UNV103 University Success

Week 5 Assignment

Literacy Pre-Assessment

1Copyright law in the United States, which governs intellectual property rights, applies to which type of resources?

Books

Videos

Blogs

All of the above

2On the reference page of your essay, the references should be alphabetized by:

Author first name

Author last name

Article title

None of the above

3What is the BEST place to find a scholarly article?

In a research database

On the internet

In popular magazines

In newspapers

4What steps can you take to find help with library resources?

Ask a Librarian for help using the phone, email or chat

Attend a group library instruction session, either in-person or via one of the library’s virtual webinars

View a library tutorial

Visit the GCU Library on the Phoenix Campus

All of the above

5When doing research on your topic, “The impact of steroids on America”, you find you have too much information for a three page essay. What do you do?

Use as much information as possible and hope the professor doesn’t notice that the essay is two pages longer than the maximum

Choose a brand new topic; this one is too hard to cover in a college paper

Reduce the scope of your topic to something more focused, such as the use of steroids in American high schools

Pick the first three articles you find and write an essay based on these three resources

6Scholarly articles generally contain the following elements:

An abstract that summarizes the content of the article

The author’s affiliation or credentials

A bibliography or a list of works cited

All of the above

7When should you consult a librarian for assistance? GCU UNV103 Week 5 Assignment Literacy Pre-Assessment

You don’t know where to start to search for scholarly resources

You need help choosing the best keywords, search strategy, or resources

You searched in the library databases and the search had zero results

You have an article or other resource and don’t know how to properly cite the reference

All of the above

8Wikipedia can be a good starting place to learn more about a research a topic. However, it is usually inappropriate to use Wikipedia as a cited resource in college papers assignments because:

Wikipedia is created by multiple persons and it isn’t clear what authority they may have on a specific topic

Changes can easily be made to Wikipedia that may be inaccurate

It is difficult to determine if the content is biased

All of the above

9Which of the following is NOT a Boolean operator?

AND

EITHER

NOT

OR

10The correct way to write the in-text citation for the following reference is:

Solganick, H. (2013). Creating constructive consciousness: Critical thinking for the Christian. Global Education Journal, 2013(3), 1-33.

(Creating constructive consciousness, 2013)

(Solganick, 2013)

(Solganick, H., 2013)

(Global Education Journal, 2013)

11When required to use peer-reviewed articles on a topic for your essay, where would you find this type of resource?

Books

Newspapers

Journals

Magazines

Not sure

12 The following reference is a:

Bland, H. W., Melton, B. F., Bigham, L. E., &Welle, P. D. (2014).Quantifying the impact of physical activity on stress tolerance in college students. College Student Journal, 48(4), 559-568.

Book

Website

Encyclopedia

Journal article

13You find the perfect article for your assignment and want to find more like it. What do you do?

Search using the author’s name in the library’s databases to see if they have written more articles on the topic

Check the references section for articles on a similar topic that were used as sources in the article

Identify key words in the article to use in your next search

All of the above

14A peer-reviewed journal article is:

Reviewed by the author’s friends

Reviewed by experts in the same subject field prior to being published

Reviewed by the author’s colleagues

Reviewed for grammatical errors

Not sure

15When using a journal article to support your essay, when do you have to include an in-text citation?

When using a block quote from the journal article

When paraphrasing a few sentences from the journal article

When using a direct quote from the journal article

All of the above

None of the above

16To learn about the current issues in your field of study you can:

Run a search for scholarly journal articles in the library’s databases published in the last year in your field of study

Browse the website for a professional association for your field of study

Interview a professional in your field of study

All of the above

17You need scholarly research on the treatment of diabetes. What type of resource would provide the best information? GCU UNV103 Week 5 Assignment Literacy Pre-Assessment

A popular medical website

A peer-reviewed medical journal

A current online magazine article

A popular YouTube video

18Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

An encyclopedia entry about World War II

A textbook about global conflict and wars

The Diary of Anne Fran

All of the above

19If, you are writing a compare/contrast paper on a controversial topic like capital punishment, it is important to:

Consider both sides of the issue and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both

