Library Scavenger Hunt
Go to the
library and use resources as necessary to answer the following questions.
- Find the
reader’s guide to periodical literature and look at all of those
available. What is the difference
between the soft and hardbound copies on the shelves?
- Using the
reader’s guide to periodical literature, find two magazine or journal
articles on homelessness.
List the magazine title, the article title, the date of the
magazine and the page the article can be found on.
- Use the card
catalog to list the titles, authors, and call numbers of two
nonfiction books on capital punishment.
- Who is the
author of a book titled The King Must Die? What is it’s
call number?
- Find the
titles and call numbers of two books by Mary Higgins Clark.
- Find the
call numbers of one of the following fiction books and one
of the
following
nonfiction books. Locate these two
books on the shelf. Write the
number that is listed under the call number on the spine of the book as
well as the author of each book.
Fiction Nonfiction
Aspen Gold Last
Days of
Following the Mystery
Man Search for
King Arthur
Interface for Murder Portrait of an
- Use an
almanac to find the state flower of
- Using a
book of quotations, list a quote from a famous person on poverty. Be sure to list the speaker of the quote
as well.
On this page draw
a map (just a rough sketch) of this library.
On your map label the following:
fiction section, nonfiction sections, encyclopedias, Reader’s Guide to
Periodical Literature, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, biographies, and the
card catalog.