LIBRARY INSTRUCTION PRE-CLASS SURVEY
HIST 300 - Dr. Rodriguez
Librarian: Kendra Van Cleave,
kendrav@sfsu.edu
1. What is your class standing?:
Freshman |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
Graduate
2. Have you completed the OASIS tutorial?
Yes |
No
3. How comfortable do you feel doing research using...
...
electronic
library sources?
Very comfortable |
Comfortable |
Neutral |
Uncomfortable |
Very uncomfortable
...
print
library sources?
Very comfortable |
Comfortable |
Neutral |
Uncomfortable |
Very uncomfortable
4. Have you ever attended a library instruction session
at any college/university
?
Never |
1 time |
2 times |
3 or more
5. Have you ever attended a library instruction session
at SFSU
?
Never |
1time |
2 times |
3 or more
6. Since I have been enrolled at SFSU, I have done the following:
Never
1-3 times
4 or more times
Don't know
a. used the InvestiGator online catalog
b. asked for help at the reference desk at the SFSU library
c. searched for articles using one or more of the library's online databases
d. located a needed book or journal in the stacks at the SFSU library
e. located material held on "Reserve" in the SFSU library
h. used Document Delivery Services (including Link+) to request books/articles/other material
7. If you were searching in a library article database, which of the following keyword searches would give you articles most directly related to the history of immigration in the United States?
a. history of immigration in the United States
b. history immigration United States
c. history and immigration and United States
8. If your keyword search in a library article database yields 827 results, what would be the best next step?
a. try the search again with
more
keywords
b. try the search again with
fewer
keywords
c. scan the list to choose the most relevant articles
d. don’t know
9. Suppose you perform a search in InvestiGator, the SFSU library catalog, using the search phrase "anti-slavery movement," and the computer retrieves zero results. Which one of the following best explains why this happened?
a. the library has no books on the subject
b. adding more keywords to the search will retrieve books on the topic
c. the library has books on the topic but uses different subject terms
d. the system is down
e. don’t know
10. Looking at the article database record below, which section is the
best
place to look for search terms that will enable you to find other articles on the same topic?
a. Author
b. Source
c. Document Type
d. Subject
e. Geographic Terms
f. Abstract
11. What is your
favorite
source for locating articles for your research assignments?
12. Identify whether the following are
typical
of scholarly/academic or popular/non-scholarly research sources:
Scholarly
Popular
a. Articles that are geared to a general audience
b. Articles that have bibliographies and footnotes
c. Articles that are geared toward researchers
d. Articles that are meant to entertain
e.
People Magazine
f.
Educational Psychology Review
This page last updated January 22, 2004.