SURF'S UP
Summer Reading Program
Computer Questions!

The Summer '06 reading game includes computer questions. There will be one question per week for each of the eight weeks in the summer reading program.

Find the questions on this page and write down the correct answer in your reading guide. If you get it right, you earn a point towards a prize.

Week 8

8. What database do you use to access the library's collection?

Hint: It is a computerized system for finding out what materials are owned by Cabell County Public Library and the Western County Regional Library System. You can use it to renew books, make requests, place holds, find out whether or not the item is checked out and much more.

Week 7

7. What do you use to surf the Web efficiently to find exactly what you're looking for?

Hint: Google is the most popular __________ ___________.

Week 6

6. What do you call a vast network of computers that connects many of the world's businesses, institutions, and individuals. When you search it through search engines like Google and Yahoo, you are searching the "free" areas. Anyone can put up a web site on it, so you have to evaluate the web site in order to determine if the information is accurate and reliable.

Hint: It enables users of computers around the world to send and receive email, share information in a variety of forms, and play computer games with people thousands of miles away.

Week 5

5. What database provides nearly 100 practice tests for everything from elementary to high school proficiency exams to civil service , military and college entrance exams. ACT and SAT practice tests are also included.

Remote access is available. To Sign In, the user name must be a 14 digit number that begins 0001plus the library card number. The password can be any word or number that can easily be remembered.

Week 4

What database would you use to find encyclopedia articles, websites and magazine articles on West Virginia?

Week 3

Searchasaurus provides instant access to full text magazine articles, encylcopedias and more. Using the Searchasaurus Map, what island do you click on to find magazine articles on a subject?

Week 2

Open the Searchasaurus screen on the library's EBSCO Research Databases. Where would you find information on sea lions?

Week 1

What is a large collection of data organized for rapid search on the Internet called?

Hint: You can use it to find information such as newspaper, magazine, and encyclopedia articles. The library subscribes to them and some are available from home with a library card.