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PA Metro Library Services

Friday, September 16, 2005

Constitution Week & Citizenship Day 2005

In honor of Citzenship Day (Sept. 17) and Constitution Week (Sept. 17-23), the PA Metro Library is sponsoring a Constitution Quiz contest. Answer the questions below and email them to ref@phi.devry.edu for your chance to win Cafe DeVry and camous bookstore prizes. 5 winners from across te PA Metro will be announced on Monday at 12 noon. Non-campus winners will be contacted by phone or email.

In preparation for the quiz, check out the National Constitution Center website @ www.constitutioncenter.org or read the Constitution!

Constitution Day Quiz
DeVry University-Pennsylvania Metro
Name:
Phone/Email:


1. The Constitution of the United States was written in the city of
a. Harrisburg b. Washington D.C c. Pittsburgh d. Philadelphia

2. The Constitution was written in the summer of
a. 1787 b. 1877 c. 1687 d. 1788

3. How many Articles are in the constitution?
a. 10 b. 14 c. 7 d. 8

4. How many amendments are in the Constitution?
a. 17 b. 20 c. 7 d. 27

5. The minimum age to be President of the United States is
a. 18 b. 25 c. 35 d. 40

6. Which amendment prohibits the federal government or any state from denying or abridging the right of a citizen of the United States to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
a. First Amendment b. Fifth Amendment c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Twentieth Amendment

7. The United States has the oldest written constitution among the major nations of the world.
a. True b. False.

8. The following is an excerpt from the Constitution: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
a. True b. False.

9. Article 1, Section 1 reads: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a _____________of the United States, which shall consist of a ____________ and a _______________________.

10. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are otherwise known as _______________________.

Please return completed entries to the Fort Washington campus library or via email to ref@phi.devry.edu no later than 10am, Monday, September 19th. Winners will be announced by noon on the same day.
Good luck!

Friday, September 09, 2005

Web Searching for Results

Below are some of the techniques discussed in class. Try them out on your own. Don't forget to write down or in some other way record really useful websites!

· Targeted searching: quotes, natural language
· Advanced searching: domain, file type
· General sites: www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.altavista.com
· Targeted sites: http://philly.devry.edu, www.firstgov.gov, www.septa.com, www.amazon.com,
http://palibrary.blogspot.com
· Index & Portal Sites: www.state.pa.us, www.lii.org; library.devry.edu


ABCDs of Website Evaluation
  • Authority & auccuracy
  • Bias
  • Currency & Coverage
  • Design