Monday, March 2, 2009

Library Scavenger Hunt

1. They use the Dewey Decimal System. As in most libraries, the Dewey Decimal System is a system that uses numbers to classify books.

2. There are various CD's and movies and different types of casual readings available such as magazines and things of that nature.

3. Academic Earth, Academic Search Premier, Humanities, and Music.

4. By going on sjsu.edu and going to the King Library link. From there, you click on electronic databases.

5. There are 27. 1. San Jose Mercury 2. San Francisco Chronicle 3. New York Times 4. Spartan Daily 5. LA Times 6. Financial Times 7. Wallstreet 8. Investors Business Daily 9. Napa Valley Register 10. The Bakersfield Californian

6. Video: Baby good sports, call number: J DVD 641.3 Baby
DVD: Jimmy and Percy Heath, call number: XD1300
CD: The complete Bang sessions, call number: CD ROCK Morrison

7. The World Book M 13 (Ready Ref AE 5) An encyclopedia on things beginning with M

8. Federal Regulatory Directory (Ready Ref JK 610) Go to on federal regulations

9. CD: Haiti Cherie Meringue (CD WORLD Meringue)
Book: El cumpleanos de Bob (JSPA Picture Book Bob)
DVD: El amor y el espanto (SPA DVD Amor)
Newspaper: Carriere Della Sera (no call number on newspapers)

10. Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Martha Stewart Living, Consumer Reports, and Bird Talk

11. book jacket The Steinbeck review. /
v. : ill. ;
Call Number(s): PS3557.T3234 Z4585

12. John Steinbeck : a twentieth-century life / by Milton Meltzer.
237 p. : ill. ;
Call Number(s): YA 813.52 STEINBEC Meltzer

13. Mexican Workers and Ammerican Dreams: immigration, repartriation, and Califrona farm Labor. Guerin. Ref CAL 331. 544 Guerin, HD1527 C2 G84 1994

14. History of San Jose. Arbuckle. CALIF 979.474

15. Minorities in California History. Solberg, Curtis. Ref CAL 301.4509

16. Different pieces of art and collections from different cultures such as the Africans, Chicanos and Asians.

17. Lock of Beethoven's hair, replica of clavichord pianos from Beethovens era, and original manuscript of his music

18. Child Psychology: contemprary point. Park, Ross. D. BF721.P279 2009

19. New Boundaries and Political Science. PN3433.6N49 2008

20. American Military History. Blewett, David. E181.B64X 2009

21. Magazines are usually on a vast number of topics -- it could be anything from sports to cooking and usually staff writers write for most magazines. In scholarly journals, there are collections of articles that are reviewed by their peers and most of them deal with academic issues.

22. Ad Age, Adweek, Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Practice, Public Relations Journal

23. 33 Installations

1 comment:

100w Prof said...

21. Yes, scholarly journal articles are peer-reviewed; they also cite their sources and include a full bibliography. (-1/2)

22. Ad Age and Adweek are not scholarly journals. They're trade mags. (-1/2)

23. Yes, but which one do you like and why? (-1/2)

21.5/23