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The Fall 2001 Information Scavenger Hunt concluded with the awards ceremony held on November 1 in the library.  The Library Staff would like to thank that students who put in time and effort to learn about the library research tools, the faculty members who offered support, and the departments around campus that donated prizes.  

Answers to the Information Scavenger Hunt

Circulating Materials in the Library

1. In his book, A Brief History of Time, Stephen W. Hawking  calls what book by Isaac Newton “the most influential book ever written in physics”?
   Title of Newton’s book: Principia Mathematica (found on the chapter at end of book about Newton)
2. Mary Anne Randolph Custis lived at Arlington (now Arlington National Cemetery) with her famous husband.  Who was he? (Include the citation of the source where you found his name.)
   Name of her husband: Robert E. Lee
   Citation of source: Hallowed Ground, by Monro MacCloskey (under the subject national cemeteries)  
3. Find a video on food additives.  (Include the video’s citation).
   Video Citation: A Chemical Feast, Natural Education Television, produced/written by Penn Bernstein or Food Additive: Do You Know What You Eat? by Stage Fright Productions  

Periodicals

1. August 9, 1974 is an important date in American history.  What was the Chicago Tribune headline for that day?
   Headline: “Nixon Resigns” (found on microfilm)
2. Which online database at the Moraine Valley Library contains the publication Journal of Clinical Nursing?
   Online Database Name: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)  
3. What are the first 9 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence of numbers (sometimes called the Fibonacci seriers or Fibonacci numbers)?
   First nine numbers: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 (you add the two previous numbers to get the next number in the series)
   Citation of Source: There are several articles in Info Trac and in EBSCO that contain these.

Reference Materials in the Library  

1. Where can you find an 1848 essay from Westminster Review on Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre?
   Citation of Reference Source: Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism vol. 3 p. 44  
2. Who (or what organization) owns Domicile Management Services? 
   Name of Person or Organization: UAL Corporation also accepted Sara A. Fields (pres)
   Citation of Reference Source: Directory of Corporate Affiliations (U.S. Public Companies) vol. 3, p. 1557  
3. What did the word computer mean in the middle of the 17th century and who is noted for first suing the term in 1646?
   Definition of Computer: One who computes
   Who first used it: Sir T. Browne
   Citation of Reference Source: Oxford English Dictionary, vol. 2 p. 750  

World Wide Web (Use the search tools of the Internet to answer the following.  You must include the Web site title and URL.)  

1. What did famous impressionistic painter Berthe Morisot’s father do for a living?
   Type of Job: government official/civil servant in France
   Web site: http://www.renoirauction.com/biography/morisotlg.htm (There are many good sites out there with this)
2. What was the opening price for one share of stock in Caterpillar, Inc on August 13, 2001?
   Price of Stock: $53.30
   Web site: www.bigcharts.com (go under historical data sections)  
3. Who is credited with founding the Stoic school of philosophy in the early 3rd century B.C.E. by speaking at the Stoa Poikile and establishing the key doctrines of Stoicism? 
   Name of Philosopher: Zeno of Citium (344 BCE-262 BCE)
   Web site: http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/stanford/archives/spr1999/entries/stoicism or
   http://cedar.evansivill.edu/~eco/eweb/articles/stoicism.html (there are tons of sites that contain this info).  

Free for All

1.  What do the initials BMW stand for in the original language?
   Initials Stand For: Bayerische Moteren Werke AG
   Source: www.acronymfinder.com or  www.hoovers.com or International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 1  
2. What is the address of Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s Chicago area office?
   Address: 17926 S. Halstead, Homewood, Illinois also accepted district office address
   Source: Almanac of Illinois Politics-2000 
3. In what year did Saudi Arabia Airlines move into the “jet age” with the acquisition of two Boeing 720s?
   Year: 1962 also accepted 1961 (from SAA Web site)
   Source: International Directory of Company Histories, v 6, p 114 (also on Saudi Air’s web site)