Reference Safari To Review Reference Sources

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Reference SafariTo Review Reference Sources

• By Freida Headrick
• Kittrell Elementary
• Library Media Specialist

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1. What is a book of Maps ?

• A. Almanac
• B. Atlas
• C. Encyclopedia
• Answer

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2. What reference book has information on
people, places, and events?

• A. Atlas
• B. Nonfiction
• C. Encyclopedia
• Answer

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3. What is the call number for a Reference book?

• A. REF
• B. 031
• C. FIC
• Answer

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4. What section of the media center includes
atlases, almanacs, and encyclopedias?

• A. Periodicals
• B. Nonfiction
• C. Reference
• Answer

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5. What is a dictionary of people called?

• A. Biographical dictionary
• B. Geographical dictionary
• C. Periodical
• Answer

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6. What reference book has current information
on people, places, and events?

• A. Encyclopedia
• B. Almanac
• C. Guinness Book of World Records
• Answer

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7. What kind of books are reference books?

• A. Fiction
• B. Nonfiction
• C. Magazines
• Answer

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8. Where can you find information about the
various reference books in the library?

• A. OPAC the card catalog
• B. Reference index
• C. Internet
• Answer

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9. What reference book includes almost all the
words in the English language?

• A. Abridged dictionary
• B. Encyclopedia
• C. Unabridged dictionary
• Answer

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10. What reference book would have information
on last years World Series?

• A. Atlas
• B. Almanac
• C. Guinness Book of World Records
• Answer

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11. What reference book would you use to write a
short report on Abraham Lincoln?

• A. Encyclopedia
• B. Biographical dictionary
• C. Geographical dictionary
• Answer

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12. Which reference book would help you locate
the states that border Canada?

• A. Encyclopedia
• B. Geographical dictionary
• C. Atlas
• Answer

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Answers

• 1. Atlas
• 2. Encyclopedia
• 3. REF
• 4. Reference
• 5. Biographical dictionary
• 6. Almanac
• 7. Nonfiction

• 8. OPAC
• 9. Unabridged dictionary
• 10. Almanac
• 11. Encyclopedia
• 12. Atlas