Choose only resources that describe your opinion on the topic

Only describe the strengths of one side and the weaknesses of the other

Build a strong case that one side is better than the other

20 Google is

A research database

A magazine

An internet search engine

A book

GCU UNV103 Week 5 Assignment Literacy Pre-Assessment

 

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Copyright law in the United States

Introduction

Copyright law is a set of legal rules that protect the intellectual property of authors. Copyright protects original works of authorship, such as literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. Copyright also applies to computer software, databases and other types of works that are fixed in some way. The duration of copyright protection varies from country to country but can be for the lifetime of the creator plus 50 years from publication or 120 years from creation if no one else is compensated for your work during this time period.

Copyright (or authorship) is a form of intellectual property.

Copyright is a form of intellectual property. It protects the author’s interest in his or her original work, and gives him or her control over how it can be used.

Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems or methods of operation; it only protects certain expressions of those things that are subject to copyright law (the expression). The expression may be a literary work such as a novel or poem; an artistic piece like an opera; or even an idea in general terms (such as building bridges).

Copyright only applies to a work once it is fixed in a tangible medium, for example, written on paper or saved onto a disk.

In the United States, copyright only applies to a work once it is fixed in a tangible medium, for example, written on paper or saved onto a disk. If you’re using your own music in your video and you want to use clips from other artists’ songs, you will need permission from them as well.

The duration of copyright protection varies.

Duration of copyright protection varies.

• Duration of copyright protection depends on the type of work. Works created after 1978 have different durations than works created before 1978, and even different durations depending on whether they were created by an individual or a corporation.

• The duration of copyright protection differs for different types of works. For example: photographs have a shorter term than motion pictures; books have longer terms than sound recordings; performances and choreographies have shorter terms than motion pictures (although these distinctions are sometimes difficult to discern).

Generally, the owner has exclusive rights to reproduce the work, prepare derivative works, sell copies of the work and perform and display the work publicly.

Generally, the owner has exclusive rights to reproduce the work and prepare derivative works. The owner also has an exclusive right to sell copies of the work.

The owner can perform and display publicly any copyrighted work that is not otherwise restricted by copyright laws or restrictions on publication (e.g., if a movie is not yet in theaters).

There are exceptions to these exclusive rights of copyright owners.

There are exceptions to these exclusive rights of copyright owners.

• Fair use allows for the use of some copyrighted material without permission, as long as it is for educational purposes or parody. Fair use also applies to unpublished works and works that were created before 1923 (the year Congress passed an act making the public domain part of U.S. law).

• Public domain refers to creative materials whose copyrights have expired or been forfeited by their creators, meaning they’re free and open for anyone to use without paying royalties or fees.* Copyrights can be registered with the United States Copyright Office so that others know it’s yours.* Joint works are written by two or more authors who contribute equally towards creation but don’t share ownership of their individual contributions—this type of collaboration is common in business settings where multiple people work together on one project.* Compulsory license means that if you want something copyrighted but don’t own it outright (like music), then you must get permission from whoever owns the copyright before using any portion thereof.*

There are some specific rules that determine whether something is covered by copyright law.

Copyright law is a complex area of law, and it’s important to understand the rules that apply if you want to keep your work protected.

The United States has its own unique copyright laws compared to other countries around the world. For example, there are some specific rules that determine whether something is covered by copyright law:

• If a work was created before 1978 (the year when Congress passed the Copyright Act), then it can’t be copyrighted under federal law unless specifically designated as such by state or local governments. This means that works like books published prior to 1920 may still be protected under state laws even though they’re not federally protected anymore; however, this does not apply if those same works were published after 1978 but before 2017 (when Congress passed new legislation codifying certain aspects of old copyright protections).

• Works released into public domain (where no one owns or controls them) cannot be claimed as their own property again unless someone else files an action against them claiming otherwise first—this could happen either through legal action taken over ownership claims themselves or through legislative action like amending current legislation so as not

Conclusion

As you can see, copyright law is a complicated set of rules that govern how we can use the work of others. If you are an author and want to learn more about copyright, then check out our other blog posts on this subject.