used with 6th grade students as a reintroduction of the library

1. Mrs. Dix Upper School Library 2011 Library Quiz Show

2. Books can be checked out for 10 days. You actually get 14!! 2

3. How many Dewey “hundreds” are there? 10 3

4. All non-fiction books have a special organization system. What is it? Numerically by subject This 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 comments… Get 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. Dix… 5

6. How can I get extra credit during library skills class? Book Reviews! On the library catalog 6

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 that… You 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? 000 10

12. by the circulation desk

13. online databases11

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 Catalog In other words, it’s the library catalog! 13

16. How can I find a book by Mike Lupica in the library catalog? All of the above None of the above Look in the catalog by title search Use a series search Type in last name, first name and click “author” 14

17. Match the genre to its call number: FAN BAT F OV B Biography Fiction Fantasy Battles Oversized 15

18. What is the call number for a biography about George Washington? B WASHINGTON REF WAS F WAS BIO WAS B WAS 16

19. Name four ways that you can search for a book in the catalog? KATS Keyword Author Title Subject You can also search by Series. 17

20. Are non-fiction books shelved by author, title, keyword or subject? Subject 18

21. Call Number Encyclopedia A system to organize books A page at the beginning of a book Title Page Many volumes of information Fiction DDC Imaginative stories Numbers and letters on the spine label Match the term with the definition 19

22. Biographies are shelved by author’s last name. 20

23. Thanks for playing the Library Quiz Show! Mrs. Dix Upper School Library 2011