Given the following call numbers, how would you place them in order on the shelf?
DAN DON DAA DNO
What is DAA DAN DNO DON
100
In the following citation, this is the name of the magazine article.
Nasar, Sylvia, and David Gruber. "Manifold Destiny." The
New Yorker Conde Nast Digital, 28 Aug. 2006. Web. 30
Mar. 2010.
What is "Manifold Destiny"
100
This is the best place to find books on a topic that can be borrowed
What is the library catalog
100
You added this because you searched the Internet using one keyword and got too many results.
What is the word AND and a second keyword
100
Order the terms from broadest to narrowest
Cattle
Black Angus Bulls
Agriculture
Black Angus
Livestock
What is
Agriculture
Livestock
Cattle
Black Angus
Black Angus Bulls
200
Given the following authors last names, the order you would place their books on the shelf:
Patterson
Paterson
Patneaude
What is
Paterson Patneaude Patterson
200
When is the ONLY time that you do NOT have to cite a picture or an illustration?
What is when it is your own illustration or your own photograph.
200
Of the three choices, this is the most useful database to choose from for your report on the daily life of people in Honduras.
Biography in Context - 700,000 biographies of famous people
Encyclopedia Britannica - General database of history, science, math, technology and sports
Culture Grams - Up to date culture reports on 200 cultures of the world
What is Culture Grams
200
You know the title of the magazine article you are looking for, so you use this type of search to find it in a database.
Keyword Search
Subject Search
Title Search
What is a Title Search
200
You take the following steps in this order:
You write what you know about cats
Then you write what you want to know about cats
Next you read about cats
What are you doing?
What is developing a research topic on cats
300
This type of book has a call number that begins with a NUMBER
What is
A nonfiction book
300
Name the part of a book or magazine citation that is either italicized or underlined.
What is the book or magazine title
300
You have to choose one of three search returns for the most unbiased and reliable information on teen eating disorders.
kidshealth.org - produced by Nemours Children's Hospital
Huffingtonpost.com - editorial on eating disorders and media
Mirror-mirror.org/chat - chat rooms for teens with eating disorders
Your choice is:
You just learned about flying squares on TV last night and want to know more about these interesting creatures. This is the best type of search to conduct.
Subject search
Keyword search
Title search
What is a Keyword search
300
For your social studies report you need to find information on the role of woman in the U.S. Civil War. You search the library's online catalog for Civil War using a keyword search. More than 100 books came up. So you try US Civil War Woman instead. What are you doing?
What is narrowing down search results.
400
This book has a location code that begins with the letter S.
What is a Series book
400
The name of the law that forbids us to use someone else's work as our own. ex. music, writing, dances, plays, and photography
What is Copyright Law
400
A physical resource that provides an overview of many topics, listed alphabetically.
What is an encyclopedia
400
You are using the library catalog to find a book by James Patterson within the Daniel X series. The best way to find this book is a
Author Search
Title Search
Series Search
What is a Series search
400
You need to find information about how Ancient Greeks fought their enemies. Which are the best keywords to help you find that information?
Greece AND combat
Ancient Greece AND warfare
Greece AND weapons
Ancient Greeks AND death
What is Ancient Greece AND warfare
500
The physical location (address) of a book. Includes the section the book is located in (could be letter or numbers) and the first three letters of the author's last name
What is a call number
500
We do this for three reasons: to give credit to the original authors, to show that you have researched your work, and to allow others to identify the complete work that you used.
What is cite sources
500
Out of three options, the best resource for a research project about the loss of coral reefs around the world.
A science database such as Access Science
An online atlas such as World Atlas
An online health database such as Health & Wellness Resource Center
What is a science database such as Access Science
500
You used a database article titled "Wondering Planets" by Susan Graff in your science project. You forgot to cite your work and need to go back to the article. This is the best search strategy.
Title search
Keyword search
Author Search
What is a Title search
500
You are studying the vegetation of the Great Lakes. This is the most helpful resource to learn about your topic.
The blog of a Great Lakes fisherman
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) webpage on Great Lakes ecosystem
A webpage on landscaping with plants native to the Great Lakes