library quiz show for orientation
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This document is a quiz about the library and its organization and resources. It contains 20 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions about topics like how long books can be checked out, the Dewey Decimal system for organizing non-fiction books, resources available on the library website, how to get extra credit, who created the numbering system, what library express days are, call numbers, searching the catalog, genres and their call numbers, and more. The quiz is intended for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the school library.
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- 1. Mrs. DixUpper School Library2011Library Quiz Show
- 2. Books can be checked out for 10 days.You actually get 14!!2
- 3. How many Dewey hundreds are there?103
- 4. All non-fiction books have a special organization system. What is it?Numerically by subjectThis is the Dewey Decimal System!4
- 5. Name three things that you can do on the library website (not Edline).Get to research sites, make book suggestions, make commentsGet book club news, watch book trailers, read our Twitter updates for news, look at library photos, connect to the catalog, email Mrs. Dix, IM with Mrs. Dix5
- 6. How can I get extra credit during library skills class?Book Reviews!On the library catalog6
- 7. Who created the numbering system in the library?Melvil Dewey, my hero!7
- 8. This call number is for a non-fiction book: 832 DER.8
- 9. Library Express Days mean thatYou need to come to the library for quick tasks like finding a book, renewing a book, returning a book, paying a fine or checking Edline. You should not be in the library longer than 10 minutes.9
- 10. Which DDC number would books about aliens be found?00010
- 11. Where are the reference materials?along the back wall
- 12. by the circulation desk
- 14. When you print from the Internet, what must you do?Copy and paste into Word.And please think about printing in greyscale!12
- 15. What does OPAC stand for?Online Public Access CatalogIn other words, its the library catalog!13
- 16. How can I find a book by Mike Lupica in the library catalog?All of the aboveNone of the aboveLook in the catalog by title searchUse a series searchType in last name, first name and click author14
- 17. Match the genre to its call number:FANBATFOVBBiographyFictionFantasyBattlesOversized15
- 18. What is the call number for a biography about George Washington?B WASHINGTONREF WAS F WASBIO WASB WAS16
- 19. Name four ways that you can search for a book in the catalog?KATSKeywordAuthorTitleSubjectYou can also search by Series.17
- 20. Are non-fiction books shelved by author, title, keyword or subject?Subject18
- 21. Call NumberEncyclopediaA system to organize booksA page at the beginning of a bookTitle PageMany volumes of informationFictionDDCImaginative storiesNumbers and letters on the spine labelMatch the term with the definition19
- 22. Biographies are shelved by authors last name.20
- 23. Thanks for playing the Library Quiz Show!Mrs. DixUpper School Library2011