Tutorial 4-Information Resources on the Web-new perspectives on the internet-9th edition-Schneider and Evans

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Tutorial 4: Information Resources on the Web

TRUE/FALSE

1. Web directories usually include more recent listings because the editorial review process of many Search engines takes time to complete.

2. Because of how they retrieve their data, search engines don’t allow you to filter search results by date.

3. Two popular weather information Web sites are Weather Underground and The Weather Channel.

4. In many instances, you can search a site’s archives for older articles.

5. A wire service gathers and distributes news to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and other organizations.

6. The four largest wire services are all located in North America.

7. Local weather forecasts from local television station Web sites are generally less accurate than those from major weather Web sites.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: WEB 194

8. Some commonly used map sites include Google Maps and MapQuest.

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

10. Some common travel guide sites are Frommer’s Travel Guides and TripAdvisor.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 199

11. Today the line between yellow and white pages directories is blurred and you can find both people and business contact information in both.

12. Some sites may list your personal information even if you have an unpublished or unlisted telephone number.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 200

13. Original ideas are a form of intellectual property.

14. The law’s definition of “fair use” can be difficult to interpret.

15. Claiming someone else’s work as your own is a serious legal violation.

16. MLA stands for the Modern Language Association.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 216

17. The accompanying figure shows commonly used formatting styles that specifically follow the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.

18. The THOMAS Web site is a serious research tool that provides access to the full text of bills that are before the U.S. Congress.

19. The GIF file format is commonly used for line drawings.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 228

20. Due to their large size, digital audio books have been slow to gain popularity.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: WEB 231

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE

1. City guides are Web sites that provide information on hotels, restaurants, entertainment, cultural activities, and other things to do in a destination city. _________________________

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 185

2. Thomson Reuters is one of the Web’s largest online search engines. _________________________

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

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 195

4. Online directory Web sites include listings of businesses and people, much like the printed telephone books. _________________________

5. PayPal is a global online payment company people can use to send or receive secure payments without sharing their personal financial information. _________________________

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 205

6. When using an APA citation, cite the author by using the Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial format. _________________________

7. In the United States, works of intellectual property that were created after 1977 are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years. _________________________

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 210

8. Once the term of a copyright has expired, a work is in private possession. _________________________

ANS: F, public domain

9. Web sites that offer free files for noncommercial use often carry a restriction against selling or redistributing those files. _________________________

10. To combat the growing issue of plagiarism, academic instructors, researchers, publishers, and others have turned to Web resources. _________________________

11. To identify content and provide a persistent link, online journals, articles, reports, and white papers can be assigned a unique alphanumeric string of characters, called a daily object identifier (DOI). _________________________

12. The Internet Archive’s Lookback Machine provides researchers with a series of snapshots of Web pages as they were at various points in the history of the Web. _________________________

13. The MIDI format records information about each element of a sound—including its pitch, length, and volume—in a digital format. _________________________

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: WEB 230

14. In a(n) streaming transmission, the streamed transmission begins playing before it finishes downloading. _________________________

15. Sites like YouTube and Hulu are devoted to audio distribution. _________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. When you want to find a map or driving directions, you visit the ____ Web site.
a. Google Maps c. either a. or b.
b. Bing Maps d. neither a. nor b.

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 184

2. ____ guides are Web sites that provide information on hotels, restaurants, entertainment, cultural activities, and other things to do in a destination city.
a. City c. Info
b. Sentry d. Country

3. ____ pages directories are Web sites that provide information on businesses, such as a description, address, phone number, Web site address, and reviews.
a. Red c. Blue
b. Yellow d. White

4. You can use Web sites called ____ pages directories to locate people, obtain their postal address, phone number, and email address.
a. red c. blue
b. yellow d. white

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: WEB 185

5. Most search engines enable you to search for Web sites that have been modified recently. This feature is usually included as a filter option on the sites’ ____ search pages.
a. mirrored c. basic
b. advanced d. common

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: WEB 186

6. 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.
a. browser c. either a. or b.
b. search engine’s Web robot d. neither a. nor b.

