Research Skills
Literary Genres
DDC
Reference Books
Miscellaneous
100

Name one of the library resources you will find in our reference section.

What is an Atlas, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, or Thesaurus? 

100
A true account of a person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
100
DDC stands for this.
What is Dewey Decimal (Classification) System?
100
This shows North, South, East, and West on a map.
What is a compass rose?
100
Books that are true are called this.
What is non-fiction?
200
This book contains synonyms of other words.
What is the thesaurus?
200
This made up story takes place in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200
Fairy tales and fables are located in this section.
What is 300-399?
200
Maps usually include this to indicate what the different colors and symbols on a map mean.
What is legend (or key)?
200
Non-fiction books are arranged by the author's name, by title, or by subject.
What is subject?
300
This is a list of the resources used to gather information for a report or project.
What is a bibliography?
300
This type of fictional story includes magic and creatures that don't exist in real life.
What is fantasy?
300
Biographies are located in this section.
What is 900-999?
300
Encyclopedias are organized in alphabetical order by subject, author, or length of article.
What is subject?
300

The full name of the SSYRA program.

What is Sunshine State Young Reader Awards.

400
True or false- a database is a better resource than Google when doing research.
What is true?
400
This is a made up story that involves science and travel to other worlds.
What is science fiction?
400
This person invented the DDC.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
400
Use this to find the pronunciation of a word.
What is the dictionary?
400

True or false- you can no longer visit the library in middle school.

What is false?

500
Fill in the blank using the following bibliographic example: Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of book. City of publication: __________________, copyright date.
What is publisher?
500
This is a story that tries to explain how the world came to be, and why nature acts the way that it does.
What is a myth?
500
Books about ghosts are in this section.
What is 100-199?
500
These lines run North to South all around the globe and meet at the poles.
What are longitude lines?
500

Name the author of Harry Potter.

Who is J.K. Rowling?

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