SOC8REFBOOKSEARCHINFO

**FINDING INFORMATION IN A BOOK!** **I. Read the question carefully and make sure that you understand what it is you are being asked! Is there only one part to the question or are there two or more parts to the question? ** eg. Who ran and funded the hospitals during the Renaissance? **How many parts are there to this question?** eg. List at least three reasons for people not living very long (having a short life expectancy). **How many reasons do you need to give for this?** eg**.** What was used as a type of medicine by the castle doctor? List some examples of these ‘medicines’. **How many parts or questions are there in this example? What information do you have to provide in order to fully answer the question?** **What does a complete answer look like?** **II. Keywords – You need to pick out the important words and/or concepts in each question to help you look for the answers in the books or on the website. You should start with the specific term, if that does not work you should think of what category or general terms you could also use to find information. **  eg. Galileo invented scientific instruments. What did his invention, the cubic sundial, do? Where was it designed to work? **What specific keyword or words would help you to find the answers to this question in a book? If you can’t find anything under the specific keyword what other word or words could you use to find the answer?** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-decoration: none;">eg. Why was the plague called the Black Death? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">**What 2 specific keywords or terms could you start looking under? If you can’t find anything under those words what general keyword or term could you use?** <span style="display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;"> eg. There were no benches or pews in the village churches. What did people use instead? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">W**hat specific words or terms would you start with? If you cannot find anything using those terms or words what general term could you use?** eg. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">What was the treatment of disease based on during the Renaissance? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">**What specific word or term would you use to look this up? If you could not find your information using this word what other words could you use?** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;">**III. What part of the book can I use to find the information – I don’t have to read the whole book do I?** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Where would I find the index in a book? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; text-align: left;">How is the index arranged? What information does the index give me? What do the subheadings under the main index headings tell me? If the index lists more than one page for my topic how do I know where to start? <span style="display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> ** B. Check the Table of Contents next: ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Where do I find the Table of Contents or Contents page? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; text-align: left;">What does the contents page tell me? In what way is it helpful? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">What is a glossary? <span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">When would the glossary help me? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; text-align: left;">Could I possibly use the glossary to help me find an answer? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;">I have checked the index, table of contents and glossary and STILL can’t find the information – what do I do now? <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Skim the book looking at the headings – large bold letters at the top and sometimes throughout the pages. (What is skimming?) <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">
 * It answers all of the parts of the questions
 * It can be in point form or in complete sentences
 * It shows that you understand the information
 * It IS in your own words
 * A. Start with the index:**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> C. Glossary: **[[file:EyewitnessKnight Glossary-1.pdf]]
 * D. Headings on the page:**


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">E. Pictures and Headings: **

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;">I have checked on all the pages from the index or under the headings that I think should be useful but STILL can’t find the information. Where else should I check? <span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Check the explanations under the pictures   <span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Check any charts of graphs

**<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Lucida Sans Typewriter,monospace; text-align: left;">IV. Doing the Scavengar Hunt (FLQ's) ** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; text-align: left;">
 * Find the CORRECT book listed before the questions – make sure that you check both the title of the book AND the number on the spine label (some of the books have the same titles but different call numbers and authors
 * Someone else is using the book I need – what do I do? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Go onto another question. You will be able to complete all of the questions eventually.
 * Do we have to do ALL of the questions? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Yes, you do have to answer all of the questions.
 * There are two of us how do we make our partnership work? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">For the first half of the questions one partner should find the book on the cart and then both people can figure out how to find the answer. The other partner should NEATLY write down the answer and the page that you found it on. After half of the questions are completed you will switch roles with your partner.
 * If I think I know the answer can I just write it down and not bother looking in the book? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">No, part of the purpose of this exercise is to have you practice finding information in all types of books. Also, you may really only be guessing and it is more than likely that your answer is either incorrect or only partly correct.
 * If I find the answer in another book can I use that book and answer instead of the one listed for the question? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">No, again we would like you to practise finding information in all types of books. Also, you may find slightly different information (more or less) in one book than you would in another.