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Treasure Hunt #1 is a quiz that instructs students to use given resources to answer questions
about evaluating reference resources. Question #11 instructs students to explore oyate.com and
to use this site to answer the following question…
Oyate is an organization that is commonly referred to by librarians looking for help in evaluating
Native American resources. Under the “Books to Avoid” section, what are the two main
selection criteria on the “Oyate Criteria for Evaluating Books” page?
Treasure Hunt #1: Bibliographies, Directories, Almanacs, Yearbooks, and
Handbooks
Treasure Hunt #1 will be available for you beginning October 6 and is due at 11:55 p.m.
MT time on October 19. The Treasure Hunt is in the form of this Moodle quiz. You may
access the quiz as many times as you want to. At the bottom of the quiz is a "save
without submitting button." If you press that and then exit the quiz and return later, your
saved answers will still be there.
Use the given reference sources below to answer questions 1-16 in Treasure Hunt #1.
Don’t use any other sources except for the sources given below. If you have
trouble with a question, contact me for clues. Exploring these sources will not only help
you to learn about these particular sources, but more importantly, will give you
experience in navigating resources and identifying helpful search features, such as site
maps.
Answer each question, and then cite the source you used to find your answer. Use the
reference citations that I provide for you below rather than composing your own
complete citations.
For example, #2 asks you to find the most commonly grown type of blueberry in the
USA.
You’ll answer and then below your answer you’ll provide the citation from the list below,
which is…
The Old Farmer’s Almanac. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.almanac.com
Some of the sources have options to register for or purchase their products. To answer
these quiz questions, you do not need to register for or purchase anything. Some
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answers may be found by using more than one source, but you only need to find the
answer in one place.
To answer questions 17-20, go to the library that you have selected to use for this
semester and find one example of each type of book. To answer those questions, write
the reference citation for that book, according to APA style. Most of your citations will
follow #27 on page 204 of your APA. Most libraries will have at least one of each type of
book, but some libraries may not have one of each. Email me to let me know if your
library doesn’t have something that you are looking for. Work independently on this
assignment. Do not confer with your classmates about this assignment.
Sources to Use for this Quiz...
Handbook (print)
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (6 ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Bibliographies
Books in Print database, subscribed to through the University of Montana Western.
My Montana Library. (2012). Retrieved from http://montana.worldcat.org/
Oyate. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.oyate.org/
Ebsco Book Review Digest Plus database, subscribed to through the University of
Montana Western.
WorldCat database, subscribed to through the University of Montana Western.
Directories
Montana Library Directory. (2012). Retrieved from
http://msl.mt.gov/For_Librarians/Library_Directory/default.asp
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Yahoo People Search. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.search.yahoo.com/people/email.html
Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.snopes.com/
Almanacs
The Old Farmer’s Almanac. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.almanac.com
WorldAlmanac database, subscribed to through the University of Montana Western.
Handbooks
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. (2012). Retrieved http://www.bartleby.com/100
Guiness World Records. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
The Quotations Page. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.quotationspage.com/