CONCEPTS AND TOPICS GUIDE 2026
◉ Another method is to log in with a borrower ID and PIN. Your
Borrower ID is the 14 digit number below your bar code on your
photo student ID card. Your PIN is the two digit month and the two
digit day of your birth (MMDD). If you were born on January 6, 1985
your PIN would be 0106. Answer: True
◉ If you don't have your student ID/ Library card you can use WISE
to look up your borrower ID. Answer: True
◉ You can take the ILM Final as many times as you want Answer:
False
◉ If you have questions on any of the content in the ILM including
the final, you can contact a PHSC librarian to help you. Answer: True
◉ Select the information resources that are NOT scholarly Answer:
1."Challenger Panel's Findings Show Shuttle Disaster Was
Inevitable." New York Times, 15 June 1986: E6. (article)
2."Media Coverage of Shuttle." Time, Feb. 10, 1986, p. 42. (article)
3."Ease up on the Challenger." National Review; 3/28/1986, Vol. 38
Issue 5, p70-70 (article)
,◉ Mark the information resources that are primary sources:
A.Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (text of speech)
B. "In Not So Dubious Battle: Motivations of American Civil War
Soldiers." Journal of Military History. January 1998. (article)
Correct!
C. "Gettysburg: Rebel Accounts of the Battle." New York Times, July
11, 1863. (newspaper article)
Correct!
D.War Journal of Louis N. Beaudry, Fifth New York Cavalry : The
Diary of a Union Chaplain (book) Answer: Answer: A, C, D
◉ Which of the following resources would you use when you need
the most recent research on the long-term psychological effects of
Pearl Harbor on veterans who survived it?
A. scholarly journal article
B. newspaper article
C. encyclopedia article
D. book Answer: Answer: A
◉ Which of the following resources would you use when you need as
much in depth information on a topic as possible.
A.newspaper article
, B.encyclopedia article
C. book
D.scholarly journal article Answer: Answer: C
◉ Which of the following resources would you use when you need
the most up-to-date information on an event that happened
yesterday?
A. scholarly journal article
B.newspaper article
C. encyclopedia article
D. book Answer: Answer: B
◉ Which of the following resources would you use when you need a
concise summary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and why it
happened?
A. scholarly journal article
B. newspaper article
C. encyclopedia article
D. book Answer: Answer: C
◉ General encyclopedias provide brief articles on a broad range of
subjects. Specialized encyclopedias provide in depth articles on
topics that are relevant to a specific subject. Both resources are good
for finding background information, however specialized