Lane College Library
Library Orientation Test
Semester ______ Year______
Name ____________________
Class ____________________
Class Instructor __________________
Orientation Instructor _____________
Please choose the best answer to the following questions:
1. What is the function of the circulation desk?
Locate books on reserve ____
Check out and check in books ____
Reserved textbooks ____
Reserved materials ____
All of the above ____
2. Lane College Library online catalog helps you find what
Books owned by Lane College library ____
Video tapes, DVDs owned by the library ____
All of the above ____
3. The book “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” has the Call Number N818.5409 W177i C.2. Which book section of the library will it be located on?
CEL (Curriculum Education Lab) ____
Reference Book Section ____
Negro Heritage Collection ____
4. Where should you go first on the library website to find articles about a research topic?
E-databases ____
Online catalog ____
Online reference ____
5. Where should you go first on the library website to find writing styles and citations?
E-databases ____
Online catalog ____
Online references ____
6. Databases include
Citations to journal article ____
Titles of journals ____
Full-text journals ____
All of the above ____
7. Reference Book Section
Will help you with questions and research ____
Has lost and found ____
8. What book classification system does Lane College Library use?
Dewey Decimal Classification System ____
Library of Congress Classification System ____
9. In general, if a citation includes a volume number and an issue number, it is most likely a
Journal article ____
A book ____
A database ____
10. List the Call Number, author and title of three books from Contemporary Book Section, CEL and Negro-Heritage Collection:
a. ________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________________________
11. Reserved textbooks and reserved materials are at the circulation desk. A student may check out
To read inside the library ____
To take out of the library ____
12. Lane College library has books of Contemporary collection, Negro Heritage Collection, and Curriculum Education Lab Collection on the 2nd floor in the library. What is the loan period for Negro Heritage Collection?
3 days ____
14 days ____
13. Scholarly articles generally contain
An abstract to the contents of the article ____
The author’s affiliation or credentials ____
A bibliography or a list of works cited ____
14. What is the best place to find a scholarly article?
In general interest magazines ____
In an online research database ____
I n reference books ____
15. What is a Peer-reviewed journal?
It is one in which each feature article has been examined by people with credentials in the article's field of study before it is published ____
The original presentations of collections of papers from conferences were "invited" or examined by experts before being accepted ____
Above both ____.