GNS 113 USE OF LIBRARY AND

STUDENT SKILLS COMPILED BY

SENATOR OGUNFOWORA
OLUWASHINAAYOMI BENJAMIN
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1. _____ can be described as the totality of acquired materials gathered together by

a library
for its users.
Ans: PRINT RESOURCES
2. Library resources can be broadly categorized into _____
Ans: TWO
Books or print resources and
Electronic or audio – visual resources
3. _____ are any information sources in the library in printed texts and they include
books references, resources, serial resources, textbooks, light reading material,
theses/projects etc.
Ans: BOOKS OR PRINT RESOURCES
4. A _____ is defined as written or printed sheets of papers bound together between
covers
Ans: BOOK (WORLD BOOK DICTIONARY 2001)
5. A _____ is described as a collection of leaves of papers, parchment or cloth or
other materials (written, printed or blank) fastened together along one edge with
or without a protection cover.
Ans: BOOK
6. _____ defines a book as a non – periodical literacy publication of at least forty –
nine pages or more, pages exclusive of cover pages.
Ans: UNESCO
7. There are ____ main kinds of book Ans: FOUR (4)
8. Kinds of book are _____, _____, _____ and _____.
Ans: BOOKS TRADE, REPRINTS, TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
9. The books displayed or arranged in bookstores for purchase is called _____ Ans:
TRADE BOOKS
Examples: novels, story books, travel books, religious books etc.
10. The regular books for studying in schools and higher institutions are ____ Ans:
TEXTBOOKS
11. The written books on different subjects by specialists with different disciplines
are called
_____.Ans: TEXTBOOKS
12. _____ are copies of an earlier edition reproduced at intervals after maiden copies
produced
have been exhausted
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Ans: REPRINTS
NOTE: reprinted version of books is edition of previous publications which allow
little modification on the tittle page and correction errors, if there is any. If you
observe, there are some textbooks you will see reedited 2002, 2005, 2007 etc.
That's exactly what reprint entails in a nutshell.
13. A book is made up of three sections, which are _____, _____ and _____. Ans: THE
PRELIMINARY SECTION, THE TEXT SECTION AND THE AUXILIARY SECTION
14. The _____ section of a book is numbered in roman figures. Ans: PRELIMINARY
NOTE: if you check any textbook, check the title page, contents page, preface or
introduction, copyrights page (it displays the ISBN, CIP, etc.) acknowledgment
page, dedication page and list of illustrative materials, they are all written in roman
figures. The section in any book is called preliminary section.
15. The main part of content of the book is called the ____ section. Ans: TEXT
16. The _____ section consists of the appendix, glossary, index, notes, bibliography or
references, list of contributions etc.
Ans: AUXILIARY
The Preliminary Section
17. _____ are blank pages next to the end papers, the first and last leaves in the book
which are pasted separately after the original cover of the book.
Ans: FLY LEAVES PAGE
18. An indication of the title of the book is _____ which only provides the complete
or an abbreviated form of the title.
Ans: HALF TITLE PAGE
19. _____ gives the full title of the book without abbreviation which provides the
author of the book, publisher’s name and address, edition number etc.
Ans: TITLE PAGE
20. The legal right given by the government to the author/publisher of a book is
_____.
Ans: COPYRIGHT PAGE
NOTE: The page is detailed with the name of the author, publisher’s name and
address, copyright’s owners and date.
21. ISBN means _____
Ans: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
22. CIP means _____
Ans: CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION
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23. _____ bears the name(s) of person(s), group(s), organization(s) to whom/which

