QUIZ: Searching Author, Title, and Keyword in the Catalog

Most questions ask How did you search for this? Select the type of search you did, either Author, Title or Keyword, and list the search terms you used. This test has 7 parts with multiple questions in each part.

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Question 1

You need to check on the location of several Tucson streets. You are looking for a current street atlas of Tucson. You want to find one that was published in 2002 or after.

• How did you look for this?

  	Author
  	Title
  	Keyword

  
  
• What search term(s) did you use?
  
  
  
• What is the title of the atlas?
  
  
  
• What is the call number? (Hint - for call #s copy the number from the catalog and paste it into the text box)
  
  
  
• Where can you find this map?
  
  
  

Question 2

Your Women's Studies teacher talked about a famous 19th century author who wrote all of her books under a man's name. Her real name was Marian Evans.

• What was the man's name she used?
  
  
  
• How did you look for this?

  	Author
  	Title
  	Keyword

  
  
• How many entries are there for this author?
  
  
  
• List the title of one book she wrote:
  
  
  

Question 3

A student is looking for a UA dissertation written by Angela Ann DeVito.

• What is the call number?
  
  
  
• What is the location?
  
  
  

Question 4

You are looking for a copy of the Historical Dictionary of Censorship in the United States.

• Where can you find a copy?
  
  
  
• What is the call number?
  
  
  

Question 5

You are looking for a book, but you can't remember the exact title. You think it has the words union maids and riffraff in the title. Does the library have this book?

• How did you look for this?

  	Author
  	Title
  	Keyword

  
  
• What search term(s) did you use?
  
  
  
• What is the title?
  
  
  
• Can he check this out today?

  	Yes
  	No

  
  

Question 6

You are looking for a video on global warming. To find videos, do a keyword search and add the word "videorecording" to your search.

Example: horses and videorecording

• Does the Library have any?

  	Yes
  	No

  
  
• How did you look for this?

  	Author
  	Title
  	Keyword

  
  
• What search term(s) did you use? ?
  
  
  
• How many video titles did you find?
  
  

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