Name: _____________________
Subject Teacher: _____________
Block: ______________________
Fleetwood Park Secondary
Library Research: Catalogue, Book & Web Hunt
Using the Catalogue: Login to a computer:
User Name: LIBRARY
Password:
Doubleclick on the SD36 Library icon to enter the
Fleetwood Park Library Catalogue
A: Using the computer catalogue to answer the following questions
1. Who is the author of the book Misery?
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2. Is this book available today?
Yes
No
3. Where would you find this book (circle one)
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Reference
4. Find the title of a book written by Lemony Snicket
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a. What is the CALL NUMBER for The Inventors:
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics and Medicine
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5. Where would you find this book?
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Reference
6. In researching the subject WHALES, write down both the
title and the call number of the first book that appears in
your search
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B: Webpath Express
1. In the library catalogue doubleclick WEBPATH EXPRESS from
the menu on the left.
2. Using the FIND and SEARCH feature, look up the name
OBAMA and find a biography.
a. What is his date of birth?
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b. Where was he born?
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c. Where does he live now?
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3. Now return to our library’s catalogue and see if we have any
books on Tupac Shakur.
a. How many books?
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b. Which are available for checkout today?
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C: Moving around the Library.
1. Using one of the posters on the Dewey Decimal System, in
which section would you find books on the sport HOCKEY?
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2. Using either a library computer or a catalogue computer find
the book: Atlas of Social Issues
3. On what page would you find information on the topic of
FAMINE?
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4. Using an ENCYCLOPEDIA, find the provincial flower of
Alberta
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Encyclopaedia Name/Volume:__________________________
5. Which newspapers does Fleetwood Park receive every day?
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D. Researching a topic
With your partner, you must find information on a secret topic. Find 5
interesting facts using 3 different library materials: books,
encyclopedias, and a Webpath Express. Record your facts and the
titles of books and name of the Webpath Express.
See Ms. MacDougall for your topic…