Answer the following Quiz 3 questions by clicking on the appropriate option and pressing the Submit button.

1. One of the most difficult aspects of writing a research paper is determining how narrow to focus your topic.
True
 False
2. One way to help you focus your research paper is to state your topic in the form of a question and then isolate the key ideas or concepts. Other questions to ask yourself before you begin your research include (choose as many as appropriate):
What is the main idea of my paper?
 What specific ideas am I trying to describe or prove?
 What academic discipline does my topic fit into?
 What specific aspects of the topic do I wish to consider?
3. The majority of published information is now available online.
True
 False
4. The advantages of searching for information online include (choose as many as apply):
it is usually faster, especially when you search across multiple years
 you can combine search terms
 the information is updated more frequently
 the information is more accurate
5. The disadvantages of searching for information online includes (choose as many as apply):
you often get an enormous number of search results, especially when using Web search engines
 you get a number of false hits, i.e., items that contain your keywords but do not match your topic
 you always have to pay extra for the information
6. The advantages of searching for information using print resources include (choose as many as apply):
they provide subject cross references to other related topics
 the information is more accurate
 they index material published prior to the invention of online information

You have finished the quiz! Proceed to Lesson 4.