This person sits at the Information Desk all day just waiting and hoping you will come ask them research questions.
What is a librarian?
100
You need this item to use the library's databases from home.
What is a library card?
100
These are the 3 main library areas.
What are Adult Area, Teen Room, and Youth Services Area?
100
This is the number system many libraries (including the Colonie Library) use to organize books.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
200
Your local library pays for these, and posts links to them online so you can do research from home any time of the day or night (even in your pajamas)
What are online databases?
200
Most online database only have materials from this approximate date forward. Anything before this date and you'd have to use microfilm.
What is 1985 ish
200
These are 3 things all the 3 main areas of the library have in common.
What is
1. An Information Desk
2. Reference books
3. Computer terminals
4. Books
5. Music
6. Movies
7. Study Areas
8. Staff waiting to help you
9. Program Information
200
This is the Dewey Decimal number range for History books.
What is the 900's?
200
These are three types of materials you can check out of the library.
What are books, VHS movies, DVD movies, books on tape, books on CD, books on MP3s, Music CDs, Video Games.
300
What is the only dumb question you can ask a librarian?
What is "there is no dumb question?"
300
This is the area of the library where noise, food, and cellphones are allowed. It's also the only area of the library with comfortable couches.
What is the Teen Room?
300
This is what you use if you need to do research using magazines and newspapers from long ago.
What is microfilm?
300
This is the number of libraries in the area at which you can use your card to borrow library materials.
What is 29!!!!!
400
Some books cannot be checked out of the library, and have to be used in the library. What are these called?
What are reference books?
400
These are the names of 2 online databases the Colonie libray subscribes to.
What are (see list on handout)
400
If your parent will sign permission for you, this is where can go to get a library and to check materials out from the library.
What is the Circulation area?
400
This is the Web address of our online databases which you can use at the library, or from home any time of day or night.
This is how you can borrow a book, movie, or music from any of the 29 libraries in our system without having to go to that library to pick it up or drop it off.
What is reserve it from home, or here in the library and ask us to have it delivered here for you to pick up.
ALSO
What is download the book from the library's Web page onto my I-Pod, or other reading/listening device.
500
This is what you will need to do as you research your topic so you are ready to write your bibliography when you are finished
What is "cite your sources?"
500
The OPAC, or Online Public Access Computer allows you to do these things.
What is look up books and other materials, check my account to see what's overdue, and what fines I might have, reserve books and other materials from this library or others.
500
This is printed above the call number of a book in the library to let you know it is a reference book, and cannot be checked out.
What is the letter "r"
500
This is how you get the library to buy a book or other item you want, but which isn't here.