Library Basics
What is the number on the spine of a nonfiction book called?
The Dewey Decimal Number or the Call Number
The C stands for Currency, which means what about a source of information?
Currency is considering WHEN the source was published. AKA how CURRENT it is.
Of the three farmers in the story, this one is more or less their leader
Farmer Bean
In our solar system, which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What information must you write on the checkout sheet in order to self checkout a book?
Your name, the title of the book, and the barcode number from the sticker on the back
The R stands for Relevance, which means what about a source you might be reading?
Relevance refers to how closely related the information in the source is to the actual topic you are researching
In the book, Mr. and Mrs. Fox have 4 unnamed children. In the movie, they have 1 child and a cousin staying with them. These 2 children are named...
Ash and Kristofferson
What is the largest animal on the planet?
The Blue Whale
What foods are permitted in the media center?
None of them!!
One of the A's stands for Author. Why is it important to know who the author is for a source you might use for research?
Knowing the author is important because you can determine if they are reliable, knowledgeable, or if they have published any other useful sources on the same topic.
What is Mr. Badger's profession in the movie version of the story?
He is a lawyer
What animal has fingerprints that are so similar to human fingerprints that they can even confuse crime scene investigators?
Koalas!
What do you have to include during research to show that you have taken information from somewhere else to construct your work?
A citation (including the title, author, and publisher of the source you used)
The second A stands for Accuracy. What can you do to determine if the information in a source is accurate?
You can look at other sources on the same topic and see if the information is the same across all sources. If one source has different information from the majority, it is likely that the information is inaccurate.
What are Ash and Kristofferson trying to do when the farmers capture Kristofferson in the movie?
They're trying to steal back Mr. Fox's tail from farmer Bean
What was the first social media platform to reach 1 billion users?
What is one source you can use at the start of the research process to start generating ideas for how to expand your research as you move forward?
Wikipedia, encyclopedias, online databases, or general Google searches
The P stands for Purpose. What might be an example of an author's purpose when creating a book or informational source?
They might want to teach, inform, entertain, convince, or inspire the reader (among many other things as well!)
What animal does Mr. Fox have a phobia of?
He's terrified of wolves
There is only one word (and its variations) in the English language that ends with the letters -mt. What word is it?
Dreamt
Or Undreamt, redreamt