Research Skills
Reference
Fiction
Dewey Decimal System
Miscellaneous
100
This is the name of our online card catalog.
What is Destiny or Destiny Quest?
100
If you want to find out how to pronounce a word you might use this:
What is a dictionary?
100
Fictions books are placed in __________order.
What is alphabetical?
100
Our system of classifying non-fiction books was developed by this person.
Who is Melvil Dewey or just Dewey?
100
This tragic poet and master of mystery is well know for stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
We shelve biographies in alphabetical order according to this person's last name.
The person the book is about?
200
Julio is writing a research paper and is likely to use this when he wants to find a better word to use or a synonym.
What is the thesaurus?
200
Fiction books are arranged according to this person's last name.
What is the author?
200
The Dewey Decimal system is arranged in _____________ order.
What is numerical?
200
This literary genre has the capacity to frighten it's readers
What is horror?
300
This is what you always do when writing a paper to give credit to your sources:
What is cite your work or use citations or references?
300
If we need to find out which countries border the Ukraine, a good source to use would be this reference book.
What is an atlas?
300
Which of these books would you find in the biography section: The Civil War, Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini, The Guinness Book of World Records, The Hobbit or The Life of Pi
What is Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini
300
The Dewey Decimal System contains this many major categories.
What are 10?
300
This author wrote It, The Shining, Needful Things, Christine and Cujo
Who is Stephen King?
400
This website URL extension is only used for universities and colleges.
What is .edu?
400
In order to find out the price of gas in 2007 or who scored the most points in the NCAA last year, this book would be very helpful.
What is an Almanac or World Almanac?
400
All books have this on the side of the book to help locate it.
What is a call number or (spine label is accepted)?
400
Here are some Dewey Categories: 100- Psychology, 200- Religion, 300-Social Science, 400-Language, 500-Science. This section would probably contain a book on coping with emotional problems.
What are the 100's?
400
This borough in New York City is home to the Times Square, the U.N. Headquarters and Wall Street. It's also where part of the 9/11 attacks took place.
What is Manhattan?
500
Official government websites typically have this URL extension:
What is .gov?
500
This book or set of books contains information on a wide range of topics or subjects and is arranged in alphabetical order by subject
What is an Encyclopedia?
500
The book "A Year Down Yonder" was written by Richard Peck and it's fiction. It's call number would start with an F and these 3 letters would follow
What are Pec?
500
All Dewey Decimal numbers basically fall within this range of numbers: ______ to _______
What is 000 to 999 or 001 to 999
500
This person is the current Governor of the State of Alabama
Who is Robert Bentley or Governor Bentley?
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