Politics Information Literacy Assessment, Form #12.2, Part B

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Date: 02/11/12 14:00:01

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This assessment is designed to measure your skills in accessing, evaluating, and presenting political information. The goal is to compare the skills of those soon to be graduated with those beginning their undergraduate careers. This assessment has no influence on your grade in any course, and your score will be kept confidential.

This assessment must be completed in 30 minutes.
If you are stumped by a question, skip it. You can return to skipped questions later if time permits.

***You CAN use the Internet and/or library sources to answer these questions***
  1. Who wrote the opinion in the court case of Irizarry v. Bd. of Educ. (2001)?
    Answer:
    Source where you found the answer:

  2. What is the popular name for Public Law 101-147?
    Answer:
    Source where you found the answer:

  3. For users of Cole Library, in which of the following sources is the full text of the Washington Quarterly available online from 1982 to the present?
    1. Wilson Select Full Text Plus
    2. LexisNexis Academic
    3. Cole Library Catalog
    4. Academic Search Premier

Locate the full text of this article online to answer questions 4 and 5.

Foderaro, L. W. (2004, Sept. 19). Board rejects parts of Patriot Act. New York Times, p. 7.
  1. According to the article, how many days after the September 11th terrorist attacks was the Patriot Act passed?
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  2. This source is best described as
    1. Scholarly and primary
    2. Popular and primary
    3. Scholarly and secondary
    4. Popular and secondary

Locate the full text of this article to answer questions 6 and 7.

Barclay, Scott and Shauna Fisher. “The States and the Differing Impetus for Divergent Paths on Same-Sex Marriage, 1990-2001.” Policy Studies Journal 31.3 (2003): 331-352.

  1. According to this article, in what year did Iowa enact a law restricting same-sex marriage?
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  2. This source is best described as
    1. Scholarly and primary
    2. Popular and primary
    3. Scholarly and secondary
    4. Popular and secondary

    Thank you for completing this politics information literacy assessment. Please answer the following background questions before submitting your assessment.

  3. How many times have you had library instruction (either in a classroom setting or one-on-one) with ANY librarian at Cornell College?




  4. How many times have you had library instruction (either in a classroom setting or one-on-one) with the Social Sciences Librarian for your POLITICS courses at Cornell College?