Mitchell, Andrew

LIS 6603: Basic Information Sources and Services

December 1, 2022
Reference Quest – Answering Assignment

1. There have been at least two live elephant calves born at Disney. When was the first one born
and was it male or female? And can you tell me what it was named?
a. Tufani. Male. May 2003.
b. Givens: Elephant, Disney, Born Wanted: The name of the first born at Disney and
whether it was male or female. Modifiers: elephant, birth, first, Disney, calve,
c. Limited search to news articles. Searched for “elephant w/10 Disney w/15 born” I read
the titles of the articles. The first article I found was about a third elephant that was
born, then there was about the second, and finally about the first (all on the same
results page). The article about the first elephant born did not have the elephant’s
name. I got that from the article about the second elephant born, which also identified
baby Tufani.
d. Nexis Uni
e. Why are you looking for this information? What type of information/resource are you
looking for? What else would you like to know about the elephant?
2. I am looking for an audiobook for The Hobbit, but I want to be able to listen to it in German.
Where could I find it and what different formats are available?
a. Der Hobbit. Euless Public Library & Cleveland Public Library; Audiobook on CD,
audiobook on tape, and eAudiobook.
b. Givens: The Hobbit, German language, Audiobook, Wanted: An audiobook of The Hobbit
in German, where to find it and what formats. Modifiers: Audiobook, The Hobbit,
German, language.
c. I searched “hobbit AND audiobook AND German.” Multiple locations around the county
had either it on CD, eAudiobook, or even on tape.
d. WorldCat
e. What geographic area are you in? What format is best for you? Do you have access to a
CD player? Tape Player?
3. I heard that there is some sort of animal that is an honorary resident of Florida. Please help
me find a newspaper article with more information about this and how it actually became a
citizen.
a. Animal Crazy: National Hippo Day: Visit Florida’s only resident hippotamus; Lucifer,
America's oldest hippo, confronts his age in Homosassa Springs:
https://www.tampabay.com/hernando/lucifer-americas-oldest-hippo-confronts-his-
age-in-homosassa-springs-20190214/
b. Givens: animal, honorary resident, newspaper article, became a citizen, Wanted:
information on what animal is an honorary resident that became a citizen and how.
Modifiers: Animal, Citizen, Honorary, Florida, Resident
c. I searched “animal AND ‘honorary citizen’ AND Florida.” I limited my search to
newspapers through USF’s Library search engine. I accessed the article in ProQuest. I
found the first article that identified the hippo; then used google to find the second
 article with the terms in google “Lu florida resident hippopotamus” to find articles that
described how he became a citizen (by petition).
d. ProQuest
e. Are you looking for a specific newspaper article? What information do you already
have? Are you looking for other information about the animal? Are you looking for
information about the process of it becoming a citizen? Do you want other documents
related to it becoming a citizen?
4. My child is working on his 5th grade science fair project. He needs to be able
to explain in writing how a kaleidoscope works. Then he has to build one of his
own.
a. A kaleidoscope can be made with a tennis ball can, a potato chip can, or a cardboard
mailing tube, two mirrors , a sheet of cardboard, a piece of clear plastic, wax paper, a
large rubber band, tape, a dozen small pieces of transparent colored plastic, a can
opener, scissors, hole punch and saw to cut plastic.
b. Givens: Kaleidoscope, Child, Explain, Build; Wanteds: Information so a child can learn
and explain how a kaleidoscope works and then build one. Modifiers: kaleidoscope,
build, craft, simple, explain, science fair, project.
c. I used google scholar to search for “how to build a kaleidoscope.” It provided the below
article. I then looked up the article in Jstor through USF Library.
d. Catherine R. Conwell, and John S. Paschal. “Kaleidoscope Physics.” The Science Teacher
(National Science Teachers Association), vol. 53, no. 8, 1986, pp. 41–44.
e. Verified: Gabrielson, C. (2008). Stomp rockets, catapults, and kaleidoscopes: 30+
amazing science projects you can build for less than $1. Chicago Review Press.
5. As a child, you may remember the jump-rope rhyme which began "Cinderella,
dressed in yellow..." What are the words to the entire rhyme?
a. Cinderella, dressed in yella, went upstairs to kiss a fella, kissed a snake by mistake, then
she had a tummy ache, How many doctors did it take? 1,2, 3, 4 . . .
b. Givens: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, jump-rope, rhyme, child. Wanted: The whole
rhyme. Modifiers: Child’s Rhyme, game, Cinderella, Yellow, yella, jump rope, skip rope,
playground.
c. I searched WorldCat for “Cinderella dressed in Yellow. One of the books that came up
was Games, rhymes, and wordplay of London Children. I saw USF had a copy online. I
looked it up through USF’s library search and viewed the book online.
d. Kelsey, N. G. N., et al. Games, Rhymes, and Wordplay of London Children. Edited by
Janet E. Alton and J. D. A. Widdowson, 1st ed. 2019., Springer International Publishing,
2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02910-4.
e. Verified: Ackerley, Janice. “The Subversive World of New Zealand Children’s
Playground Rhymes.” Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 44, no. 2/3, 2007, pp. 205–25,
https://doi.org/10.2979/JFR.2007.44.2-3.205.