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2. Which database would you select to search for a literary criticism of The Great Gatsby? a. Literary Reference Centerb. History Reference Centerc. Digital Library of Georgia Photo used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/joanneteh_32/3182482794/sizes/o/in/photostream/

3. That’s right. The Literary Reference Center provides plot summaries and literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, poems and short stories, and book reviews. Click here to go to the next question. Photo used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cckaiser/3828834056/sizes/m/in/photostream/

4. Although The Great Gatsby is a fictionalized account of the Roaring Twenties, you would not find literary criticisms in The History Reference Center. Go back and try again. Photo used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivepress/9097864/sizes/o/in/photostream/

5. The Digital Library of Georgia has a lot of primary sources about Georgia, but no Great Gatsby literary criticisms. Go back and try again. Photo used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjroarty/1107806152/sizes/m/in/photostream/

6. 2. Which database would you select to find the population of Lee County? a. Literary Reference Centerb. Georgia Census Datac. Georgia Aerial Photographs Photo used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/164853867//

7. The Literary Reference Center does not contain any information about Lee County, Georgia. Perhaps if you write a famous novel about it , it will one day appear in this database. Go back and try again. Lee003, photograph: Vanishing Georgia Collection,Georgia Division of Archives and History, Office of Secretary of State.

8. That’s right! The Georgia Census Data contains all kinds of information about cities and counties in Georgia. Click here to go to the next question. Lee County Courthouse, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, New Georgia Encyclopedia, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia

9. You will find some interesting photos of Lee County in Georgia Aerial Photographs Database, but alas, no census data. Go back and try again. Lee County Courthouse, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, New Georgia Encyclopedia, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia

10. 3. Which database would you use to research buying a car? a. Global Reference Centerb. Planeta Saberc. Consumer Ed This photo used under a creative commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3592525649/sizes/o/in/photostream/

11. The Global Reference Center won’t have much consumer information about cars. Go back and try again. This photo used under a creative commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3592525649/sizes/o/in/photostream/

12. Planeta Saber is an excellent encyclopedia written in Spanish, but unfortunately it doesn’t help much with researching cars. Go back and try again. This photo used under a creative commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/3595196191/sizes/o/in/photostream/

13. YES!!!! Consumer Ed helps consumers with major purchasing and financial decisions. Try using it for researching your next car…. Go on the next question. This photo used under a creative commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3592525649/sizes/o/in/photostream/

14. Which database would you use to read an ebook by Nathaniel Hawthorne?a. Digital Library of Georgiab. Gateway to the Classics by Authorc. History of the University of Georgia This image is in the public domain. Copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nathaniel_Hawthorne_statue_-_Salem,_Massachusetts.JPG

15. The Digital Library of Georgia is a good guess, because you are looking for a database that contains digital information. However, that isn’t the right answer. Go back and try again. This image is used under a Creative Commons license from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kindle_2_purchase.jpg

16. That’s right. You can read stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne and many other famous authors in the Gateway to Classics by Author. Go on to the next question. This image is in the public domain. Copied from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawthorne_-_Contes_%C3%A9tranges.djvu

17. You can find some exciting information in the History of the University of Georgia, especially if you are Dawg fan, but you can’t read any of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s stories. Go back and try again. This image is in the public domain. Copied from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Nathaniel_Hawthorn_by_Brady%2C_1860-65.jpg

18. 5. Which database provides access to popular Spanish language magazines and journals?a. Global Reference Centerb. Digital Library of Georgiac. Informe This image used under fair use considerations. Copied from http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/

19. You can have partial credit for this one. We were looking for the answer “Informe” because it is just Spanish magazines and journals. But The Global Reference Center contains encyclopedia content in many different languages. Go on to the next question. This image used under fair use considerations. Copied from http://www.magmall.com/mp3/spanish-magazines.html

20. You won’t find any Spanish magazines in the Digital Library of Georgia. Go back and try again. This image used under fair use considerations. Copied from http://twilightscoop.com/2009/05/robert-pattinson-on-the-cover-of-tu-magazine/

21. That’s right. Informe is a database of 46 full-text, Spanish-language and bilingual magazines. Go on to the next question. This image used under fair use considerations. Copied from http://illoz.com/illow.php?section=roundup&cat_id=34

22. 6. Which database would you use to view the diary of a Georgia woman chronicling the first years of the Civil War? a. Digital Library of Georgiab. Global Reference Centerc. Literary Reference Center This image used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/4420689134/

23. That’s right. The Digital Library of Georgia has many primary sources including photos, diaries, and other important artifacts from Georgia’s history. Go on to the next question. This image used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3996140730/

24. The Global Reference Center is great for encyclopedic information in other languages, but it won’t contain any diaries from Georgia women. Go back and try again. This image used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4209348124/

25. You may find some fictional accounts of the Civil War in the literary reference center, but not any actual civil war diaries. Go back and try again. This image used under a Creative Commons license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/4420689134/

26. 7. Which database would be best for learning about Chinese Herbal Medicine? a. Gateway to the Classics by Authorb. Consumer Health Completec. Informe This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_herbal_medicine

27. Some authors may mention Chinese herbology in their stories, but you won’t find the best information in this database. Go back and try again. This image is used under a creative common license from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chineseherbjars.jpg

28. You got that right! You can find information on traditional, alternative and other types of medical treatment in Consumer Health Complete. Go on to the next question. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChinesePatent-PlumFlower.png

29. Informe contains Spanish magazines and journals, and some of their articles might be about Chinese Herbal Medicine. However, that’s not the best answer. Go back and try again. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChinesePatent-PlumFlower.png

30. 8. Which database would you use for learning about the Rosenberg trial and executions? a. History Reference Centerb. Literary Reference Centerc. Informe This image is used under a creative common license from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS.jpg

31. That’s correct. The History Reference Center features reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and history periodicals as well as thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and over 80 hours of historical video. Go to the next question. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Ethel_Rosenberg_mugshot.png

32. The Literary Reference Center would not be of much help with an actual event from history. Go back and try again. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Rosenberg_mugshot.png

33. Informe might contain information about the Rosenbergs, in Spanish , of course, but the best answer is the History Reference Center. We’ll assume that’s what you knew that and let you proceed to the next question. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Greenglass_bomb_diagram.png

34. 9. Which database would you go to for research of Andy Warhol?a. Consumer Health Completeb. Oxford Art Onlinec. Global Reference Center This image is used under fair use consideration and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warhol-Campbell_Soup-1-screenprint-1968.jpg

35. Consumer Health won’t give you much information about artists. Go back and try again. This image is used under a creative commons license and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warhol%27s_grave.jpg

36. That’s right! Oxford Art Online contains a collection of thousands of art encyclopedias and image collections. Go on to the next question. This image is used under a creative commons license and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dennis-hopper-andy-warhol-at-table-1963.jpg

37. That’s not the best answer. You are looking for a database that contains art. Go back and try again. This image is used under fair use consideration and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warhol-Campbell_Soup-1-screenprint-1968.jpg

38. 10. Where can you get information about the American Revolution? a. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionaryb. Oxford Art Onlinec. Annals of American History This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Tea_Party_Currier_colored.jpg

39. Do you need a DEFINITION of the American Revolution? A dictionary won’t provide you with much more than that. Go back and try again. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RapeBoston.jpg

40. You can find some art from that time period, so we’ll let you have that answer. But the bestt answer is the Annals of American History. Go to the next slide. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg

41. Great Answer!!! Annals of American History includes the full text of primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. Go to the next slide. This image is in the public domain and copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GeorgeWashington_BattleofPrinceton.jpg

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