Transcript Jeopardy 2007 - Rio Hondo College Library

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Library
Catalog
Acronyms Searching
I want to look up a
fan web site
What is a
search engine?
I need analysis
of the Cold War
by several
contributing
authors
What is a
book?
I need a
scholarly
article
What is an
online
database?
I need a Subject
Guide on
medical
marijuana
What is the
Library
web site?
I need local stories
about my
community
What is a
newspaper?
Plus sign
How do you ensure that a
word is retrieved in your
search results?
Put it in quotes
How do you
search for an
exact phrase?
By adding “OR” to
your search
expression
How do you
BROADEN a
search?
Child*
What is
Truncation?
Wom*n
What is a Wildcard?
nd
2
On the
and
rd
3 floors
Where are
Reference
Librarians?
rd
3
On the
floor,
behind the
elevator
Where is the
McNaughton
collection?
10c
What is the cost per
page to print?
http://library.riohondo.edu
What is the URL
for the library’s
Web site?
Circulating books
Call numbers A - PN
What is on the
th
4 floor?
DDC
What is the Dewey
Decimal
Classification?
ALA
What is the
American Library
Association?
GPO
What is the
Government
Printing Office?
CIP
What is Cataloging-inPublication?
OPAC
What is the Online
Public Access Catalog?
A, An, The
What articles are
never used in a
title search?
One that returns
catalog headings
beginning with the
first word entered
What is a BROWSE
search?
TR146.S374 1991
What is a call
number?
What are terms
that describe
your subject?
What are keywords?
Online databases
Where do I find
articles?
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