Basics
Databases
Research Skills
Locations
Types of Resources
100

The URL for the virtual library

100

Name one way to access the library's databases

What is the database link (research guides, or catalog)?

100

Name of the database just demo'd in class

What is Academic Search Complete?
OR
What is SEARCH!?

100

The name of the main library building on west campus

What is the Frank Melville Jr Memorial Library?

100

Name two types of resources available through our databases

What are articles, newspapers, journals, books, ebooks, DVDs, VHS, streaming media, peer-reviewed sources, primary sources, data, government sources, reference....?

200

Name one way to find out a library location's hours each day

What is Today's Hours (Libraries & Hours)?

200

Name one way the databases are organized

What is alphabetically (or by subject or database type)?

200

If a search isn't Basic, it is...?

What is Advanced?

200

Name the two reading rooms

What are the Central Reading Room &
North Reading Room?

200

A source that has been reviewed by experts in the field is called....?

What is peer-reviewed?

300

Name of the online chat service

What is Ask Us?

300

Name the two virtual locations can users access library databases

What are the library site and research guides?

300

Name a way to limit or refine search results.

What is: peer-review, full text, date, language, References Available, Source Type, Subject, Company, Publication, Geography?

300

Name a location that is open 24 hours

What is the....Central Reading Room?
...Health Sciences Library?

300

A quick way to find suitable resources and information on starting your research

What is a research guide? 

400

Link to get access to your library account

What is My Library Account?

400

Name a multidisciplinary database

What is Academic Search Complete? (or, JSTOR, Project Muse, Gale Academic OneFile or 68 others)

400

True or False: Formatted citations are available in most databases.

True!

400

Library that is farthest east on LI

What is the Southampton Library

400

A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. 

What is a book?

500

Name the library location that is available by appointment only

What is Special Collections & University Archives?

500

The number of databases to which Stony Brook University Libraries is currently subscribed.

What is 504?

500

Words like AND, OR, and NOT are called...

What are Boolean operators?
500

The number of library locations that make up the Stony Brook University Libraries?

What is nine (9)?

500

Someone in the library you can contact if you have questions about library resources or getting started on a project.

What is a librarian?