Library Scavenger Hunt

This scavenger hunt is meant as a basic introduction to the library services--both online and off-- you will be using over the next five 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. (List one for each partner.)

3. How much does it cost to make a copy in our library?

4. List three of our bound magazine titles? Which magazine goes back the furthest? How far back does it run?

5. Locate the library’s journal list, or find the magazine area. Copy the titles of three magazines you didn’t know the library had.

6. Locate Contemporary Musicians and list the citation for one of your favorite artists or groups.

7. Browse through the fiction section, and list the name of one famous author sharing the first initial of each partner’s last name.

8. Where is the career collection located?

In either of the PC lab areas, locate the Virtual Library and answer the following:

1. From the Alexandria Patron Catalog, find a book on any of the following topics and copy the citation. Can you tell if it is available?

a. basketball

b. eating disorders

c. Civil War

d. mythology

2. Using the AP Photo Archive (in Catalogs and Databases) print a picture of an event which happened the year that you were born. (One image per team, please!)

3. List four different databases included in EBSCO Host (in Catalogs and Databases).

4. List the three main "resource centers" included in our GaleNet subscription (in Catalogs and Databases).

5. What are the names of the two biographical databases in the library's online collection? (in Catalogs and Databases)

6. List three encyclopedias available from the Catalogs and Databases page.

7. Using Facts.com (in Catalogs and Databases), list one fact about an important newsmaker. What dates does Facts.com cover?

8. Name three Internet search tools you have never used. (Check under Search Here)

9. What is the best strategy for searching a phrase on the Web? Give an example. (Look for tips under Search Here)

10. Locate the summer reading lists on the Virtual Library. Which book on next year's list are you most interested in reading? Where are these books located on the library shelves?

11. What is the name of your librarian? Discover one interesting fact about her? (You may use Mrs. V’s Home page. or ask her personally).

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