Welcome
Deconstructing the Prompt
Topic mapping
Research Tools
Miscellaneous
100

The oldest library on campus.

What is Powell (College) Library?

100

Font size and spacing, number of pages, citations, etc.

What are formatting techniques for your writing assignment?

100

The starting point of a research assignment.

What is your topic idea or research question?

100

Truncation symbols used in the library catalog and online databases.

What is a question mark (?) or an asterisk (*)?

100

A class-related resource students can checkout for two hours at a time from the Powell Library Circulation Desk.

What is a course reserve?

200
The number of libraries on the UCLA campus.
What is 10?
200
Identifying the main task or the heart of the assignment.
What is the most important task in breaking down your assignment?
200
The five w's that help narrow a topic idea.
What is who, what, where, when, and why?
200
An online tool developed by librarians to access resources about a specific class or subject.
What is a research guide?
200
The software or computer configuration needed to access UCLA library resources from off campus.
What is the proxy server or VPN client?
300
Three ways you can get research help from the library.
What are in-person consultations, virtual reference, and email?
300
These words will help you identify the essential tasks in the assignment.
What are action verbs?
300
Moving from broad to concise questions.
What is narrowing your research question?
300
An online index of resources (journals, reviews, periodicals, newspapers, etc.).
What is a database?
300
A UCLA coach who won ten NCAA basketball championships and wrote a book on leadership.
Who is Coach John Wooden?
400

The on campus location where you can access rare and unique primary resources including letters, photographs, books, maps and oral histories.

What is UCLA Library Special Collections?

400
The place in Powell Library where you can get help deconstructing your prompt.
What is the Inquiry Space?
400
Those who read your paper.
What is your audience (professor, friends, family, peers, etc.)?
400
Different fields used to search for information in a catalog or database.
What is keyword, subject, or title?
400
The library space open 24 hours starting from week three, fall through spring quarters.
What is Night Powell?
500

Item needed to check out laptops and books, pay for printing and photocopying, and enter the building after the library closes.

What is your Bruincard?

500
The person you go to if you still have questions about the assignment.
Who is your professor or TA?
500
The room number where InqSpecs are located to help you.
What is Room 220?
500
Web based repository for primary source material specific to our state.
What is the OAC (Online Archive of California)?
500
Powell Library's motto.
What is "Fostering Inquiry, Creativity and Community"?
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