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For this webquest you're going to use the features of the SILS library OPAC. With SILS, borrowers anywhere in the province of Saskatchewan may use their library card to request any book in the entire province for delivery to their local library. 

These are the skills you need to develop for this activity:

1. Read and follow instructions.
2. Understand the requirements of locating a book in the SILS online database or OPAC.
3. Locate specific titles in the OPAC and find required information.
4. Take accurate notes to answer specific questions.

1. Locate the title requested in SILS.
2. Check the location and availability of each requested title. 
3. Check the subject headings listed for each requested title.

1.  Go to the SILS Encore catalogue at: http://encore.sasklibraries.ca/iii/encore/home?lang=eng
2. Click on the Advanced Search option under the search box.
3. Select author and enter the author's surname of the first item required in the first box, then select title and enter a keyword from the title in the second box. 

 

• The book, Run, by Linda Aksomitis. Write down the name of the illness that is tagged (a tag is  a subject heading, depending what part of this catalogue you're viewing). 
• The book, Racing Home, by Adele Dueck. Write down the additional format (besides print book) that this title is available in. 
• The book, A Prairie Alphabet, by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet. Write down the surname of the added author listed for this book.
• The book, Waiting for the Sun, by Alison Lohans. Write down the name of the main character who is waiting for the sun as given in the book summary. 
• The book, Igloo, by Yasmine A. Cordoba. Write down the subject heading that deals with places to live.
• The book, Dust, by Arthur Slade. Write down the name of the geographic location given in the subject headings as being in Saskatchewan and Alberta. 
• The book, Alexandria of Africa, by Eric Walters. Write down the name of the first library the book is listed at in the Locations.
• The book, Dinosaur Hideout, by Judith Silverthorne. Write down the location listed between Langenburg and Ituna. 

1. Circle the first letter of every answer you've written down from one through eight. 
2. Recopy each letter out in order to form a single word with eight letters. 
3. If the word spells out the name of a food prepared from lean dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes then you've found all the right answers. 
4. If the letters you have don't spell out the required word, check which letters are incorrect and go back to the question that you got wrong and try again.

This Webquest is a puzzle you can solve. It guides you through a number of Web sites where you can access trustworthy information. You`ll learn navigation skills, and also find some resources to draw on for future uses.

DIRECTIONS:

1. Go to each site in order
2. Locate the answer to the question given for the site
3. Write the answer down on a sheet of paper. Number the answers in the order given. (1st question should be number 1)
4. Follow the directions below on how to solve the puzzle.
5. Enter the solution to the puzzle in the empty space below.

1. Use the Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints resource from the Bartelby collection of resources at http://www.bartleby.com/reference

What saint, who lived during the 1700s, spent time in Canada ministering to the Iroquois? (Hint * Use his whole title)

2.Go to the CBC archives: http://archives.cbc.ca/

What Quebec farmer was featured in a CBC television broadcast on June 19, 1994, after finding a meteorite in his field. (Hint * Use his whole name)

3. Use the World Factbook at http://www.bartleby.com/reference/:

In the statistics given for Canada's most recent factbook, what ethnic group represented about 2% of the total population?

4. Use the NASA website at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/

Where did astronaut, Joseph M. Acaba, go to high school?

5 . Go to this Saskatchewan Government site: http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/

Question: Saskatchewan had the second highest self-identified aboriginal population in 2006. Which province had a higher aboriginal population?

SOLVING THE PUZZLE:

Take the first letter of each of the five questions. The five-letter answer is also the acronym for an organization that deals with the environment, so you can check your answer yourself!

For this webquest imagine you're role playing being a librarian who has a request form for a specific book title. This process includes bibliographic searching and takes you up to the point of actually purchasing the book.

These are the skills you need to develop for this activity:

1. Read and follow instructions.
2. Understand the requirements of bibliographic searching.
3. Locate specific Web sites and find required information.
   
4. Take accurate notes to answer specific questions.
   
5. Perform all of the steps in bibliographic searching.
   

1. Verify bibliographic information provided — make corrections if required.
2. Locate review, best books list, or award citing this title.
   
3. Compare Canadian (Cdn) costs listed at two online sources.
   

1. Verify the bibliographic information (author/title).
2. Check if the item is located in your library collection. (for this webquest assume you're at the Saskatoon Public Library main branch - http://www.saskatoonlibrary.ca/ )
   
3. Check if the item is in print (remember any format will suit the patron's needs).
4. Find out the publisher, cost, and ISBN for the book.
   
5. Determine from reviews, best reading lists, awards, etc., if the item should be added to your collection if you don't have it.
6. Find the least expensive price from the online bookstores: Amazon.ca or Chapters.
   

1. Full title of the item to purchase: _________________________
2. Statements of responsibility: ____________________________
3. Place, name of publisher, and date published: _______________________
4. ISBN (13 digit): ____________________
5. Best price of item/source: _____________________________________
6. Source of reviewing agency/award (name and URL): _______________________________