A training supervisor welcomes new students to Cardiff University and explains how to use the library. She covers induction sessions, the internet, CD-ROMs, online journals and reference books, then the help available to postgraduates writing a dissertation.
Questions 31-40 · 10 marks · 2 question blocks
Questions 31-36 follow the talk in order: first-week sessions, the internet, CD-ROMs, journals, reference books, the speaker's own role. 'Some of you may be interested to know' signals the dissertation section, where 37-40 come in the order of the list.
How to attack this block: Each question asks for a reason or a warning, and the speaker usually mentions a second, related idea nearby (slow links, printing instead of photocopying, loan times). Listen for the reason she actually gives with 'because', 'so' or 'this is because'.
What are students invited to do in the first week?
Some of you have asked about a … tour but we find this rather muddles people … we run a
Why: Instead of a tour, the library runs short talks in the first week describing what is available. That's B.
The trap: A: a tour is what students asked for, and she says it muddles people. C: the computer classes are small classes run 'all this term', not an intensive course in the first week.
What does the speaker warn about?
from highly debatable sources - so be critical
Why: Material online may come from 'highly debatable sources', so students must be critical. That's A, internet material can be unreliable.
The trap: C is tempting because she says the links can be slow. But slow isn't limited access; the library computers are 'permanently online'. B, acknowledging sources, is never mentioned.
Why is the library getting more CD-ROMs?
it means we can expand what we offer you … very little extra cost and saves us having to invest in more and more books
Why: CD-ROMs add resources at very little extra cost and save buying more books. That's A, a cheap source of information.
The trap: C: the CD-ROMs hold 'exactly the same information' as the books, updated together, so they aren't more up to date. B, space, is never mentioned.
Why should students read journals online?
Clearly some … will find the printed version more accessible … eventually … So you must get used to working online.
Why: Some students prefer printed journals, but the library intends to phase them out eventually, so students must get used to working online. That's C.
The trap: B: you can print a copy rather than photocopying, but she presents that as a convenience, not the reason, and price isn't mentioned. A, returning articles to shelves, isn't mentioned either.
Why might some students keep using reference books?
This is because some of you may prefer to borrow a book rather than sit in the library. There is a restricted loan time on these
Why: Some students prefer to borrow a book and take it away rather than sit in the library. That's A.
The trap: C is the reverse of what she says: there's a 'restricted loan time'. B: the CD-ROMs carry the same information, so the books don't offer anything unavailable elsewhere.
What does the Training Supervisor do?
As your Training Supervisor, I just oversee your induction and will not be around after this initial week.
Why: Her job is to oversee the students' induction, which is an introduction to the library. That's B, orientation to the facilities.
The trap: Section managers and cataloguing assistants are mentioned just before, as the people to ask for help. She doesn't supervise them (A) or report to them (C).
How to attack this block: Only three choices: the student's department or tutor, library staff, or another part of the university. Track the pronouns. 'We' and 'the trainer here' mean the library; 'your department' and 'your tutors' mean A; a named centre elsewhere means C.
Who gives training in specialised computer programs?
will also include some time on the computers. I realise most of you know how to organise files but we can show you the different ways to run data programmes
Why: 'We', meaning the library, will show students different ways to run data programmes. That's B, library staff.
The trap: Organising files is what students already know. Don't let 'your department' from the sentence before pull you to A: the department deals with planning.
Who advises on how to present the bibliography?
Your tutors will tell you at the outset how to set out the chapters they require but you will need to … the bibliography because it varies depending on your subject area
Why: The bibliography 'varies depending on your subject area', so the rules come from your own subject: your department or tutor. That's A. The library doesn't give one house style because every subject wants it set out differently.
The trap: The talk is from library staff, so B feels natural. But the reason she gives (it depends on your subject area) points you back to the department.
Who checks the draft of the dissertation?
When you've got something together the trainer here will look through the draft version for you to see if it's OK.
Why: 'The trainer here' will look through the draft. 'Here' means the library, where she is speaking, so the answer is B, library staff.
The trap: Tutors are mentioned just before for the chapters, so A pulls hard. The draft check is offered by the library's own trainer.
Who provides language support?
If you … language … from the International Centre
Why: Language lessons are available from the International Centre, another part of the university. That's C.
The trap: B: the library offers individual sessions on dissertations to overseas students, which sounds like language help, but language lessons come from the International Centre. The Law Department is only its location.
A library tour is mentioned first, but she says it 'muddles people'. Computer classes run 'all this term', not as an intensive course. The first-week sessions describe the resources: B.
Printing instead of photocopying (B) is mentioned in the journals section, but it's an extra point. The reason to go online is that printed journals are being phased out: C.
Section managers are mentioned just before, which pulls you to C. Her own job is to oversee the induction in this first week: B.
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