Library Scavenger Hunt |
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Library Scavenger Hunt |
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This scavenger hunt is meant as a basic introduction to the library services--both online and off-- you will be using over the next four years. You will be given a quiz grade for the activity, but remember that the goal is for you to explore and get familiar with resources so you can better decide which to use when research projects come up in any of your classes.
Record your answers on a separate sheet of paper. or use a word processor. Please staple any of the requested printouts to your answer sheet. You do not have to work on the questions in order. If you are using a word processor, remember to leave yourself plenty of time to print your work before the activity is over.
Please remember to work quietly and efficiently!
On the library floor,
1. Politely introduce yourself to one or both of our library staff members. List both their names.
2. Locate and browse through the biography section and list one title you’d like to read.
3. In the Reference area, locate the set of books with the Dewey number 780 CON. List one artist you like and the volume number in which he or she appears.
4. How much does it cost to make a copy in our library?
5. List three of our bound magazine titles? Which magazine goes back the furthest? How far back does it run?
6. List the titles of three magazines you didn’t know the library had.
7. Browse through the fiction section and find the books with authors who share your last initial. List one title by that author.
In either the library or the attached library computer lab, locate the Virtual Library and answer the following:
1. From the online catalog, find a book on the following topics and copy the citation. Also, tell if it is available?
a. basketball
b. eating disorders
c. rap music
d. mythology
2. Using one of the databases print a picture of an event which happened the year that you were born.
3. List four different databases included in EBSCOhost (in Catalogs and Databases).
4. List two encyclopedias available from the Catalogs and Databases page.
5. What is NoodleTools? Why would you use it?
6. What is the difference between a search engine and a subject directory? Give an example of each.
7. Name three Internet search tools.
8. Almost every database offers you the opportunity to search by keyword or subject. What is the difference? Give an example of when each approach would be the best way to start.
9. What is Turnitin.com? Why would you use it?
10. What is the name of your librarian? Discover one interesting fact about her? (You may use Ms. M ’s Home page or ask her personally).