FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (IM110) REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN INFORMATION AGENCIES (IMD353/307) FACT FINDING

1. FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(IM110)
REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
IN INFORMATION AGENCIES
(IMD353/307)
FACT FINDING
Prepared By:
MUHAMMAD NOORAMIN
BIN MOHD HASSAN
(2010xxxxx)
KHAIRUL AZWAN
BIN KHAIRUDIN
(2010xxxxxx)
MOHAMAD KAMARULAZHAR
BIN MOHAMAD
FADZLEY IRZAD
BIN MISNANI
(2010xxxxx)
Prepared For:
ADILLAH BINTI MUSTAFA
Februari 2014

2. IMD353: REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN INFORMATION AGENCIES
(Facts Findings) (Group of 4) 10%
Q 1. Who is Giosue Carducci? What was his date of birth and his death date?
Q 2. What is the name for the Medical Library of Potomac Hospital in Virginia, USA
and when was it founded?
Q 3. What was the outstanding comedy series that won the Emmy Award for 1998-
1999?
Q 4. When was the first issue of Bulletin of the Institute of Information Scientists
published?
Q 5. In what year was the integrated library software, VIRTUA being introduced?
Q 6. What is meant by blurker?
Q 7. Where can I get the article “clinical medical librarianship: a review of the
literature” written in 1985 and who is the writer?
Q 8. State two (2) objectives of coronary bypass surgery.
Q 9. What is meant by eponym?
Q 10. State one (1) synonym for facsimile.

3. Q 1. Who is Giosue Carducci? What was his date of
birth and his death date?
Answer:
Giosue Carducci is an Italian poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1906
Birth date: 27th July 1835
Death date: 16th February 1906
Source:
The New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol.2
15th Edition, 1992.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc

5. Q 2. What is the name for the Medical Library of
Potomac Hospital in Virginia, USA and when was it
founded?
Answers:
R.P. Immerman Memorial Library
Founded on 1972
Sources:
R.P. Immerman Memorial Library
http://www.sentara.com/Northern-Virginia/locations/sentara-northern-virginia-medical-center/
Pages/Library.aspx
Date of access: 10th February 2014
&
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center – Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Hospital
Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

7. Q 3. What was the outstanding comedy series that won
the Emmy Award for 1998-1999?
Answers:
1998 – Frasier
1999 Ally McBeal
Source:
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series
#1990s
Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

9. Q 4. When was the first issue of Bulletin of the Institute
of Information Scientists published?
Answers:
February 1979
Source:
Sage Journals: Journal of Information Science
http://jis.sagepub.com/
Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

11. Q 5. In what year was the integrated library software,
VIRTUA being introduced?
Answers:
1998
Source:
VTLS Historic Timeline
http://www.vtls.com/history
Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

13. Q 6. What is meant by blurker?
Answers:
One who reads many blogs but leaves no evidence, leave no comment.
Source:
Start Your Own Blogging Business
2nd Edition, 2010
California
Entrepreneur Press

15. Q 7. Where can I get the article “clinical medical
librarianship: a review of the literature” written in 1985
and who is the writer?
Answers:
Bulletin of the Medical Library AssociationVolume 73(1); January 1985
Page 21-28
Author: Kay Cimpl
Source:
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
Volume 73(1); January 1985
Publisher : Medical Library Association

17. Q 8. State two (2) objectives of coronary bypass surgery.
Answer:
-To relieve the pain of angina pectoris.
-Create newpath for arterial blood to flow from the aorta through the coronary arteries.
Source:
The New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol.3
15th Edition, 1992.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc

19. Q 9. What is meant by eponym?
Answers:
A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
Source:
Oxford Dictionaries
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/eponym
Retrieved on: 10th February 2014

21. Q 10. State one (1) synonym for facsimile.
Answer:
Something such as a ,amuscript or picture is an exact copy.
Example: Produced by a photographic process.
Source:
Times-Chambers Essential English Dictionary
1st edition, 1995
Singapore
Federal Publications (S) Pte Ltd