical index includes

    17. Your answer:
    call numbers
    title of the article; title and date of the periodical; author(s); page, issue, and volume numbers
    author(s): subject; address; date; call numbers
    call numbers; title of the publisher; and subject heading

  17. Reference resources called "periodical abstracts" are indexes that include citations for each article listed, and also

    18. Your answer:
    directories of authors
    telephone numbers for the publishers
    summaries of the articles
    references for the articles

  18. In a periodicals index, the topic listings under which articles are found are called

    19. Your answer:
    laboratory manuals
    CD-ROMs
    hypertext
    subject headings

  19. In a library using the Dewey system, books on Human Anatomy would be in section

    20. Your answer:
    QS
    WB
    570
    QM

  20. In a library using the Library of Congress system, books on Human Anatomy would be in section

    21. Your answer:
    QM
    570
    WB
    QS

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