1. Albert S. Cook Library Challenge
Name:__________________________
Group: 1
Go to the Checkout Desk and locate a Course Reserves slip. Locate the Faculty Reserves binders and
note one professor’s name listed. __________________________________________________________________________
What can you do with your OneCard in the library? ______________________________
Go to the Reference Desk and ask where the 3rd floor library classroom is located. What is the room
number? ________________________________________________________
What is the Ask A Librarian button on the Cook Library homepage? _________________
Find an advertisement for the Text a Librarian service. Students can text a question to what #?
____________ With what word should you start your question?______________
Locate the Leisure Reading area and write one book title that you find there.
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On which floor are the Group Study areas located? _______________________________
Find a PC, and locate the library’s homepage. Write the library’s URL and describe an event that is
currently being advertised there. _________________________________________
On the library’s homepage, find the Subject Gateway for a major that might interest you. Who is
the subject specialist librarian? ______________________________
While on the library’s homepage, find the library catalog and look up a book called
Professors' guide to getting good grades in college, by Jacobs & Hyman. Make a note of the call
number of the book: _______________________ What floor is it on?_________
Find the portrait of Albert S. Cook on the main floor. Who was he? __________________

2. Locate Copies Plus in the main entry way. What are the hours of operation?
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List something other than copies that you can buy at Copies Plus: _________________
How late is Cook Library open on Mondays? How late on Fridays? ________________
On what floor is the Student Computing Lab? (Hint: there is a directory in the main lobby.)
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On what floor is Media Resources? What can you do there? ___________________
What floor of the library is designated for Quiet Study?
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Find a Printing card dispenser and find out how much a printing card costs.
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Does the library have change machines? What about vending machines?
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