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EXCEL: A certificate programme in
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E4-Information Services
ASSIGNMENT 2
Submit this assignment to your instructor/tutor by the date given on the schedule accompanying this course. Be sure to put your name on each page of the assignment.
Your assignment for this module is to find the answers to all nine (9) questions which follow on the next three pages. Your method of search and your approach to the question are as important as finding the right answer. For each of the questions:
- Determine whether it is a ready reference or a research
question.
(refer to the section under the heading ‘Categorize the question’).
- List all sources you checked before finding the answer, giving
the headings or entries tried in each case. Give the page number and
title of the best source (the one in which you found the answer) and
a brief note of answers found (don’t copy lengthy answers-- just
describe in a few words, e.g., “a list of all colours is shown”).
- Assume that more information relating to the question was
required by the patron, and give one other example of what you would
try next. Subject headings are appropriate, or if you cite a
specific source, tell what you would hope to find in it.
All these questions can be answered using:
- a general almanac (World Almanac and Book of Facts or Information Please Atlas and Yearbook)
- a general encyclopedia (The World Book Encyclopedia)
- Sears Subject Headings or Library of Congress Subject Headings
- a good general dictionary
- a Canadian source (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
Other sources may be used as well. An example of the information
required for an answer appears below.
| EXAMPLE:
Who did George Washington (first President of the U.S.) marry?
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QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED:
- Which movie director won the first Academy Award?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- My friend saw a show on television about a spy called “Intrepid.” What was his real name and can you tell me something about him?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- I’ve heard that dioxin is harmful to humans, but I don’t know what's in it so I don't know if I'm avoiding it.
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject heading, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- I’d like to get a hunting dog. Are there any special types I should look for?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- How many performances of ‘Hello Dolly’ were there on Broadway?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- Do you have any information on the author of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?” I don’t remember his name, but there was a movie of it once.
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- I’m interested in Halley’s Comet. Do you have anything about it?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- My English teacher wants me to find out about cadences. I don’t know what they are. Do you have anything about them?
(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
- My neighbour is taking a course about American history and she wants me to look up “Riparian Rites” while I’m in the library. Is it some sort of initiation into a secret society or something?
*End*(a) Ready reference or research:
(b) Sources, subject headings, what found:
(c) More information available in:
2006 Edition