LIS 521 – Spring 2001 Name:____KarilynnWilson__
Final Quiz
Respond with appropriate answers from items included in the nine
categories of resources we have considered this quarter, or otherwise as
appropriate. Do not forget to include your name. I will broadcast a
copy of the quiz via e-mail to facilitate an electronic response if that
is your preference, and reference interview questions may be submitted
to your “customer” via e-mail as well. Your instructor would like to
have the quiz by Wednesday, June 6. If you can’t get it in by then,
please let the instructor know about your situation [thanks!] Each
problem is worth nine points. The essay question is worth 10 points. The
reference questions have been suggested by queries drawn from the
Stumpers listserv (with the exception of # 8, which I recently answered
for one of my kids) . As such, the answers sometimes may be more
challenging than what you have experienced in earlier quizzes. My
advice: don’t spend a great deal of time searching for part b) answers.
1.A cultural studies student is writing a paper about the text of the
song “Driving Through Mythical America”. One of the lyrics is “Bogart
said even the dead can talk”. She is trying to determine if Bogart
actually did say that, and if so, what movie it is from. An enterprising
researcher, she has contacted one of the composers, but now she’s stuck.
This is the way she describes her dilemma.
“OK. Now I've asked Clive about Bogart and "even the dead can talk".
He said it was from a 1960 movie called 'Murder, Incorporated' directed
by the amazingly named Bretaigne Windust. Now that would be fine except
that, according to Halliwell's Film Guide at any rate, Bogart wasn't in
it. There's another nconsistency: the movie wasn'tdirected by Mr.
Windust, at least not according to Halliwell.”
1a.What would you suggest your information seeker do to verify the
Halliwell information? [7 points]
Internet Movie Database
1.b.What is the explanation of the conflicting information? [2
points]
Movie more commonly known as “The Enforcer,” though also known as
Murder Incorporated. Directed by Windust and released in 1951.
2.One of your customers is trying to find the title of a book she read
long ago with her daughter. This is what she has told you.
“The book was about a young boy who lived in the trees in a fantasy
world. The people were unaware of another group living underground in
tunnels below the trees. I think the title had something to do with
‘green
sky’. There was a computer game modeled on the story which my daughter
and I used to play on an Apple IIe computer. I don't remember much
more, but my nostalgic daughter (after being away at college for her
first year) has been thinking of special things we shared together when
she was young, and would love to find a copy of the book.”
2.a.What source would you suggest she use to pursue her search? [7
points]
I first looked in Bibliographic Index unsuccessfully, then found it in
the UW Catalog by simple keyword search with “green sky”. (verified in
Amazon.com user comments)
2.b.What is the title of the book? [2 points]
“Below the Root” by Zilpha Snyder
3.A Korean-American family has been engaged in an off/on discussion
over the years about the United Nations cemetery in Pusan, Korea. One of
the family members, now deceased, has apparently told conflicting
stories about the event, which he had attended. Your customer has
decided to try and clarify some of the issues. To accomplish that, she
needs to know the date of the dedication of the cemetery. She also would
like to find out whether General MacArthur was present at the ceremony.
3.a.What resource would you suggest she consult first? [7 points]
National Newspaper Index
3.b What are the answers to her questions? [2 points]
1959; MacArthur only be present as civilian
4.A customer who is doing sets for a school production of a play by
Congreve is trying to identify a color described as ‘goaling green’ in
some notes referring to an early presentation of the play. She hasn’t
been able to uncover any references to such a color and she wonders if
a typographical error may have been made in a transcription of the 18th
century notes.
4a.What source would you suggest she consult in her ongoing quest for
an answer to her problem? [7 points]
Looked in Time Almanac
4b.Can you provide a hypothesis about what the color may be? [2
points]
could look in Concordance to the plays of William Congreve
5.One of your colleagues in the corporation for whom you are the
special librarian is seeking information about a database called
NAPRALERT. She would like a description of what it does and is
particularly interested in knowing how she can get access to it.
5.a.What resource would you check first in pursuit of this request? [7
points]
Internet
5.b.How can your colleague gain access to the database? [2 points]
can access through Scientific and Technical Information network at
6.Your customer is trying to retrieve information about a poem that is
about lying to children. He thinks it is Russian and probably dates from
around 1960.
6.a.To what source would you refer this customer? [7 points]
Columbia index to poetry
6.b.Can you identify any promising titles in response to his request?
[2 points]
7.A customer thinks that Colin Dexter (author of the Morse mysteries
that have appeared on TV) may have apseudonym. He thinks it may start
with P. He wonders if you can help him explore this question.
