S. Graves - Geography

Quiz: Introductory Readings

The Geographer's Craft

Read chapter two in your text and answer the following questions.

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Answer	Letter	Questions and Answer Options
Answer 1	1.	The author warns that the usefulness of _____________ as a research source is exaggerated.
	a.	your professor
	b.	journal articles
	c.	the internet
	d.	the library
Answer 2	2.	In addition to researching topics, the author suggests that if you are collecting data for your project, it also a good idea to do a literature search on: (page 20)
	a.	famous geographers who have done research on your topic
	b.	professors in your department who have done similar research
	c.	research methods
	d.	all of these
Answer 3	3.	According to the author, "iteration is a key element of the search process". What does he mean by this?
	a.	You need to state your research question in several ways in your paper
	b.	You need to focus your search to one or two key terms or your paper will get unmanageable.
	c.	You need to do search several times over, using different search strategies.
	d.	You need to do multiple drafts of any paper.
Answer 4	4.	Which of these does the author warn is an inappropriate source for collegiate research?
	a.	magazines
	b.	textbooks
	c.	Microsoft Encarta (or other encyclopedias)
	d.	All of these are inappropriate.
Answer 5	5.	The author suggest that you consult these in order to help you evaluate the relevance and importance of any journal article:
	a.	abstract
	b.	reviews of the article
	c.	citation indices
	d.	all of these
Answer 6	6	Why should you not limit your journal search to the top Geography journals listed on page 26?
	a.	Because there are 5 additional journals that constitute the main core of Geography research
	b.	Because lots of good geographical research is not in mainline Geography journals
	c.	Because these journals are not appropriate for undergraduate students.
	d.	These are not the "peer reviewed" journals, which are the really imporant journals.
Answer 7	7.	One way the author suggests that you can restrict the flood of poor information provided by an internet search is to employ ___________.
	a.	gateways or portals.
	b.	Google, because it filters searches
	c.	metadata "crawlers".
	d.	library ony search engines.
Answer 8	8	Which US Geography department houses the on-line "Virtual Geography Department"?
	a.	University of Colorado
	b.	Ohio State
	c.	UC-Berkeley
	d.	UCLA
Answer 9	9.	Table 2.3 in your text does NOT use the following as a criteria for the quality of a source:
	a.	respectability
	b.	age of the author
	c.	year of publication
	d.	originality
Answer 10	10.	What is the name of the searchable newspaper database mentioned by the author?
	a.	Newspaper@TIME
	b.	Dialog@CARL
	c.	ERIN
	d.	Google@news

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Geography 300

Quiz: Introductory Readings

The Geographer's Craft

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