InfoKat Sample Exercises

1. A patron wants to find print issues of Newsweek from the past five years. Try using Encore to find out if the library has them. Now try a keyword search in InfoKat’s Basic Search. Now try searching by Journal Title in InfoKat’s Basic Search. Which search gave the most focused results? Which made the answer the easiest to find?

2. In which library can you find a sound recording of My Fair Lady?

3. Which years of the Louisville Courier Journal are available on microfilm?

4. I’m writing a paper about how women characters are portrayed in fairy tales and folk stories. Can you help me find some books on the topic to get me started?

5. Do you have Kay Redfield Jamison’s autobiography? Where can I find it?

6. Can you help me find a study guide for The Great Gatsby in InfoKat?

7. Do you have the video of White Christmas? Do you have the sheet music as well? Are they in the same library? Can I check both out?

8. I’m looking for the full text and some videorecordings of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night so I can compare the text used in different versions. Where can I find what you have?

9. Where can I find books of criticism for the fiction of Margaret Atwood?

10. I’m looking for books for a paper on race and communication in the workplace. How would you suggest I search for books on this topic?