FY14-PCA&D Library Website Assignment

The answers to all of the following may be found by going directly to the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Library Website @ www.pcad.edu/Library. Access to the library website may also be found by going to the College's home page @ www.pcad.edu>Degree Programs>Library. We suggest that you bookmark the library website for future quick reference.
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A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. On an average week the PCA&D Library hours are:*


  1. From the PCA&D Library Catalog (OPAC), I need to click on _________________to renew my library material remotely.*
    Electronic Resources
    Hardcopy Course Reserves>Instructor
    My Library>My Account
    Help Topics


  1. The OPAC defaults to a "Keyword" search; three other search options are:*
    Location
    Title
    SS Number
    Alternative Title
    Author
    ISBN/ISSN


  1. From the Library System of Lancaster County Catalog link, I have found that the Lancaster Public Library is the closest public library to PCA&D. The address and phone number are:*


  1. From the Franklin & Marshall Library Catalog, I have found the hours for the Shadek-Frackenthal Library to be:*


  1. Two part-
    1. To ask a question of a PCA&D Librarian during normal operating hours, I can click on the ___________________link. 2. For problems printing from my laptop, I would click on the ___________________link.*


  1. Access PA / Ask Here PA online librarians are available 24/7.*
    True
    False


  1. After locating material I wish to borrow through Access PA / Inter-Library Loan, I must: *
    go ask the librarian what to do next.
    stand up and stretch.
    complete an online library hold request form.
    complete an online inter-library loan request form.


  1. As a registered ARTstor user, more than one million images are available to me.*
    True
    False


  1. AskArt might be a good database to find more information about an: *
    academic art librarian.
    artist.
    art college.
    open source art journal.


  1. I am writing a paper on my new MAC. I typically use a PC so I don't know how to set the margins. Atomic Learning will be the resource I would use because it allows me to view:*
    the evening news.
    software tutorials.
    issues about the Cold War.
    my friends email.


  1. If I wanted to find more information about the writer that penned the poem in the portico of the PCA&D building I might search the Contemporary Authors database.*
    True
    False


  1. If I was looking for some base knowledge to start my research, I might want to try Credo Reference which allows me to have access to over 70 publishers of general reference titles.*
    True
    False


  1. With EasyBib I can create a _________________in Modern Language Association (MLA) format, which is the PCA&D institutional required style.*
    a sculpture
    speech
    bibliography
    video


  1. The EBSCHhost is a federated search tool which allows access to a number of databases and resources. List the eight resources below.*


  1. I can find_______________information in the full-text journals in Academic Search Elite. *
    Illegal
    Scholarly
    Open Source
    Outdated


  1. AP Images covers more that 160 years of history using the following media (click all that apply):*
    film
    photographs
    audio
    graphics


  1. If I was looking for a scholarly art related article, a good database to search that includes more that 200 art publications would be:*


  1. Artstor and AP Images are two image databases. A third image database with thousands of art images and related multimedia is:*


  1. I have been assigned to find some biographical information on Sylvia Plath, Pablo Picasso and Neil Armstrong. I can find information about each of them in the following database:*
    AskArt
    Artstor
    Biography Reference Center
    Atomic Learning


  1. I can access electronic books through EBSCOhost link, EBSCO eBooks link or through the library's:*
    staff.
    main stacks.
    online public catalog (OPAC).
    archive collection.


  1. I will find information about environmental issues in the GreenFile database.*
    True
    False


  1. Points of View Reference Center database will be helpful when I need to find multiple sides to: *
    the design assignment
    current issues
    Sybil
    the shirt I am wearing


  1. Other resources for electronic books are: Project Gutenberg, Getty Research Portal and Google Books.*
    True
    False


  1. Electronic reserves are required or recommended readings that my instructor has assigned. They can be found on the Electronic Resource page of the library website.*
    True
    False


  1. In addition to the continuously updated information provided through Encyclopedia Britannica Academic, I can find daily headlines for the New York Times Newspaper.*
    True
    False


  1. Some of my basic library questions may be answered by first going to:*
    House of Pizza.
    Google.
    the Academic Dean.
    FAQs about the library.


  1. To obtain a Franklin & Marshall (F&M) library card I must present my__________________on my first visit to that library.*
    prox card
    birth certificate
    latest tattoo
    PCA&D identification card


  1. I can find news articles on Lexis-Nexis.*
    True
    False


  1. I may keep BOOKS out of the library initially for the following period of time:*


  1. I may keep VIDEOS out of the library initially for the following period of time :*


  1. I may keep MAGAZINE (back issues) out of the library initially for the following period of time:


  1. DIGITAL CAMERAS (still & video) are due next day, _____ minutes before the library closes.*


  1. CARD READERS, USB DRIVES, ANIMATION TABLES & HEADPHONES are due the same day, ______ minutes before the library closes.*


  1. Reference material, current magazines, professional collection, special collection & archive collection DO NOT circulate, but can be viewed in the library.*
    True
    False


  1. I will be charged fines, which vary according to the type of material, for OVERDUE items.*
    True
    False


  1. At the end of the semester I must remember to make sure to return all items and reconcile my account.*
    True
    False


  1. If I check out a reserve book for overnight use, I must do so AFTER 7:00 PM and return it BEFORE ____________ the following day. *
    noon
    9:00 PM
    9:00 AM
    my classes start


  1. I may only sign out _________print reserve item(s) at any given time.*
    1
    2
    3
    4


  1. If I would like to recommend the purchase of material to be added to the library I may fill out the _________________form and submit it electronically.*
    PCA&D Request for Reconsideration of Library Resources
    PCA&D Library Holds Request
    PCA&D Request to Purchase Material
    PCA&D interlibrary Loan Request


  1. If I am interested in a book that is currently checked-out, I may ask the library to save it for me by filling out a __________________form and submitting it electronically.*
    PCA&D Request for Reconsideration of Library Resources
    PCA&D Library Hold Request
    PCA&D Request to Purchase Material
    PCA&D interlibrary Loan Request