Exercise: Comparing Search Strategies

Find a newspaper article about a national event, such as the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Make note of your search strategy.

Next find a newspaper article about a local event, for example, a flood in your area or a local crime or election.

Make a note of your search strategy for this search.

Compare the two strategies. How are they alike? How are they different? Which newspaper article was easier to find? Why?

Exercise: Primary Sources

1.Where would you find a speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in which he said, ”The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”?

A. Web site of Presidential Speeches.

B. Newspaper article dated Oct. 29, 1941.

C. A print publication titled "Vital Speeches of the Day, which has been published since 1934d.

D. All of the Above.

2. Which of the following source is the most likely to contain an interview with Steven Spielberg about his film "Lincoln, " produced in 2012?

A. Article from a news magazine dated November 23, 2012.

B. A blog written by a fan of Steven Spielberg.

C. IMDB -A large online database of movie and television information.

D. All of the above.

3.which source would have the original copy of a diary written by a woman who lived in Tennessee during the Civil War?

A. The Library of Congress American Memory Project web site.

B. The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

C. Local public library’s collection.

D. All of the above.

4.  Which of the following is a primary source?

A. A review of the film "Lincoln" by Steven Spielberg.

B. A nonfiction book about the Civil War titled The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution that Transformed the South.

C. The Facebook privacy policy.

D. A reporter's article about an event that happened yesterday, written from information gathered from bystanders.

5. Where would you find a speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in which he said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”？

A. Web site of Presidential Speeches.

B. Newspaper article dated Oct 29, 1941.

C. A print publication titled " Vital Speeches of the Day, which has been published since 1934.

D. All of the above.

6. Which of the following sources is the most likely to contain an interview with Steven Spielberg about his film "Lincoln,” produced in 2012?

A. Article from a news magazine dated November 23, 2012.

B. A blog written by a fan of Steven Spielberg.

C. IMDB -A large online database of movie and television information.

D. All of the above.

7. Which source would have the original copy of a diary written a woman who lived in Tennessee during the Civil War?

A. The Library of Congress American Memory Project web site.

B. The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

C. Local public library's collection.

D. All of the above.

8. Which of the following is a primary source?

A. A review of the film "Lincoln" by Steven Spielberg.

B. A nonfiction book about the Civil War titled The Fa of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution that Transformed the South.

C. The Facebook privacy policy.

D. A reporter’s article about an event that happened yesterday, written from information gathered from bystanders.

Answers

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. C

5. D

6. A

7. B

8. C