7a.Where would you suggest he look first? [7 points]
Contemporary authors
7.b.Has Dexter used a pseudonym? (If not, do you have any idea how to
explain what the “P” may represent?) [2 points]
8.Your instructor’s daughter sent this e-mail last week. “When you get
a chance, can you look for a publication by Reva Polatnik? She wrote an
article about reproductive rights among black women, but I don't have
any other information.”
8.a.Where should he look first? [7 points]
Expanded Academic Index
8.b.Can you identify any articles that seem likely candidates in
response to the question? [2 points]
9.You have a customer who comes to you with the following request.
“Charles Todd uses the term "pele tower" in his novel Legacy of the Dead
(c. 2000). It refers to a pile of stones, the ruins of a tower in a
pasture in England. Can anyone tell me where he got this odd phrase?”
9.a.What source would you suggest he consult first? [7 points]
Oxford English Dictionary
9.b.Can you provide any information about the term “pele”? [2 points]
10. One of your faculty members is trying to identify a modern name for
a lake
In Italy called “Lake Gigeus” or "Gigean Lake". He has read references
to this lake from the 16th century, but can find no modern reference in
gazetteers, atlases, etc. He wonders if the lake still exists, or has a
different name? Can anyone help with this request?
10a.What source would you suggest as a first choice? [7 points]
Time Almanac
10b.Can you provide any information that might be helpful to the
professor (hint: this had not been answered in a completely satisfactory
way on the stumpers list when I last checked) [2 points]
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Note:
 Stumpers – may include misspellings etc. provided by the
customer
 Not every problem can necessarily be answered by items on list.
At least one problem invites a web response as a 1st choice
 Some of the questions ask for specific answers. I haven’t
verified all the responses yet – It is possible that there is no answer
available, though that’s is not my current expectation. If I can’t find
an answer, I will not expect you to be able to. If you find an answer
that I haven’t been able to find – extra credit!
 If you detect ambiguities, ask customer for clarification
Essay Question
MOTHER GOOSE in the library! Briefly discuss at least one practical
lesson that can be drawn from each of the following nursery rhymes for a
librarian working with general information needs. See if you can make a
connection to information in electronic form in at least one problem set
-- no penalty if you don't see any. (10 points)
1. For every evil under the sunThere is a remedy or there is none. If
there be one seek till you find it; If there be none, never mind it.
There is probably an answer to every question; it’s just a matter of
finding it. If one can’t find it, then not asking the right question.
2. March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers.
Hard work and persistence can yield fruitful search results.
3. Goosey, goosey, gander,Whither dost thou wander? Upstairs and
downstairs And in my lady's chamber.
This is often how one searches the Internet-tangential searching.
Searching is often from link to link, wandering around
until one lands on something useful.
4. Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold,Pease porridge in the
pot,Nine days old.Some like it hot,Some like it cold,Some like it in
the pot,Nine days old.
Each user wants information for unique reasons, and most times view the same piece of
information differently. As such, we should treat each user uniquely, depending on their
individual needs.
5. "I am a gold lock.""I am a gold key." "I am a silver lock." "I am a
silver key." "I am a brass lock.""I am a brass key." "I am a don lock."
"I am a don key."
Librarians need to know the right tools for the job. Each general information need will require
the use of different reference tools and approaches depending on its nature.
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LIS 521 – Spring
Name: Denise Lee
Final Quiz
Respond with appropriate answers from items included in the nine categories of resources we have considered this quarter, or otherwise as appropriate. Do not forget to include your name. I will broadcast a copy of the quiz via e-mail to facilitate an electronic response if that is your preference, and reference interview questions may be submitted to your “customer” via e-mail as well. Your instructor would like to have the quiz by Wednesday, June 6. If you can’t get it in by then, please let the instructor know about your situation [thanks!] Each problem is worth nine points. The essay question is worth 10 points. The reference questions have been suggested by queries drawn from the Stumpers listserv (with the exception of # 8, which I recently answered for one of my kids) . As such, the answers sometimes may be more challenging than what you have experienced in earlier quizzes. My advice: don’t spend a great deal of time searching for part b) answers.
1.A cultural studies student is writing a paper about the text of the song “Driving Through Mythical America”. One of the lyrics is “Bogart said even the dead can talk”. She is trying to determine if Bogart actually did say that, and if so, what movie it is from. An enterprising researcher, she has contacted one of the composers, but now she’s stuck. This is the way she describes her dilemma.
