Exam 4: Information Resources on the Web

The ____ site, which is named for the main character in a famous Herman Melville short story, was converted into a privately held corporate site in 1999.

People often use travel guide sites to plan a trip from selecting a destination to learning about the history and attractions.

Anthea has a test tomorrow on the various graphic file formats currently available. At the last minute, she calls and asks if you can help quiz her. Of course, you agree. -You ask Anthea which format is best for line drawings and she answers ____.

____________________ is anything you can see or hear, including text, pictures, audio/sound, videos, films, or animations.

One way to access library information is through a ____ library, which is a Web site that provides online access to library information services.

MLA stands for the Modern Language Association.

If a play was written in the U.S. 200 years ago, but performed and videotaped by a stage troupe today, the tape of today's performance is ____.

MATCHING -Web site that provides online access to library information services

Search engines can perform date-filtered searches because when Web servers send a Web page to a ____, they include a header that contains information about the Web page, such as the date it was last modified.

Many newspapers and Web news outlets will purchase a story from a wire service, and simply ____________________ the original without changes.

The term ____________________ includes all products of the human mind, including original ideas.

One Web site that offers full-text copies of works no longer protected by copyright is ____.

The ____________________ file format is commonly used for line drawings on the Web.

The "Wayback Machine" can be found at the ____ Web site.

Willie is a concerned citizen of his small town. There are some national policy debates happening whose outcomes will have an effect on him and the people he knows. He wants to get educated and get involved, so first he turns to the Web. -Willie has met with staffers of his U.S. representative at their local office, and followed up with more research on the Web. He feels he is now armed with a lot of good information, and wants to disseminate it to a larger audience, but he doesn't have a lot of money. Which of the following would be the most suitable way for him to publish his thoughts?

____ is a Web site that checks a submitted paper against 14 billion Web pages, 150 million student papers, and millions of articles from leading library databases and publications, and then determines how much of the paper is unoriginal.

The LibrarySpot Web site lets you access ____.

Today, craigslist is a network of more than 700 local sites in ____ countries that features free online classified advertisements with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, resumes, and discussion forums.

The American Psychological Association is referenced in this chapter for its ____.

The Weather Channel's Web site can produce local weather pages containing current conditions, a forecast, and a Doppler radar image. _________________________