the author has dedicated the book.
Ans: THE DEDICATION PAGE
24. Introducing comment on a book, usually written by someone other than the
author is _____.
Ans: FOREWORD
25. _____ contains the author’s reason for writing the book.
Ans: THE PREFACE
26. The page giving recognition to those who have contributed to the success of the
book one
way or the other is _____.
Ans: ACKNOWLEDGMENT PAGE
27. The page that serves as an outline of a book or shows the preliminaries and
chapters headings that have appeared in the book in correct order with page
numbers appropriately indicated is _____.
Ans: TABLE OF CONTENTS
28. Paper used to wrap a covering of a book which the jacket protects the book and
usually attracts attention to the book is _____.
Ans: DUST JACKET/BOOK JACKET
The Auxiliary Section
29. An _____ include any data that may help clarify the text for the reader.
Ans: APPENDIX
30. _____ contains an alphabetical list of technical, obsolete, unusual, foreign or
other terms used but not explained in the book, with their definition.
Ans: GLOSSARY
31. An _____ is an alphabetical listing that gives enough information for each item to
be traced in the exact positions in the book.
Ans: INDEX
32. Statement explaining a point in the text of a work or giving the source of a
quotation is
_____.Ans: NOTE
33. The systematic listing of the sources of books and other documents which the
author used in writing his book or recommends for further reading or
acknowledgment is _____.
Ans: BIBLIOGRAPHY OR REFERENCES
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34. The people useful for the success of the book is called _____. Ans: LIST OF
CONTRIBUTORS
Reference Book Resources
These are books that contain definite pieces of information of varying extents.
They are kept at a section in the library and can only be consulted within that
section called “reference section” of any library.
Examples are: biographies, research reports, almanacs, dissertations and theses,
encyclopedias, dictionaries, monographs, year books, handbooks, gazettes, atlases,
directories, bibliography or bibliographies, maps, government publications. Serial
Resources
35. _____ are publications in print or non – print form issued in successive parts and
published independently either numerically or chronologically descriptions. Ans:
SERIAL RESOURCE
36. ISSN means _____.
Ans: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
37. _____ are materials in digital format accessible electronically. Ans: ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES
Examples: electronic journals (e - journal), electronic books (e - book) and online
databases in varies digital formats such as Adobe Acrobat documents, (pdf), and
WebPages, (html).
38. AJOL means _____
Ans: AFRICAN JOURNAL ONLINE
39. OARE is _____
Ans: ONLINE ACCESS TO RESEARCH IN THE ENVIRONMENT
40. DOAJ is _____
Ans: THE DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
41. TEEAL means _____
Ans: THE ESSENTIAL ELECTRONIC AGRICULTURE LIBRARY
42. CD-ROM is _____
Ans: COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY
The Internet
43. The _____ is a collection of vast information sources of interlinked computer
networks.
Ans: INTERNET
44. _____ is referred to as the network of networks Ans: THE INTERNET
45. URL means _____
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Ans: UNIVERSAL RESOURCES LOCATOR

NOTE: Each website has its URL address, searching skills for Information on the
Internet.
There are three (3) main searching skills on the internet which includes search
engines, meta engines and directories.
CHAPTER TWO
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
1. The _____ is a collection of information resources which comprises print, non –
print and electronic resources selected, acquired, organized, preserved and made
accessible to meet the users’ information needs.
Ans: LIBRARY
NOTE: Non – print resources are globes, bulletin boards, video recordings, audio
recordings, filmstrips, microforms, slides, transparencies, motion pictures, films and
their related projectors.
Print resources are, but not limited to, textbooks, magazines, year books, projects,
theses and dissertations, encyclopedias, journals, newsletters, newspapers,
bulletins and reference materials
Electronic resources are electronic books (e - book) electronic bibliographic
database/online database in various disciplines, electronic journals (e - journals)
etc.
2. Library services can be broadly categorized into _____ and _____ Ans: TECHNICAL
AND READER’S
NOTE: The technical services comprise the collection development, cataloguing
and
classification. The reader’s services are concerned with services that have direct
impact on user’s
information needs satisfaction.
3. CAS is ____
Ans: CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICE
4. SDI is _____
Ans: SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
5. _____ can be regarded as a formal summary that an author prepares for a
completed work.
Ans: ABSTRACT
6. ILL is _____
Ans: INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES
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7. _____ is a technique adopted by a library to lend its information resources to an