7. The term “blog” is short for ____.
a. backlog c. Web log
b. biographical log d. Best Links On Google

8. ____ is probably the most famous wiki in the world.
a. Wikipedia c. Wikiworld
b. Google Wiki d. Wikibook

9. A(n) ____ is a Web site that allows multiple users to contribute content and edit existing content.
a. wiki c. e-zine
b. blog d. search engine

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: WEB 189

10. A news ____ Web site collects and displays content from a variety of online news sources, including wire services, print media, broadcast outlets, and even blogs, and displays it in one place.
a. collection c. robot
b. aggregation d. archive

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: WEB 190

11. A wire service is also known as a ____.
a. PR plan c. wiki
b. Web directory d. press agency

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: WEB 193

12. The following are all major wire services EXCEPT ____.
a. UPI c. Interfax
b. AP d. Agence France-Presse

13. A number of companies, such as National ____ and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service, provide weather conditions and forecasts on their Web sites.
a. Oceanic c. Air
b. Sea d. Navy

14. All of the following host popular Web sites offering weather information and forecasting EXCEPT ____.
a. Weather Underground c. Hubble Climate
b. AccuWeather d. NOAA’s National Weather Service

15. Map sites provide an abundance of information about places. The maps can show a broad overview of a region or state, and they can be ____ to display detailed maps of a city or neighborhood.
a. zagged c. zoomed
b. minimized d. zigged

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 196

16. Some common travel guide sites are Let’s Go Travel, ____ Planet Travel Guides and Travel Information, and TripAdvisor.
a. Connected c. Lonely
b. Friendly d. Happy

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 199

17. Many online white pages and yellow pages directories are also available as ____ apps for smartphones.
a. common c. mobile
b. mini d. social

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 200

18. With ____ results to searches, businesses pay a fee to have their contact information and ads placed higher in the search results.
a. sponsored c. graded
b. elective d. wiki

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: WEB 201

19. E-commerce, or electronic commerce, refers to the process of ____ products and services online.
a. developing c. servicing
b. marketing d. all of the above

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: WEB 203

20. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos in ____ to sell books on the Web.
a. 1990 c. 2000
b. 1995 d. 2005

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: WEB 204

21. Pierre Omidyar founded ____ in 1995 as AuctionWeb, creating a marketplace for individuals to exchange goods.
a. Craigslist c. Google
b. eBay d. Yahoo!

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: WEB 205

22. On eBay, for a ____ listing, the first person willing to pay the indicated price gets the item.
a. Buy It Now c. Buy It Fast
b. Buy It First d. Buy It Cheap

23. ____ is a global online payment company people can use to send or receive secure payments without sharing their personal financial information.
a. PayNow c. PayPal
b. PayBuddy d. PayTime

24. 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.
a. 20 c. 70
b. 50 d. 100

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 206

25. A Web site’s ____ appears in the address or location bar.
a. URL c. FTP
b. HTTP d. icon

26. The Web page ____ will usually appear directly above the main content of the page.
a. title c. date
b. page number d. author

27. Using APA citation, the date you view a page is presented in ____ format.
a. day, month, year c. year, month, day
b. month, day, year d. year, day, month

28. ____ is a general term that includes all products of the human mind, including original ideas.
a. Web flotsam c. Intellectual property
b. The Superego d. Copyright

29. Intellectual property includes creations presented in a form that can be shared or that others can ____.
a. recreate c. manufacture
b. emulate d. any of the above

30. Intellectual property rights offer protections afforded by ____.
a. a grassroots Web organization c. the W3C
b. governments d. corporations

31. The literal definition of “copyright” is ____.
a. the true, “right” copy of something c. the legal right to earn money by writing
b. “writing copy” — the act of authorship d. the right to copy one’s own work

32. In the U.S., a work that was created in 2000 by an individual author who died in 2005 will be protected by copyright until ____.
a. 2075 c. 2100
b. 2070 d. 2120

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: WEB 210

33. In the U.S., works created for hire are protected for ____ years from the date of publication.
a. 70 c. 95
b. 100 d. 120

34. Copyright protection exists when the work is ____.
a. published c. both a. and b.
b. unpublished d. neither a. nor b.

