Secondary Resources
Popular, Scholarly or Trade?
Special Collections
Information Sources
Procedures
100

Gale, EBSCOHost, First Search, etc.

What are databases?

100

Journal of the American Medical Association

What is Scholarly?

100

French, German, Spanish

What is the Foreign Language Collection?

100

Alphabetical listing of words and definitions

What is a dictionary?

100

It's done at the bottom of each hour.

What is taking counts?

200

The Life and Times of (Whoever)

What is a biography?
200

U.S. News and World Report

What is popular?

200

1611 "He" and "She" Bibles

What is the Bible Manuscript Room?

200

Content based on imagination

What is Fiction?

200

Damaged books are first taken here.

What is the Circulation Desk?

300

A long essay written as a requirement for a Doctorate.

What is a dissertation?

300

Answers in Genesis

What is Popular?

300

Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions

What is Law Reference?

300

Collection of synonyms and antonyms

What is a Thesaurus?

300

Placed at the end of a stack before shelf-reading

What is the Floor Assistant sign?

400

A presentation dealing with actual events, such as Pearl Harbor.

What is a documentary?

400

Training & Conditioning

What is Trade?

400

Occupational Outlook Handbook 2020-2021

What is Reference?

400

Collection of geological information

What is an Atlas?

400

These are the two indicators of a fire alarm

What are a loud buzz and flashing lights?

500

Someone who maintains a collection, such as a museum.

What is a curator?

500

Review of Education Research

What is Scholarly?

500

McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader - 1879

What is the One-Room Schoolhouse?

500

Alphabetical list to find information within a source

What is an index?

500

Call this number when needing a nurse from the Graf Clinic

What is 555 (Security)?

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