USF Library Tour Assignment

Introduction

During your college career at USF, you will encounter many occasions when instructors will give you assignments that can be successfully completed only by visiting the USF Tampa Campus Library. Because the USF Library is an academic library at a large research-oriented university, it will be larger and more complex than the public libraries and high school library/media centers that you are probably already familiar with. As a result, you may find your first visits to the USF Library (and its 7 floors) to be a little confusing and intimidating!

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with the locations of many of the resources available to you in the USF Library. The items you will be asked to locate and identify in the following 20 questions do not include everything available to you, but serve only to get you to the areas of the Library that you are likely to visit as you complete other assignments for your USF classes.

How Long will the Assignment Take?

It is estimated that the assignment will take approximately 1 hour to complete; however, you are encouraged to relax and take your time, instead of rushing to complete it.

Other Instructions

Use a separate piece of paper on which to write the answers, and write your name and the date at the top. Number your answers to match the numbered questions. You may write on the back. If you need more than 1 piece of paper, staple them together before submitting them. You do not need to turn in a copy of the questions themselves.

You may work alone on this assignment if you choose, although you will probably find it more fun to complete it with another student. If you choose to work with a partner, you must each turn in a copy of the answers to the assignment with your names on it.

The 20 Library Tour Questions

    Enter the Library. You will find yourself on the 1st floor. Continue straight ahead through the elevator lobby, through the doors ahead, and into the Reference area.

  1. How many LUIS/WebLUIS workstations are there in the 3 large rectangular clusters (not counting the 3 UNIPRINT stations)?
  2. Locate the CD-ROM/WebLUIS workstations along the walls. How many CD-ROM/WebLUIS workstations are there?
  3. Locate the Ready Reference Collection (ranges 1-4). Write one title available in this collection.
  4. Locate the Reference Collection (ranges 7-32). Write one title available in this collection.
  5. Locate the Reserve desk. How many copying machines are in or near this area?

    (Note: While in this area, take a moment to go past the copying machines, into the Reserve Reading Room, and locate the Academic Computing Lab. Notice the schedule of free computer training available to USF students.)

    Return to the elevator lobby, and walk down the stairs to reach the Basement (on some signs this is referred to as the Lower Level). Enter the Government Documents area.

  6. Locate the Florida Documents collection (Florida ranges 1-12). Write the title and call number for one publication in this section.
  7. Locate the Federal Documents collection (Federal ranges 1-88). Write the title and call number for any publication with classification letters beginning with I.
  8. Locate the Map Collections. Select any map, write the title, and give a short description of the map.

    Take the elevator from the Basement to the 6th floor. Enter the Library Media Center (LMC) in LIB 627, formerly known as the University Media Center (UMC).

  9. This collection contains non-print media in many different formats. List at item in each of 3 different formats (for a total of 3 items) by title and format. (example: The Brain - kit; Back to the Future - video; etc.)

    Return to the 6th floor elevator lobby.

  10. What non-Library department has its information/help desk opening directly off the 6th floor elevator lobby?

    Take the stairs down to the 5th floor. Notice that there is a layout map taped to the doors that lead into the General Collection (sometimes referred to as the Circulating Collection) from the elevator lobby. (You will find similar layout maps on the 3rd and 4th floors.)

  11. Find the Curriculum Collection and select one book. Write the title of the book and the Dewey Decimal Classification "call number".
  12. The Library of Congress (LC) Classification letters for circulating books on the 5th floor range from what letter to what letter? (Note: Do not be confused by older signage that may be painted on the glass walls separating the collection from the elevator lobby.)
  13. Find and give the title of any book with the LC classification number QH 375.

    Return to the elevator lobby and take the stairs down to the 4th floor.

  14. What are the range of LC letters for the General Collection on this floor?
  15. Find and give the title of any book with the LC classification number N 5303.
  16. What other library department is located on the 4th floor?

    Return to the elevator lobby and take the stairs down to the 3rd floor.

  17. What are the range of LC letters for the General Collection on this floor?
  18. Find and give the title of any book with the LC classification number CS 71.

    Return to the elevator lobby and take the stairs down to the 2nd floor. Enter the Periodicals area.

  19. Newsweek has the call number AP 2. N55. It can be found in 3 different formats: current issues, microfiche, and bound volumes. Locate Newsweek by call number in the bound volumes format. What are the earliest and latest years available in this format?
  20. What is the charge to make copies from paper issues *and* the charge to make copies from microform? (Microform is found in the Microform Room, and consists of both microfiche and microfilm.) Hint: Look at the signs on the copy machines and the reader-printers; some take only copy cards and some take either cash or copy cards.

    You have now completed the tour of the library. Return to the elevator lobby and take the stairs down to the 1st floor, where you can exit from the Library.