t the library, the quickest way to locate varied, reliable information for your research paper is to
A. check the encyclopedias.
B. search the card catalog for related titles.
C. ask the reference librarian.
D. check the Readers' Guide.
What do you think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Library_catalog
This is what it says in my book "often the quickest way to get information on a particular subject is to use encyclopedias " so.....
I am going to go with A.
But an encyclopedia doesn't give you varied information about a subject.
When this question was written at least 15 years ago, the correct answer was B, the card catalog. However, as the article above points out, computers have mostly replaced the old card catalogs. None of the answers is correct.
See Reed's comments on this question.
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1421848984
If you've located three books on a topic you're researching for an essay, the first thing you should do on appraising any of these books is
A. scan the book from front to back.
B. study the table of contents.
C. inspect the book jacket for notes about the author.
D. examine the index.
What do your text materials say?
The correct ask to question is C. I just took the test. I missed this question twice.
1. The library, is the quickest way to locate varied, reliable information for your research paper is to
A. check the encyclopedias.
B. search the card catalog for related titles.
C. ask the reference librarian.
D. check the Readers' Guide.