Seymour Library
Library Resources
Research Skills
Book Trivia
Galesburg and Knox
100
This room on the second-floor has primary sources, such as alumni files or other artifacts.
What is the Archives and Special Collections ?
100
This tool shows Knox Student's what articles and books they have acess to both online and in person?
What is Knox Primo?
100
These are the 3 most common citation styles used at Knox College:
What are MLA, Chicago, APA
100
What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
What is Dune?
100
This is the year Knox was founded:
What is 1837?
200
These two floors are designated quiet floors
What is the basement and the third floor?
200
This place is where you go to check out items placed on reserves.
What is the Circulation desk?
200
This search operator finds records with one term or the other, or both terms.
What is OR?
AND: Finds records with all your search terms
NOT: finds records that include the first term, but not the second
200
This notable author, famous for the 'Lord of the Rings', has his birthday in January.
Who is J.R.R Tolkein
200
This building was the site of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
What is Old Main?
300
Classroom instruction typically takes place in this area on the first floor.
What is Andrews Forum?
300
This database is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
What is Academic Search Complete?
300
This number, typically located on the book's spine, clues you in on the location of the book in the library.
What is a call number?
300
This dystopian novel by George Orwell told of life in a future totalitarian state, dominatead by "Big Brother"
What is 1984?
300
This famous author and poet was born in Galesburg in 1878 and has a college named after him.
Who is Carl Sandburg?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the Ginkgo Tree?
400
Uh oh! You are working on your research paper and have hit a snag. Your options for help are ___
What are PRAs?
What is LibGuides?
What is a librarian?
What is the Libchat?
What is a librarian appointment?
400
These are some online resources that you can use to guide your citations.
What is the Chicago Manual of Style?
What is APA Style
What is Purdue Owl?
What is the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers?
400
This character is one of the most adapted characters from the famous novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
400
This breakfast restaurant exploded in popularity after trending on TikTok
What is Judy's Family Cafe
500
This room on the second floor, which is typically called the Red Room, is actually the ___ Room
What is the Muelder Room?
500
One of these online tool allows you to loan books that are not avaliable in Seymour Libray.
What is I-Share?
What is Tipasa?
500
This app can organize and create citations of sources for your bibliography.
What is Zotero?
What is Noodle Tools?
500
E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey was originally fanfiction for this book series.
What is The Twilight series?
500
This baby skeleton protects Galesburg from tornadoes, what is their name?
Who is Saint Crescent