35. Fair use of copyrighted work includes using it for ____.
a. background music behind an unrelated documentary movie
b. profit
c. tactically depriving the owner of benefits from his or her work
d. criticism

36. In the U.S., ____ laws allow people to use copyrighted works under some conditions.
a. fair use c. public domain
b. invisible use d. intellectual use

37. On a Web page, intellectual property includes ____.
a. images on the page c. the design of the page itself
b. text on the page d. all of the above

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: WEB 210

38. A collection of facts can be copyrighted, but only if the collection is ____ in a way that causes the resulting work to rise to the level of an original work.
a. arranged c. selected
b. coordinated d. any of the above

39. When a copyright for a work has expired, the work is then said to be in the ____.
a. dustbin c. “shareware stage”
b. private realm d. public domain

40. 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 ____.
a. public domain
b. considered live “shareware”
c. protectable under copyright laws
d. illegal and must be immediately destroyed

41. You may play a clip of copyrighted music that is up to ____ long and have it still considered fair use.
a. 5 seconds c. 1 minute
b. 30 seconds d. There is no hard and fast rule.

42. Failure to cite the source of research material that you use is called ____.
a. fair use c. libel
b. plagiarism d. tort

43. Claiming someone else’s work as your own is a serious legal violation that can lead to ____.
a. a failing grade c. prosecution
b. a hefty fine d. any of the above

44. ____ 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.
a. HomeworkCentral c. Turnitin
b. PaperPreview d. TeachersPet

45. When preparing a research report based on material gained from the Web, citing your Web sources is ____.
a. an admirable, but hopeless goal, since Web sites change so frequently
b. as important as citing traditional printed material
c. not necessary, as all material on the Web is free of copyright and accessible to all anyway
d. dangerous, as hackers can follow the trail of sites you’ve visited and gain personal information

46. For academic research, the two most widely followed standards for citations are those of the APA and the ____.
a. MBA c. MLA
b. MDA d. MMA

47. All DOI numbers begin with ____ followed by a prefix of a unique combination of four or more digits, then a slash, and finally a suffix that is any alphanumeric combination that identifies the publisher.
a. 3. c. 9.
b. 6. d. 10.

48. The American Psychological Association is referenced in this chapter for its ____.
a. studies on Web news search engine use
b. Web page citation guidelines
c. opposition to the use of online research tools
d. none of the above

49. The accompanying figure shows Web citations that conform to the ____ standard.
a. ABA c. CMS
b. APA d. both a. and b.

50. All of the following are roadblocks to properly citing Web pages EXCEPT ____.
a. determining authorship c. moving and disappearing URLs
b. differences between a Web document and its print version d. maintaining consistency

51. To address the issue of documents moving on the Web, digital intellectual content such as online journals, articles, reports, and white papers are assigned a unique alphanumeric string of characters, called a ____.
a. DOI c. MLA
b. JID d. DUI

52. ____ Factiva is a comprehensive global news and business information and research tool.
a. Microsoft c. MSN
b. Fox News d. Dow Jones

53. ProQuest ____ is a combination of online research tools that provides online-based information services in subject areas such as business, science, engineering, finance, and law.
a. Speak c. Dialog
b. Write d. Capture

54. One Web site that offers full-text copies of works no longer protected by copyright is ____.
a. Bumblebee.com c. The British Library
b. Project Gutenberg d. Bing Texts

55. The complete texts of books are added to Project Gutenberg’s Web site by ____.
a. a Web spider c. volunteers
b. a select group of paid copyeditors d. Bartleby.com

