SVCC Research Assessment

You have to write a short research paper defining the phrase "domino theory." Which of the following from the LRC Online Databases page would be the best place to start your research?
1. JSTOR (scanned images of scholarly journal articles)
2. Credo Reference (includes hundreds of reference books covering every major topic)
3. Literature Resource Center (biographies and critical essays on various authors and their works)
4. CINAHL Plus with Full Text (full-text journal articles covering the subjects of nursing and allied health)
What would be the best way to get a list of the books by Stuart A. Kallen in the SVCC LRC?
1. on the SVCC Catalog Advanced Search page, type Kallen, Stuart A. in the search box, choose these words as phrase and Author Words from the options, and click Search
2. type SVCC LRC Stuart A. Kallen in the Google search box and click Search
3. Look in the LRC stacks on the shelf marked JV-KF
4. on the SVCC Catalog Quick Search page, type Stuart A. Kallen in the search box, choose the Search by: Author option, and click Search
Which of the following would be the best research resource for a speech arguing against Affirmative Action?
1. an online article from 1998 entitled "The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action."
2. a book in the SVCC LRC entitled Affirmative Action : A Reference Handbook, copyright 1999.
3. a Newsweek editorial from August 18, 2008 entitled "The Caucasian Card."
4. a 2008 article from CQ Researcher Online, entitled "Affirmative Action: Is It Time to End Racial Preferences?"
Which of the following scenarios does not constitute plagiarism?
1. borrowing a quotation from a book of poetry that you did not list in your bibliography
2. leaving out a page number in your footnote because you can't remember it
3. copying and pasting text from an Internet article into your essay
4. listing Abraham Lincoln's date and place of birth in your research paper without citing your source
From which type of resource is the following citation in MLA format?
"Three Mile Island." Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment. Ed. Stephen R. Kellert, Matthew Black, and Richard Haley. Vol. 6. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. Print. 6 vols.
1. periodical
2. article from online database
3. reference book
4. government publication

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SVCC Research Assessment

SVCC Research Assessment