“OK. Now I've asked Clive about Bogart and "even the dead can talk". He said it was from a 1960 movie called 'Murder, Incorporated' directed by the amazingly named Bretaigne Windust. Now that would be fine except that, according to Halliwell's Film Guide at any rate, Bogart wasn't in it.There's another inconsistency: the movie wasn't
directed by Mr. Windust, at least not according to Halliwell.”
1a.What would you suggest your information seeker do to verify the Halliwell information? [7 points]
The Internet Movie Database
I did look at resources I had on my shelf at home—Halliwell’s Filmgoers Companion, 8th Edition, which has annotated entries for some film titles, quotations, and biographical entries and Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide, 1998. I found that the film Murder, Inc. was filmed in the 1960’s (no credit for Bretaigne Windust) and, of course, it is general knowledge, which I confirmed, that Humphrey Bogart died in 1957. Therefore, he could not have said that particular line in the 1960 film. It occurred to me that there might be another Bogart film with “incorporated” or “Inc.” in the title (as a Bogart and film noir fan, it seemed vaguely familiar), so my next step without going to the library was to check the Internet Movie Database for any leads.
1.b.What is the explanation of the conflicting information? [2 points]
When I checked Bogart’s filmography in IMDB, I found that “Murder Incorporated” was
an alternate title to the movie The Enforcer (1951) directed by Bretaigne Windust. I
checked Halliwell’s again, and I found the alternate title listed on p. 1130, “American to
British” titles. “Murder, Inc.” is the British title.
2.One of your customers is trying to find the title of a book she read long ago with her daughter. This is what she has told you.
“The book was about a young boy who lived in the trees in a fantasy world. The people were unaware of another group living underground in tunnels below the trees. I think the title had something to do with ‘green sky’. There was a computer game modeled on the story, which my daughter and I used to play on an Apple IIe computer. I don't remember much more, but my nostalgic daughter (after being away at college for her first year) has been thinking of special things we shared together when she was young, and would love to find a copy of the book.”
2.a.What source would you suggest she use to pursue her search? [7 points]
Since Masterplots has only well known titles and classics, I would check
Fantasy for Children R016.8099 LYNN 1983 (Sno-Isle Regional Library
System).
2.b.What is the title of the book? [2 points]
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Below the Root (first book of GREEN SKY trilogy) 1975
(Computer game "Below the Root"--Spinnaker Software's Windham Classics 1985 for for Apple, IBM and Commodore )
3.A Korean-American family has been engaged in an off/on discussion over the years about the United Nations cemetery in Pusan, Korea. One of the family members, now deceased, has apparently told conflicting stories about the event, which he had attended. Your customer has decided to try and clarify some of the issues. To accomplish that, she needs to know the date of the dedication of the cemetery. She also would like to find out whether General MacArthur was present at the ceremony.
3.a.What resource would you suggest she consult first? [7 points]
I would check 1950’s encyclopedia yearbooks for information.
3.b What are the answers to her questions? [2 points]
The encyclopedia yearbooks may have worked, if I had years 1950 through 1954.
I checked Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia by James Hoare (951.904 HOARE
1999) at Lynnwood Library. I found that the cemetery was established January 18,
- In December 1955, UN General Assembly accepted a proposal by the South
Korean government that this cemetery should be established as a UN Memorial
Cemetary. In March 1960, UN assumed charge of it. I did not find an exact date for the dedication of the cemetery, but it may have been dedicated in January 1951, if General McArthur was in attendance (he was relieved of his command in April 1951 and he faded from public view until his death in 1964).
4.A customer who is doing sets for a school production of a play by Congreve is trying to identify a color described as ‘goaling green’ in some notes referring to an early presentation of the play. She hasn’t been able to uncover any references to such a color and she wonders if a typographical error may have been made in a transcription of the 18th century notes.
4a.What source would you suggest she consult in her ongoing quest for an answer to her problem? [7 points]
Check a dictionary to see if there is such a color as “goaling green.” I found
64 entries in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary for green, but no “goaling
green.”
I also looked at the print version of the Oxford English Dictionary 2d Edition. There
were several pages and columns of “green.” I did not find a color “goaling green.”
4b.Can you provide a hypothesis about what the color may be? [2 points]
I thought it might be green as in a lawn such as a “bowling green”—perhaps,
a typographical error.
5.One of your colleagues in the corporation for whom you are the special librarian is seeking information about a database called NAPRALERT. She would like a description of what it does and is particularly interested in knowing how she can get access to it.
5.a.What resource would you check first in pursuit of this request? [7 points]
Gale Directory of Databases. Volume 2. 2001
5.b.How can your colleague gain access to the database? [2 points]
National Products Alert (NAPRALERT) p.838
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