Exercise
Basic Information About the Library
1. Which of the following questions is not answered on the Library website?
a. Is the Library open on furlough days?
b. How can I connect to Library electronic resources from home?
c. What does it cost to attend Cal Poly Pomona?
d. How do I use the wireless network in the Library?
2. What do you need to use databases and other electronic resources from off campus?
a. Credit card
b. Library password
c. Passport
d. Email account
Use the Library Catalog to answer the following questions:
Hint 1: Refer to Section 5 of the Tutorial.
Hint 2: When you know the title you're looking for, select the "Title" search tab.
3. The Library has a book titled Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices . The author of this book is:
a. Janis Joplin
b. Henry Wu
c. Ed Hohmann
d. Liming Dai
4. This book is available in several LINK+ libraries including:
a. UC Riverside
b. UC Irvine
c. UCLA
d. None of the above.
5. The Library subscribes to a journal titled Journal of Bridge Engineering . The publisher of this journal is:
a. AIAA
b. ASCE
c. MIT Press
d. Wiley Interscience
6. The Journal of Bridge Engineering is available electronically (full text) starting with issues published in:
a. 1929
b. 1980
c. 1996
d. 2005
Use Databases to find journal articles:
Hint: Refer to Section 4 and Section 6 of the Tutorial.
7. You want to find articles about batteries used in hybrid vehicles. Which of the following search strategies should you use?
a. batteries or hybrid vehicles
b. batteries and hybrid vehicles
The image below shows some of the article citations from the search in question 7.
8. The article titles:
a. appear as hyperlinks (blue text)
b. are in italics
(black text)
9. Article 23 in the image above is by J. Voelcker. What is the quickest way to get a copy of this article?
a. Ask my professor for a copy
b. Contact the author
c. Click the Find It! button
d. Check the UCLA Library Catalog
10. FindIt! can be used to...
a. find out if the Library has the journal where an article appears
b. find an electronic copy of an article
c. initiate a Google search on the topic of an article
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Other Information Resources:
Hint: Refer to Sections 7 and 8 of the Tutorial.
11. You want to find a technical explanation of petroleum refining processes. Where would you look?
a. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
b. The Water Encyclopedia
c. Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications
d. World Book Encyclopedia
12. Where might you look to find companies that manufacture microwave antennas?
a. CALTRANS website
b. Society of Automotive Engineers website
c. ThomasNet.com (Thomas Register of Manufacturers)
d. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website
13.The
apparatus described in U.S. Patent 6,547,181 was invented by some
Boeing employees. Where might you look to find their names?
a. CALTRANS website
b. Society of Automotive Engineers website
c. ThomasNet.com (Thomas Register)
d. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website
14. You need to find detailed information on the properties and processing of aluminum. What is one resource that you might use to find this information?
a. CALTRANS website
b. Wikipedia
c. ASM Handbooks Online
d. Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications