Library Skills (Advanced)

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 

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

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 

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

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 writing a report. To show what sources you used, you need to cite your sources. Which of the following items must you include for each resource in your bibliography?

• Author, title, date due at the library 
• Author, title, characters
  
• Author, title, setting
  
• Author, title, publisher, copyright date 

 Which is an example of plagiarism? 

• including facts in your paper with a website link  
• including a photo in your paper with the photographer's first and last name 
• including a quote in your paper and giving the source 
• including facts in your paper and not giving the source 

You need to find the country with the smallest population. Which resource would be the BEST source to use?

• encyclopedia
• atlas
• almanac
• thesaurus

What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?

• Fiction are chapter books for junior high and high school students.

• Nonfiction books are not real--they are all made up.

• Fiction books are not real and nonfiction is almost all real.

• Nonfiction books are not real and fiction books are about real things.