1. Searching the Online Catalog
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2. 1) Where can you access the
media center online
catalog?
a) Media Center
b) Computer Lab
c) Home
d) All of the above
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3. You CAN access the online
catalog from the Media Center.
But you can also access it from
any computer that has an
internet connection. All you
have to do is go to the high
school website and then to the
media center, then click on
search online catalog.
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4. You CAN access the online
catalog from the Computer
Lab. But you can also access it
from any computer that has an
internet connection. All you
have to do is go to the high
school website and then to the
media center, then click on
search online catalog.
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answer the question again.
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5. Yes, you CAN access the online
catalog from your home, but
you can also access it from any
computer that has an internet
connection. All you have to do
is go to the high school website
and then to the media
center, then click on search
online catalog.
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answer the question again.
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6. That’s right. You can access the
online catalog from any
computer that has internet
access.
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7. 2) Your friend tells you about a book called
Identical by Ellen Hopkins. How would you
search for this book?
a) Subject
b) Keyword
c) Title
d) Author

8. The subject of the book is what the book is
about. Since “identical” doesn’t really
indicate the subject of the book, that would
not be a good way to search for this book.
Click here to go back and try again.

9. A keyword search is good for when you want to
search the title, author, or description to find a book.
It will return many results, so it’s best not to use it if
you know the author or title of the book.
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10. That’s right! You know what the title of the
book is, so why not use it? When you enter
the book’s title and then click TITLE to do
the search, you get exactly what you are
looking for.
Click here to go to the next question.

11. You COULD search by author since you know what that is, but
when you do an author search your results will be all the books in
the media center by that author. You’ll then have to scroll through
them to get to the one you want. The best way to search for a
book if you know the title is to typye that title and then click TITLE
to do a search for that particular book.
You get partial credit for that answer, so you can click here to go to
the next question.

12. 3)If you are trying to find a
book about art, you would
search by:
a) Title
b) Author
c) Subject
d) Keyword

13. If you did a TITLE search for Art, your results
would be every book in the media center
with Art in the title. That would include
fiction, graphic novels, as well as reference
and non-fiction.
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14. If you searched the word art
by AUTHOR, you would get
all authors whose first or last
names are ART.
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15. That’s right! When you are
trying to find a book that is
about a certain subject, you
do a SUBJECT search. This
way only books about art are
given in the results.
Go on to the next question.

16. A keyword search is better
than author or title, but it’s
still not the BEST answer.
When you search for books by
keyword, you get results that
include every book with the
word ART in its title, author’s
name, description, and title.
That could mean more than
100 books to sift through.
Go back and try the question
again.

17. 4. What type of search would you do to find all books by John Grisham?
a) Keyword search for John
b) Author search for Grisham
c) Title search for John
d) Subject search for Grisham

18. Do you know how many books are written
by John? You would have to go through
hundreds of books in your results just to get
to the John Grisham books by doing a
keyword search. A keyword search returns
results that contain the words “John” in the
author, title, subject and description.
Go back and see if you can find a better
answer.

19. That’s perfect! When you want to find books
by a particular author, do an AUTHOR search
so that your results are exactly what you
want. If the person has a more common last
name, you would need to also include his first
name, but since there is only one Grisham in
the media center catalog, that would be the
right answer.
Go on to the next question.

20. A title search for John would give
you only books that have John in
the title.
Go back and try again.

21. A subject search returns only books that are ABOUT John Grisham. While
you may enjoy reading about him, you’ll have to do a different kind of
search to find books that are BY him.
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22. 5. An autographical book by Dave Pelzer called
“A Child Called It” would probably have these
call numbers:
a) F Pel
b) F Chi
c) 921 Pel
d) 921 Chi

23. An F in front of the call numbers means that the book
is a work of fiction.
The Pel after the F means that the book was written
by someone whose last name starts with those
letters, so you did answer that part of the question
correctly.
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24. An F in front of the letters means that the book is a
work of fiction. We know that this is an
autobiography, so it is non-fiction, not fictional.
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25. That’s right! This is a non-fiction book
because we know it is an
autobiography. Non-fiction books are
categorized by their Dewey Decimal
numbers, and 921 represents
biographical books.
The letters Pel mean that the book
was written by someone whose last
name starts with those letters, so an
autobiographical book by Dave Pelzer
would be 921 Pel.
Go on to the next question.

26. You almost got it right! The numbers 921 mean that it
is a nonfiction book, located in the biography section.
You may have thought that because the book starts
with (A) “Child” that the first three letters would be
Chi. Remember, the first three letters usually
represent the author’s last name.
Go back and try again.

27. 6) What might the name of a
book with these call
numbers be: F Sew
a) If I Were Your Boyfriend,
by Earl Sewell
b) How to Sew by Karen E.
Kunkel
c) A History of the Armed
Forces by Dan Sewer
d) All of the above

28. That’s right. F lets us know
it’s a fiction book and Sew
lets us know that it’s by
someone whose last name
starts with Sew.
Go on to the next question.

29. A book called How to Sew is
probably not going to be a
fiction book. Also, the letters
Sew in the call number
represent the AUTHOR’S last
name, not the title of the
book.
Go back and try again.

30. The book is by Dan Sewer, so
you would be right in
assuming the book is by
someone whose last name
starts with Sew. However,
the title of the book appears
to be a non-fiction book
instead of fiction.
Go back and try again.

31. Only one of the answers is
correct. You are looking for a
fictional book by someone
whose last name starts with
Sew.
Go back and try again.

32. 7. What section of the media center would you
find the encyclopedias?
a) Fiction
b) Non-fiction
c) Graphic Novels
d) Reference

33. Now you know that the encyclopedias are not
works of fiction.
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34. That’s a good guess. Encyclopedias are non-
fiction, but you won’t find them with all the other
non-fiction books. Here’s a hint: You can’t check
out encyclopedias or any of the other books in this
section.
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35. Graphic novels are books written with text and
art, usually in comic strip format. You won’t find
the encyclopedias in that section.
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36. That’s right! Encyclopedias are reference books
and they are located in the reference section of
the media center.
Go on to the next question.

37. 8. Where would you find this book in the
media center?
a) Non-fiction
b) Fiction

38. Although this book cover doesn’t come right out and
say it is fiction, you can assume by the title and the
photo on the front that it is make-believe.
Try again.

39. That’s right. If the title and illustration
didn’t give it away, you could also tell
from the series title at the top of the
book.
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question.

40. 9. What section of the media center would
you find this book?
a) Fiction
b) Non-fiction

41. Correct!!!
This fictional book about vampires and
werewolves is one of the most popular
fiction books in the media center.
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42. This story was made up in the author’s
mind….so it’s not NONFICTION.
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43. 9. The Stephen King novels are in the
fiction section.
a) True
b) False

44. That’s right!
You’ll find almost every book written
by Stephen King in the fiction section
of the media center.
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45. Here’s a hint: novels are works of
FICTION.
Try again.

46. Congratulations on completing the quiz.