Online Library Scavenger Hunt for CA101

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CA101 Library Scavenger Hunt

Online Library Scavenger Hunt for CA101

Name:______

General Library Information

1. Where do you go to chat with a reference librarian or email her? Copy and paste the link below.

2. With your Samford ID, how many other libraries can you borrow material from?

3. On what floor would you find a book whose call number started with H?

4. In the library, where is the one computer located with unfiltered Internet access?

5. Where can you find several MLA citation guidelines on the library site? Copy and paste the link below?

Specific Information to Your Major

Major:______

6. Brainstorm specific areas of interest in your major and list keywords or phrases below.

7. Open the database Academic Search Premier. Conduct several searches mixing the various keywords you listed above. Record the search terms and number of hits below for each search.

8. Open the database AcademicOneFile. Conduct the same searches you listed above and record the number of hits beside each search.

9. What library web page shows you where to find articles and other resources by your topic? Copy and paste the link below.

10. Select your major or the term that most closely represents your major. What term did you select?

11. Choose an article index from the list and search it for one of your search terms that you listed in question 7. Cite any article that you find that interests you about your topic in MLA format below.

12. What library web page shows you where to find e-journals by title or by subject? Copy and paste the link below.

13. Find an e-journal that deals with topics in your major. List the journal name.

14. Find one article in that online journal that deals with your area of interest. Cite the article in correct MLA format below.

15. Find two books in our library catalog that deal with your area of interest. Cite the two books in correct MLA format below.

16. When you selected your major in number 10 above, you went to a particular webpage. At the bottom of that webpage are several selected web sites. Select one. Browse and search the website to find a page dealing with your interest. Cite the webpage below in correct MLA format.

If you finish this scavenger hunt before the end of class, select a journal in your field and read through the table of contents to get an idea of the areas of discussion that your field is engaged in. After skimming through several table of contents, select an article that interests you and read it noting the argument that it makes. Print out this article, making sure you have all of the information for an MLA citation and that you can find the article again, and save it. We will use it in class later this week.