individual through another library in the most cost effective manner.
Ans: INTERLIBRARY LOAN
NOTE: Interlibrary loan service encourages the sharing of information materials
between partner – libraries because no library can meet all the information needs
of its users.
8. ED means _____.
Ans: EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS
9. Supply of documents, journals articles owned by a library to a requesting user or
institution
is _____.
Ans: DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE
10. _____ service allows users to duplicate a concise number of pages of an original
work according to copyright law for the purpose of teaching, research and personal
use.
Ans: REPROGRAPHIC
11. _____ service is provided for in the library to allow registered library users to
borrow books for a specific number of days.
Ans: LENDING
NOTE: Gbenga Daniel Library in Tai Solarin Unversity of Education, users are
allowed to borrow book maximally for 14 days (two weeks).
12. _____ library services emphasize the provision of books to be borrowed for
home use.
Ans: MOBILE
13. _____ display is the physical or online (or both) public displays of books, artifacts
and other informative materials in the library.
Ans: EXHIBITIONS
14. RS means _____.
Ans: REPROGRAPHIC SERVICE
15. LS means _____. Ans: LENDING SERVICE
CHAPTER THREE
DEVELOPING RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS ASSIGNMENTS
1. _____ is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills
and value.
Ans: EDUCATION
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2. An _____ is a task or piece of work allocated to someone (a student/students’) as

part of a job or course of study.
Ans: ASSIGNMENT
Benefits of Assignment
-Improves knowledge of the subject
-Helps to develop an analytical and articulate mind
-Enhances creativity, vocabulary and writing skills
-Helps to develop presentation skills and academic knowledge -Improve time
management skills
3. CGPA means _____
Ans: CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE
4. _____ is a well – defined plan aimed at achieving a specific result.
Ans: GOAL
5. There are _____ types of goals. Ans: FOUR (4)
Immediate goal, Short term goal, intermediary goal and long term goal. Benefits of
Goal Setting
-Active involvement
-Decision making and problem solving
-Accomplishment -Self esteem
6. There are two classification schemes that are widely used in the globe which are
_____ and_____.
Ans: DEWEY DECIMAL SCHEME AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
NOTE: Most university libraries in Nigeria make use of Library of Congress.
Classification Scheme: The system uses letters and numbers.
7. Easier location of materials in the library is _____. Ans: LIBRARY CATALOGUES
8. _____ catalogue is a list of all the books held in a library in alphabetical order. Ans:
TITLE
9. The _____ catalogue is a list of all the books held in a library arranged
alphabetically by author’s names.
Ans: AUTHOR
10. The _____ catalogue provides a list of all the resources that are held under a
particular classification in a library.
Ans: CLASSIFIED
CHAPTER FOUR
THE NATURE OF STUDY AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING
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1. _____ is defined as the application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge by

reading, investigation or reflection.
Ans: STUDY
2. _____ is a process of enjoying and manipulating objects, experiences and
conversations in order to build mental models of the world.
Ans: LEARNING
3. _____ is a process that provides the learners with the opportunity to engage with
specific ideas and concepts on the need – to – know or want – to –know
Ans: LEARNING
4. _____ is a continuous process that starts from what one knows and graduates
towards what one wants to know.
Ans: LEARNING
5. Learning depends on the learner’s preferences, information processing
capability, personality, social interaction tendencies, cultural diversity in the
learning place and _____ method exposed to
Ans: INSTRUCTIONAL
6. _____ is defined as any relatively permanent in behaviour that occurs as a result of
practice and experience.
Ans: LEARNING
7. Learning is the _____ of habits, knowledge and attitudes. Ans: ACQUISITION
Some of the Problems that Affect Learning -Readiness
-Exercise
-Effect
-Primary
-Intensity
-Recency
-Perception
Methods of Retention of what is Learnt -Recall by association
-Favorable attitude
-Meaningful repetitions
-Learning with all senses
LEVELS OF LEARNING
There are four levels of learning which are: -Rotational learning
-Understanding -Application -Correlation
8. Higher levels of learning take place in _____, _____ and _____ domains. Ans:
COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE AND PSYCHOMOTOR
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9. _____ involves reading, listening, speaking and writing. Ans: LEARNING

10. _____ libraries are funded by the local, state or federal authorities. Ans: PUBLIC
11. _____ libraries are funded and maintained by different organizations. Ans:
SPECIAL
Examples UNESCO, Research institutions etc.
12. _____ is found in colleges and universities which serve students and faculty
members in supporting smooth teaching and learning.
Ans: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
13. Library _____ is a database of all the information sources in a library. Ans:
CATALOGUE
NOTE: Catalogue helps library users to search for any document such as books,
journals, maps and electronic collections of sources.
14. _____ shows the location of such collection on the shelf for easy access. Ans:
CATALOGUE
NOTE: Modern libraries now combine both physical and electronic catalogues for
easy search and location of library resources.
15. _____ resources are all forms of information carries that can be used to record,
store, preserve, transmit and retrieve information for learning and teaching
activities.
Ans: LEARNING
16. Learning resources can be classified into _____ and _____. Ans: PRINT AND NON
– PRINT MATERIALS
CHAPTER FIVE
INFORMATION LITERACY (IL) AND RETRIEVAL SKILLS FOR NIGERIAN
UNDERGRADUATES
1. _____ literacy implies the intellectual capabilities involved in using information, as
distinct from the technical know-how required for using information technologies
that hold or deliver data.
Ans: INFORMATION
2. _____ literacy skills encompass knowledge of one’s information concerns and
needs, and the ability to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create,
use and communicate information to address issues or problems at hand.
Ans: INFORMATION
3. _____ literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, organize and use information in
order to learn, solve problems, make decisions – informal and informal learning
contexts.
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Ans: INFORMATION
4. CILIP is _____
Ans: CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
PROFESSIONALS
5. IL is _____
Ans: INFORMATION LITERACY
6. _____ retrieval is finding materials of unstructured nature from large collections,
usually stored on computers or information systems.
Ans: INFORMATION
Information Retrieval Process
-Information Gap Stage
-Selecting Information Retrieval System to Use -Understanding Information
Problem
-Queries Formulation Stage
-Retrieval of Results
-Evaluation of results
-Utilization of the results of the search
CHAPTER SIX
ORGANISATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE LIBRARY
1. To make information resources easily accessible and retrievable by the library
users, the information resources must be organized and arranged in a _____ way.
Ans: SYSTEMATIC
2. Libraries organize their collections through the use of _____ and _____ systems.
Ans: CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION
3. _____ is a bibliographic description of library collections/holdings, showing
features such as author, editor, title, subject, publisher, place or publication, date of
publication, number of pages or volumes, ISBN, accession numbers and
copies of the materials in the library holdings.
Ans: CATALOGUE
4. There are three major types of catalogue, which are _____, _____ and _____. Ans:
BOOK CATALOGUE, CARD CATALOGUE AND AUTOMATED/ONLINE
CATALOGUE
5. OPAC means _____.
Ans: ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE
6. A library _____ is a system of organization of knowledge by which library
resources are arranged and ordered systematically.
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Ans: CLASSIFICATION
There are different types of classification schemes used by different libraries. Some
of the widely used are as follows:
-Library of Congress Classification Scheme (LC)
-Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme (DDC)
-Universal Decimal Classification Scheme (UDC) -Bliss Classification Scheme (BCS)
-Moy’s Classification Scheme (MCS)
-Bernard Classification Scheme (BCS)
7. Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme was developed in 1876 by _____. Ans: DR.
MELVIN DEWEY
CHAPTER SEVEN
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
1. _____ structure is a system used to identify hierarchy within an organization. Ans:
ORGANIZATION
2. Organization structure is the arrangement of people and task to accomplish
organization _____.
Ans: GOALS
NOTE: Organization structure shows different departments and units in an
organization.
3. _____ is a framework on which an organization is patterned for coordinating and
carving out organizational task.
Ans: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
4. ____ are libraries of tertiary institution i.e universities, polytechnics and colleges.
Ans: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
5. Organization structure of academic libraries can be referred to as the _____
system of operation.
Ans: HIERARCHICAL
Creating Productive Study Environment -Eliminate distractions
-Clean up and organize study space -Working out when you wake up -Listen to
soft-tune music
-Consistency
-Develop good attitude
CHAPTER EIGHT
ENGENDERING GOOD STUDY HABITS AND PRODUCTIVE LEARNING
1. _____ has to do with the regular tendencies and practices that an individual
depicts during the process of gaining knowledge.
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Ans: STUDY HABIT

