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Reference Questions
100

An unconventional Christmas movie starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman.

What is Die Hard?

100

Instructor-led six-week online courses on a variety of topics including personal finance.

What is Gale Courses?

100

Access on library computers and the Toronto Public Library Wi-Fi network.

What is --- either of the following:

Ancestry Library Edition; FamilySearch Affiliate Library Collections; The Toronto Star; Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory.

100

The newly created page that is the starting point to discover how Toronto Public Library amplifies Indigenous perspectives and worldviews. 

What is Indigenous Initiatives?

200

Santa's reindeer named after a type of animal.

Who is Vixen?

200

Courses are always available and can be viewed when convenient and available in English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish.

What is LinkedIn Learning?

200

Online access by reference staff.

What is the Canadian Red Book.

200

The publication that recently celebrated its 60th anniversary and is full of writing and art created and selected by Toronto teens.

What is Young Voices Magazine?

300

The composer to the music for the festive ballet The Nutcracker.

Who is Tchaikovsky?

300

The accepted authority on the English language, this realia provides the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words.

What is the Oxford English Dictionary?

300

Produced by ISC to help staff and public.

What are Getting Started Guides / What are Video Tutorials.

300

The person you connect with at select branch locations to help you get settled in Toronto and Canada.

Who is the Library Settlement Worker?

400

According to the Twelve days of Christmas, the partridge sits in this tree.

What is a pear tree?

400

Online access to newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in over 60 languages.  

What is PressReader?

400

The number of people who joined ISC.

What is 3? (Domenic, Sagal, Victoria)

400

Used in exploring Toronto's arts, cultural experiences, and attractions.

What is tpl:map passes?

500

The Christmas song that was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston when it was first released in the 1950's.

What is "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus?"

500

A 10-year initiative to digitize some of Canada's most popular archival collections encompassing about 40 million pages of primary-source documents about Canada and its people from the 1600s to the mid-1900s.

What is Canadiana Héritage?

500

The number of people who left ISC.

What is 5? (Theon, Marnie, Boris, Pat, Siobhan)

500

The year-round service that is offered where eligible customers can have their taxes done.

What is Financial Empowerment?

600

The country where Deushka Moroz brings presents to good children.

What is Russia?
600

A database that contains global financial data on U.S., Canadian and global public companies including current and historical (15 years) company descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, executives, ownership, and annual reports.

What is Mergent Market Atlas?

600

Special guests joined ISC meetings on this date.

What is October 16? (Pam Ryan, Christine Pinkney, Matt Abbott)

What is September 18? (Ab. Velasco, Manager, Innovation and Yoojin Kwon, SSS, AI Services)

What is June 19? (Sepideh McKensy, Senior Services Specialist, PPPM - Strategic Planning, Policy & Stakeholder Engagement)

What is May 15, 2025? (Lina Kim / Sarah Qazi, Library Service Managers)

What is February 20, 2025? (Fiona O’Connor, Senior Services Specialist, Innovation, Learning & Service Planning)

600

Unintentionally false information and intentionally misleading information.

What is Misinformation and Disinformation?