Library+Scavenger+Hunt

=Know how to use Our library and you'll know how to use any library!=

This scavenger hunt is meant as a basic introduction to library services--both online and off-- you will be using in high school and college.

__**IN THE LIBRARY**__
Locate and browse through the **biography section** and list one title you’d like to read.

In the **Reference area or any area of Non-fiction**, locate a book or set of books that represents one of your interests or hobbies.

Browse through the **fiction section** and find the books with authors who share your last initial. List one title by that author.

__ ONLINE __
How can you get to our [|online catalog]from the [|CTEA Library]website? How can you get back to www.ctealibrary.com from the online catalog?

From the [|CTEA CATALOG], find a book on any of the following topics and list its title and call number. What are the call numbers? Can you tell if it is available just from looking in the catalog?
 * basketball
 * genocide
 * rap music
 * mythology
 * physics
 * construction management

Name 2 different ways you can find our online resources (Databases, Encyclopedias and E-Books).

Name the Online Encyclopedia we have available on our [|DATABASES] Page

Name 4 different Encyclopedias available on our [|E Books] page on our [|DATABASES] Page.

What is the difference between E-Books and databases?

List four different databases included in [|GALE]  (in [|DATABASES])

Find a peer-reviewed article in [|Academic OneFile]found in DATABASES. What is a peer-reviewed journal?

Find the Biographical Encyclopedia in our [|E Books]

What is a Pathfinder? Go to the pathfinder page and figure out what a pathfinder is; choose one that you find interesting.

adapted from Joyce Valenza