The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal

, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.

The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.

When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.

1. The library resources can be helpful when we _______.

A.want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward music

B.are preparing a paper for a professional journal

C.are writing a dissertation

D.All of the above

2.The familiarity of readers with different resources _______.

A.is more or less the same

B.varies slightly

C.differs greatly

D.should not be different

3.The author believes that _______.

A.library resources should be used frequently and completely

B.library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available to us

C.one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not available

D.one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of resources

4.When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often _______.

A.publish it in a professional journal

B.attend professional meetings

C.get access to it in the library

D.make use of some library services

5. The chapter in question _______.

A.mainly deals with the ways of dissertation writing

B.presents information on publishing papers in professional journals

C.introduces some library services

D.describes some professional meetings