Language Arts 908 self test 1 study guide

2 systems if organizing library books:

1. Dewey Decimal system 2. Library of Congress

Information in a library's catalog system can be looked up by:

1. author 2. subject 3. title

bibliography

list of references

If a call number is "PS3521 G24 1965," you may conclude that the library uses :

the Library if Congress system

Atlas

A book of maps

The quickest way to gain a brief overview of a topic is by consulting an __________.

encyclopedia

Preliminary research hinges in 3 major sources or indexes:

1. encyclopedia 2. library catalog 3. periodical database

Another clue to a dictionary's reliability is __________, because:

1. frequency of revisions 2. the English language is constantly changing

A clue to the reliability of a dictionary is its __________, because:

1. size 2. the bigger it is, the more information it contains

To locate a quotation from a famous poem or play, you would look in __________.

Bartlett's Book of Quotations

A biography of Daniel Webster may be found in __________.

Oxford English Dictionary

thesaurus

a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

bibliography

a list of books and articles on a particular subject

periodical

a publication that appears at fixed intervals

Periodical database

a research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of journals or magazines

Computerized library catalog

a resource to find books in a library's collection

Lexis Nexis

a specialized search for newspaper articles

fascimile

an exact copy

A specialized __________ provides information about the lives of important people.

biography

call number

classification number of a book to identify and locate it.

When all else fails- you have searched the major sources, but you still cannot find references to your topic or you simply need suggestions for further sources- consult the ___________.

librarians

etymology

origin an history of a word

Periodical database

best place to look for most current information from a newspaper