The document is a scavenger hunt activity for students to complete tasks around the Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University. It involves locating specific areas of the library like the checkout desk, reference desk, leisure reading area, group study rooms, and more. Students are asked to find information like professor names, room numbers, call numbers, hours of operation, and other details related to the library's resources and services.

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?
_________________________________
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.)
_______________________
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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