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1. I want to write a 5-page term paper about breast cancer. Is this topic:
   • Too Broad
   • Too Narrow
   • Just Right

Imagine you are writing a paper about the effects of dyslexia on student learning at the elementary school level. Use this topic to answer questions 2 and 3.

2. From which type of source do you think you will get most of your information?
   • Encyclopedias
   • Books
   • Journal Articles
     
     
3. Write down a list of the keywords that you can think of for the dyslexia question. Click here to compare your list to ours.
   
   
4. Click here to open the USF Online Catalog. What is the first subject heading assigned to the book Turnabout children: overcoming dyslexia and other learning disabilities?
   • Dyslexia--children
   • Learning disabled children--Education--United States
   • Dyslexic children--Education--United States
     
     
5. Every article is available with the text to read online.
   • True
   • False
     
     
6. Which of the following search statements should I use to find information about evidence of water on Mars?
   • water or Mars
   • (water not H2O) and Mars
   • (water or H2O) and Mars
     
     
7. Which statement would you use to describe Internet resources?
   • The Internet is great! I do all my research there and trust everything I find.
   • The Internet is great.......but, I need to evaluate the content I find there to make sure that it is trustworthy. It is a great supplement to the other sources that I find when doing research.
     
     
8. Through USF's Online Catalog, I can:
   • request a book from one of more than 55 libraries in the state of Illinois?
     • True
     • False
   • request the text of a journal article from one of more than 55 libraries in the state of Illinois?
     • True
     • False
       
       
9. My instructor said I couldn't use any Internet resources for this paper. I found a great article in one of the online databases, but I guess I can't use it, right?
• True
• False
  
  
10. I can get help with my research and the library's resources by:

• Going to the USF library.
• Calling the library (815-740-5041 locally / 800-726-6500 toll free).
• Emailing the library (refdesk@stfrancis.edu or ASK-A-LIBRARIAN).
• All of the above.