Engendering/Developing Good Study Habit for Students
-Reading/learning in a conducive environment
-Read more till you understand till the time you can explain better independently
-Create time to study
-Avoid learning/reading in noisy environment i.e avoid distractions
-Don’t learn/read with empty stomach
-Full concentration
-Identify your limitations to read
Engendering Good Study Habit from Teachers
-Give clear objectives
-Regular assignments
-Administering regular tests
-Feedback from students to teachers should be considered
-Guidance and counseling
-Motivating students
-Encouraging and creating group tasks
-Conducive environment
-SQ3R and Good Study Habits
2. SQ3R means _____ Ans:
S means Survey
Q – Question
R means Read
R means Recite R means Review
3. The road map to learn is _____. Ans: SURVEY
NOTE: Learner is expected to go through the study materials in order to have an
overall picture of the materials to be studied.
4. After the learner has read the materials given, trying to know the unknown
through what, why, where, when and who is _____.
Ans: QUESTION
CHAPTER NINE
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
1. _____ is the pivot of development of any nation.
Ans: EDUCATION
CHAPTER TEN
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EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH ASSIGNMENTS, HOME WORK AND

NOTE TAKING
1. _____ is the development of knowledge, skills and abilities in the learners to
enable them to control and develop their own learning.
Ans: EMPOWERMENT
2. _____ is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make
choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. Ans:
EMPOWERMENT
Forms of Empowerment -Evaluation
-Self-control
-Critical thinking or metacognition -Emotional intelligence
3. _____ is about encouraging students to challenge preconceptions – their own,
their peers’ and their teachers’
Ans: METACOGNITION
NOTE: They are expected to develop their own opinions and justify them. Tools for
Empowering Students
-Assignments
-Homework
-Note taking
4. _____ is a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher. Ans:
ASSIGNMENT
5. An undertaking that has been assigned to a student or a group of students by an
instructor
is _____.
Ans: ASSIGNMENT
6. _____ is a reflection of how the students learn in the classroom Ans:
HOMEWORK
7. _____ is a school work done outside the school especially at home Ans:
HOMEWORK
8. _____ is an acquired skill that improves students learning and retention of
information in
a variety of domains and subjects
Ans: NOTE TAKING
NOTE: A good lecture note is one of the important skills that a student needs in
preparing
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for an examination. Many students take notes in a haphazard style claiming that
they will copy them later.
Characteristics of Good Lecture Note -Instruction on taking notes -Essentials of
note – taking
-Problems and solutions in note taking
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ENSURING ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR EXAMINATION 1. _____ is a spoken
or written test of knowledge
Ans: EXAMINATION
2. Successful _____ preparation is all about being organized, recognizing individual’s
strengths and weakness and setting mechanisms to compensate for them.
Ans: EXAMINATION
Why Examinations?
-Examination enable teachers to measure the level of understanding and
achievement of the learners.
-Examination allow organization of skills and also strengthen study skills.
-Examination induce intense and deep learning
Tips for Examination Preparation and Success
-Plan to succeed
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