Parts of a book
Found in the back of the book, a list of definitions of words.
What is a Glossary
Name two writing styles your professors might ask you to write your papers in.
What are APA and/or MLA
The number of days in a week MDC libraries are opened to support the college community.
What is 6 days a week
The service that allows you to live chat with a librarian online 7 days a week.
What is Ask a Librarian
This is the largest library in the world, housing 170 million items.
What is the Library of Congress
This part of the book faces outward on the shelf and helps you locate a title within a shelf.
What is a Spine
The evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field.
What is Peer Review
Meet with them to review your sources, in-text citations, and format.
What are librarians
What is 114
This fictional librarian from a 1999 blockbuster says, “I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O’Connell, but I am proud of what I am… I am a librarian.”
Who is Evelyn Carnahan
Found in the back of a nonfiction book, it is an alphabetical list of keywords in a book, with page numbers.
What is an Index
The domains that identify government websites, which have the highest reliability ratings.
What are .gov and/or .mil
These are the people who can help you outline an argumentative essay and construct succinct thesis statement.
What are writing tutors
This service allows you to read and listen to Stephen King's classics and latest bestsellers from any device.
What is OverDrive.
This animated show featured a librarian who said, “I am Wan Shi Tong, he who knows ten thousand things, and you are obviously humans; which, by the way, are no longer permitted in my study.”
What is Avatar: The Last Airbender.
This tells where the book lives on the shelf among the stacks.
What is a Call number
The name of a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose.
What is an abstract
The MDC library provides this services when you do not have access to a device to complete an assignment or attend an online class from home.
What is borrowing a laptop.
A free MDC movie streaming service that allows you to watch popular blockbusters and new releases.
What is Swank
This former First Lady was a librarian as well as an educator.
Who is Nancy Reagan
Section of book that shares information regarding sources used/consulted within the writing as well as provide researchers with names of seminal works in the field and key authorities in the area.
What are References
Besides reliable news sites and fake news ones, these sites make fun of and joke about current events.
What is satire
The circulation staff provides this assistance when you cannot access any of your MDC accounts.
What is a password reset.
A free MDC movie streaming service that allows you to watch critically acclaimed classics, foreign films, and documentaries, including titles from the Criterion Collection.
What is Kanopy.
The first public library in the United States was established this year in the 1700s.
What is 1731