Library Skills Assessment

Your teacher has asked you to find a print resource for a report on the Virginia Indians. Which resource would you choose? 

• dictionary
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia
• atlas

When you use facts from a website you should...... 

• Use the website facts only
  
• Use the website and another website or nonfiction book to compare facts 
• Use a fiction book and another website to compare facts
  
• Copy the words carefully 

A friend tells you that he is reading a good fiction book. The book is Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting. You go to the library to find a copy of the book. Where would the book be located? *

• On the "T" shelf for Train

• On the "S" shelf for Somewhere

• On the "E" shelf for Eve

• On the "B" shelf for Bunting

The index gives additional information about topics in your book. Where would the index be located? 

• In the front of the book
  
• After each chapter
  
• In the back of the book
  
• Under each picture in the book 

You are doing a project on the planets. When you search the library's online catalog, what search would be the best to help you find out more about Mars?

• title search
•  subject search
• author search
• keyword search

The first page in a book that usually gives the title, author, illustrator, and publisher is called the ______. 

• end page
• cover page
• title page
• back page

To find synonyms (words that mean the same) while writing you should be sure to have this reference source available. 

• thesaurus
• rhyming dictionary
• dictionary
• encyclopedia

Maps, photographs and graphs give additional information about the subject. In what type of book would you NOT find these items? 

• fiction
• non fiction book
• almanac
• World Book Online

How are the nonfiction books arranged on the shelves? 

• Alphabetical order by title
  
• Number order by Dewey Decimal number 
• Alphabetical order by author's last name 
• Number order by year published 

You are using a nonfiction book about dogs to write a report. The librarian tells you to take notes. What should you do?  

• Copy the words exactly as the author wrote them and use them as your own 
• Read the author's words and then re-write the facts in your own words 
• Make a copy of the pages of the book and use that as your report
  
• Copy your friend's notes