56. 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.
a. Bartleby.com c. Project Gutenberg
b. Google Books d. Alibaba

57. The “Wayback Machine” can be found at the ____ Web site.
a. U.S. Library of Congress c. LibrarySpot
b. Bartleby d. Internet Archive

58. The Internet Archive is best known for its ____.
a. snapshots of Web sites as they were at various points in the past
b. fully scanned collections of medieval manuscripts
c. ability to access the deep Web
d. nefarious Web phishing activities

59. ____ are not an example of a periodical.
a. Magazines c. Books
b. Journals d. Articles

60. ____ is a search engine and directory for finding online magazine articles.
a. MagToday.com c. MagPortal.com
b. MagWorld.com d. MagTime.com

61. One way to access library information is through a ____ library, which is a Web site that provides online access to library information services.
a. UNESCO c. virtual
b. brick and mortar d. private

62. A ____ site is a Web site that you use as a gateway or entry to other sites on the Web.
a. public c. virtual
b. portal d. hub

63. The LibrarySpot Web site lets you access ____.
a. reference materials c. electronic texts
b. other library Web sites d. all of the above

64. ____ is the first step toward conveying information and facts in a written report.
a. Organizing c. Documenting
b. Citing sources d. Researching

65. The ____ Web site provides you with search access to the full text of bills that are before Congress.
a. Thomas c. Hamilton
b. Washington d. American Memory

66. ____ is a general term for files that contain sound, music, or video recordings.
a. Multimedia c. Weblog
b. HTML d. Data

67. Music CDs are recorded in high-quality ____ format.
a. MIDI c. animated GIF
b. AVI d. WAV

68. Most keyboard synthesizers use the ____ format to create sounds and music.
a. WAV c. AU
b. MIDI d. MP3

69. ____ allows you to access large audio or video files in less time than the download-then-play procedure.
a. Streaming transmission c. Lossy compression
b. AVI d. Segmented download

70. DRM stands for ____.
a. digital recording measurement c. digital rights management
b. download retrieval management d. downloadable record maintenance

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

Case 4-1
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.

71. Willie wants to learn exactly what’s being discussed in the bills on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. so he can understand what it means for his town. Which of the following would be the best Web site for Willie to visit?
a. LibraryWeb c. Wikipedia
b. Bing d. Thomas Legislative Information

72. After learning the nature of the proposed bills that he’s interested in, he feels he would like to visit the local office of his U.S. representative. He has the address. Which of the following Web sites would likely give him the best information for getting there?
a. The Internet Public Library c. Bing Maps
b. Thomas Legislative Information d. Wikipedia

73. 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?
a. A blog
b. A wiki
c. A half-page ad in the state newspaper
d. A volunteer position at Project Gutenberg

74. Willie wants to write up some of his research and present it in a professional manner. He’d like to educate his friends and neighbors, but he also wants to help influence the debate on a larger level. He took good notes on the Web sites he visited to collect his information. To make the best impression, he should ____.
a. cite only the most prestigious Web sites, regardless of where he got his actual information
b. cite all of the Web sites he uses in his presentation
c. skip citation, as it will only distract his readers
d. none of the above

75. As the national debate winds down, Willie wants to do one last thing before the votes are cast. He creates a video that he can disseminate on the Web, describing his position and the research behind it. Which of the following programs will allow a user to begin playing the first part of Willie’s video file on the Web while the rest of it is being sent?
a. DigiVid c. JPEG
b. StreamLine d. RealPlayer

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: WEB 233 TOP: Critical Thinking

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

Case 4-2
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.

76. You ask Anthea which format is best for line drawings and she answers ____.
a. TIFF c. JPEG
b. GIF d. MPEG

77. You ask Anthea to search for ____ images, which are images available for purchase.
a. stock c. archive
b. inventory d. public

78. Next you ask Anthea which search engine to use to find images. She replies ____.
a. Bing c. either a. or b.
b. Google d. neither a. nor b.

