This is the way that fiction is arranged on the shelves.
What is by author's last name?
100
A single term or short phrase that describes the MOST IMPORTANT idea or concept you are researching.
What is a keyword?
100
The name of the section on the Shepaug Libary webpage with a link to all of our databases.
What is Research Resources?
100
The punctuation you should use to keep a group of words together and in a certain order when using Google.
What are quotation marks?
100
The citation style used at Shepaug.
What is MLA?
200
This is the way that biographies are arranged on the shelves?
What is by the name of the person the book is about?
200
The #1 educational search engine.
What is netTrekker?
200
A database subscribed to by the Shepaug School Library that has to do with controversial issues.
What is Opposing Viewpoints or Issues & Controversies?
200
The domain name (three letters at the end of the URL) for the Department of Environmental Protection.
What is gov?
200
A digitized book that can be accessed through the library catalog.
What is an e-book?
300
The words behind the abbreviation OPAC.
What are Online Public Access Catalog?
300
Collections of websites selected and organized by human beings, usually in alphabetical order.
What is a search directory?
300
The name of one of the databases available through the Shepaug School Libary.
What is General OneFile, CultureGrams, Student InfoTrac, Issues and Controversies.
300
Site rankings in Google are based on this.
What is popularity?
300
Document or record containing firsthand information or original data on a topic.
What is a primary source?
400
The books with yellow spine labels on the wall shelves in the library, usually large, multi-volume sets.
What are reference books?
400
Words or phrases that are assigned to items to describe their content; used in indexes and library catalogs to group together materials on the same topic. Also called controlled vocabulary.
What is a subject heading?
400
A publication, usually only available through a subscription database, that disseminates research and academic discussion among professionals within disciplines.
What is a scholarly journal?
400
In a URL, this is the symbol after the domain name and slash that indicates that a webpage is personal and probably not a good academic source.
What is a tilde?
400
These search engines categorize your search results for easier retrieval of information.
What is a clustering search engine?
500
The letters RR at the beginning of a call number stand for this.
What is Ready Reference?
500
The words AND, OR, and NOT are examples.
What is a Boolean operator?
500
This is needed to access any of the databases provided by the Connecticut Digital Library from home.
What is a libary barcode number?
500
This symbol is called a wildcard and allows you to search for similar words all at the same time.
What is an asterisk?
500
A lending and borrowing service which provides access to materials owned by other libraries. Shepaug students can request books, articles, or other materials, through this service.