You use this to keep your place in the stacks while you're looking for a book. When you're done with it, YOU DO NOT LEAVE IT IN THE STACKS! You put it back in the basket where you got it from.
What is a shelf marker.
100
This genre takes place in the past.
What is historical fiction.
100
This book helps you find definitions of words.
What is a dictionary.
100
This tells us when a website was created and can help us determine if the information is outdated.
What is the date or the date created (it's not always listed!)
100
You use this type of website to perform an internet search.
What is a search engine.
200
This is located on the spine of a book and tells you where the book should be located in the library.
What is the call number.
200
This genre usually takes place in the future and may have to do with future inventions, space travel, etc.
What is science fiction.
200
This book helps you find synonyms of words.
What is a thesaurus.
200
This lets us know who created the website, and we should always check their credentials and see if they were qualified to be writing on the subject we're researching.
What is the author or the author's name.
200
AND, OR, and NOT are called this.
What is Boolean Operators.
300
A fiction call number starts with this and ends with this.
What is FIC and the first three letters of the author's last name.
300
This genre deals with mythological creatures, dragons, magic, etc.
What is fantasy.
300
This book contains maps.
What is an atlas.
300
These might be signs that a website is unreliable. Please list 3 things.
What is outdated images, false information, an old creation date, etc. I WILL ACCEPT MORE ANSWERS THAN JUST THESE 3 AT MY DISCRETION.
300
This Boolean Operator limits your search to include BOTH or ALL of the search terms.
What is AND.
400
A nonfiction call number starts with this and ends with this.
What is a number and the first three letters of the author's last name.
400
This genre has to do with something that is kept secret and unknown.
What is mystery.
400
This book contains articles on various topics arranged in alphabetical order.
What is an encyclopedia.
400
When an author is pushing their own beliefs on you and not representing both sides of an issue they're said to have this.
What is bias.
400
This Boolean Operator specifies which word you want to be included in the search results followed by a word you want excluded from the search results.
What is NOT.
500
This is the online database of our library collection and is used to let us know what books the library has, if they're in or out, and where in the library they're located.
What is EITHER Follett Destiny OR the OPAC.
500
This genre deals with characters just like you or I and what goes on in their lives.
What is realistic fiction.
500
This book is a calendar for a year with different events, statistics, and other facts.
What is an almanac.
500
These are four things you should always look for in a website when evaluating it.
What are an author, the date it was created, how accurate the information is, if there is bias. I MAY ACCEPT VARIATIONS OF THIS ANSWER!
500
This Boolean Operator expands you search to include ANY of the search terms listed.