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: WEB 228 TOP: Critical Thinking

79. So far, you’re impressed with Anthea’s knowledge. Now you ask which of the following image sites has partnered with Getty Images to make its members’ photographs available for licensing to others. She says ____.
a. Image Express c. Picasa
b. Flickr d. Snapshot

80. Lastly, you ask Anthea how much smaller MP3 format files are than WAV format files. She replies ____ smaller.
a. 50% c. 80%
b. 70% d. 90%

COMPLETION

1. A(n) ____________________ is a Web site that is designed to allow multiple users to contribute content and edit existing content.

2. The term “blog” is short for ____________________.

3. A(n) ____________________ is an organization that gathers and distributes news to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and other organizations.

ANS:
wire service
press agency
news service

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 193

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

5. All of the major U.S. ____________________ networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NBC, and NPR, have Web sites that carry news features.

ANS: broadcast

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 193

6. Larger television stations usually employ their own ____________________ who study weather data using the station’s own weather prediction equipment.

ANS: meteorologists

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 194

7. When looking for a person, you can search for an individual by name, by postal address, by email address, or by phone number (called a(n) ____________________ lookup).

8. Directory sites can collect information from publicly available sources, such as data provided when signing up for a(n) ____________________ network like Facebook.

ANS: social

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 201

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

ANS: intellectual property

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 210

10. The term ____________________ describes creative works that are no longer protected by copyright laws.

ANS:

11. Songs or musical works published earlier than 1922, such as the Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, are in the ____________________ domain.

ANS: 

12. Failure to cite source material that you use is called ____________________.

ANS:

13. A(n) ____________________ provides a uniform way to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location as long as the content continues to be located somewhere on the Internet.

ANS

14. The accompanying figure shows the THOMAS Web site, which provides full access to bills that are before the ____________________.

ANS

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

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

17. The ____________________ file format is commonly used for complex graphics on the Web.

18. ____________________ are software extensions that add functionality to your Web browser, such as the ability to play a specific type of audio or video format.

19. ____________________ files on the Web are available in a variety of formats, including Flash, MPEG, AVI, and 3GP formats.

20. MPEG stands for ____________________ Experts Group.

MATCHING

a. public domain g. periodicals
b. multimedia h. portal site
c. stock images i. WAV
d. GIF j. DRM
e. JPEG k. virtual library
f. Wayback Machine l. Bartleby.com

1. file format commonly used for line drawings

2. magazines, journals, and other articles

3. Web site that provides online access to library information services

4. contains full-text copies of works no longer protected by copyright

5. jointly developed by Microsoft and IBM

6. Web site that you use as a gateway or entry to other sites on the Web

7. Professional photographs, line drawings, and other graphics available for purchase

8. free to be copied without contacting the source

9. file format commonly used for photographs

10. contain sound, music, or video recordings

11. system of encoding audio files to prevent unauthorized use

12. found on the Internet Archive home page

ESSAY

1. Name the two most widely followed standards for print and Web page citations. Then briefly describe the five basic parts of the general Web page citation format.

ANS:

1. name of author/Web page creator
2. title of Web site in italics (or unitalicized description if no title)
3. name of the site’s sponsoring organization
4. date the page was retrieved
5. URL

2. Name three graphics file formats and three audio file formats presented in the text. Then name five video formats.

ANS:

3. Explain the difference between yellow pages directories and white pages directories.

ANS:
Yellow pages directories are Web sites that provide information on businesses, such as a description, address, phone number, Web site address, and reviews.

You can use Web sites called white pages directories to locate people, obtain their postal address, phone number, and email address.

Today, however, the line between yellow and white pages directories is blurred. Most big name online directories provide access to both people and business contact information.

PTS: 1 REF: WEB 185, WEB 200 TOP: Critical Thinking