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100

Name one of the library reference items.

What is WorldBook Online? (dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias and atlases are also acceptable answers)

100
A true account of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
100
DDC stands for:
What is Dewey Decimal System?
100
This shows North, South, East, and West.
What is the compass rose?
100
Non-fiction books are arranged by the author's name, by title, or by subject.
What is subject?
200
This book contains synonyms of other words.
What is the thesaurus?
200
This made up story takes place in the past.
What is historical fiction?
200
Sports are located in this section.
What is 700-799?
200
Maps usually include this to indicate what the different colors and symbols on a map mean.
What is a legend (or key)?
200

What month is Dr. Seuss's birthday?

What is March?

300
This is a list of the resources used to gather information for a report or project.
What is a bibliography?
300
This type of fictional story takes place in the present, and deals with issues that could take place in any person's life.
What is realistic fiction?
300

This person invented the Dewey Decimal System.

Who is Melvil Dewey?

300
The map scale is 1 inch=100 miles. Therefore, a distance of 13 inches equals this many miles.
What is 1,300 miles?
300

Name at least 5 keys on the home row.

What is asdfjkl;?

400
Wikipedia is a good resource when doing research- true or false?
What is false?
400
Graphic novels would be classified as fiction or non-fiction?
What is non-fiction?
400
This subject can be found in the 400s.
What is foreign language? (dictionaries and grammar are also acceptable)
400
True or false. An urban area has a very high population.
What is true?
400

Name a book that is in the historical fiction genre.

What is (take many responses)?

500
Fill in the blank using the following bibliographic example: Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of book. City of publication: __________________, copyright date.
What is the publisher?
500
This is a story that tries to explain how the world came to be, and why nature acts the way that it does.
What is a myth?
500

Books about animals are in this section.

What is 500s-600s?

500
These lines run North to South all around the globe and meet at the poles.
What are longitude lines?
500

This computer program is used for Keyboarding this year.

What is Typing Club?