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1. Need a Where Library Just the
Hand? is it? Lingo Facts
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2. Librarians can help you:
a) Type your papers
b) Find movies, books & music
c) Get applications for college
d) A&B
e) B&C
What is E?

3. You can get homework help for
FREE at the Tomball library.
a) True
b) False
TRUE!
Tue & Thr 4-6
(MATH for Grades 6-12)

4. If you’re at home and you need help
you can:
a) Call the reference desk
b) Email the reference desk
c) Chat with a librarian online
d) Forget about it
e) A, B & C
What is E ?

5. When using the library catalog to find a
book , this type of search will yield the
most results:
a) Keyword Search
b) Desperate Search
c) Title Search
d) Gov Doc Number Search
What is a Keyword Search?

6. Where is it?

7. You need this to find books on
the library shelf:
a) Call number
b) A lot of nerve
c) Barcode
d) ISBN
What is a Call Number?

8. This is where you go at Tomball
College to take tests like the
GED, Compass, Asset and CLEP.
a) Circulation Desk
b) Financial Aid Office
c) Assessment Center
d) Reference Desk
Where is the Assessment
Center?

9. You can get help with citing your
sources here:
a) Online Research Guides
b) MLA Handbook
c) Almanacs
d) a librarian
e) A, B & D
What is E?

10. Books and movies requested through
the library catalog can be picked up at
the Drive-Thru Window.
a) True
b) False
What is TRUE?

11. Library Lingo

12. Reference books & instructional
media can only be used in the
library.
a) True
b) False
What is “TRUE” ?

13. In Databases you can find:
a) Newspapers
b) Magazines & Journals
c) Diaries
d) Avg. number of sunny days in
Forks, Washington
e) All of the Above
What is “All of the Above”?

14. With a library card you can:
a) Check out books &
magazines
b) Search for articles from
home
c) Check out CDs
d) A, B & C
What is D ?

15. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service which
allows you to borrow ______ from
libraries all over the country:
a) School supplies
b) Electronic games
c) Books & articles
d) Computers & laptops
What is Books & articles?

16. Just the Facts

17. Which website should you NOT use
for research:
a) Wikipedia.org
b) NYTimes.com
c) LoneStar/library.edu
d) TexasAlmanac.com
What is Wikipedia.org ?

18. The number of
books, videos, music, and magazines in
our library systems.
a) 17,000
b) 100,000
c) 3 million
d) 4 (and 2 are missing)
What is
3 million?

19. This lets you search our magazines &
journals from home:
a) Library Card number
b) Department Access Code
c) Credit Card number
d) The Force
What is a Library card number?

20. On Thursday nights in the computer
lab you can:
Movie Night
a) Surf the web Thursday 7-9
b) Watch a movie
c) learn to knit
d) A & B
e) B & C
What is D?

21. Credits
• Adapted for Lone Star College-Tomball
Community Library
• Original game by Merv Griffin, MGM Studios
• “Spine Labels” photo by Anne Heathen. Used
with permission.