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| Introduction Celebrate Basic Study and Research Skills | p. 7 |
| Skills Checklist for Study and Research | p. 8 |
| Skills Exercises | p. 9 |
| Meet the Snoops (Put Names in Alphabetical Order) | p. 10 |
| Captivating Cases (Put Titles in Alphabetical Order) | p. 11 |
| Quite a Case Load (Put Cities in Alphabetical Order) | p. 12 |
| Odd Expressions (Put Phrases in Alphabetical Order) | p. 13 |
| Where Would You Find It? (Select Reference Materials) | p. 14 |
| Sleuthing Around the Dictionary (Use Guide Words in a Dictionary) | p. 16 |
| Galactic Guides (Use Guide Words in an Encyclopedia) | p. 17 |
| Could You? Would You? Should You? (Use a Dictionary to Find Word Meanings) | p. 18 |
| The Case of the Disorderly Pigments (Use a Dictionary to Find Word Meanings) | p. 19 |
| Mystery of the Misplaced Art (Use a Dictionary to Find Word Meanings) | p. 20 |
| Edible Etymologies (Use a Dictionary to Find Information About Words) | p. 22 |
| Hounding the Culprit (Use a Dictionary to Find Information About Words) | p. 23 |
| Tracking Down Great Mysteries (Use Key Words to Find Encyclopedia Information) | p. 24 |
| Backward Book Puzzler (Parts of a Book) | p. 25 |
| Tips for Detectives (Use a Table of Contents) | p. 26 |
| Sleuth Study Hall (Use an Index) | p. 28 |
| Intriguing Findings (Find and Interpret Information in Encyclopedia Entries) | p. 30 |
| The Stolen Masterpiece (Find Information in Illustrations and Diagrams) | p. 32 |
| The Vile Viva Adventure (Find and Interpret Information in Illustrations and Diagrams) | p. 33 |
| Showing Off Success Rates (Find and Interpret Information From a Table) | p. 34 |
| The Costs of Detecting (Find and Interpret Information From a Graph) | p. 35 |
| Retrieving a Long-Lost Ruby (Find and Interpret Information From a Map) | p. 36 |
| A Crime-Line Timeline (Find and Interpret Information From a Timeline) | p. 37 |
| Snooping through the Almanac (Find and Interpret Information From an Almanac) | p. 38 |
| A Ghostly Catch (Use a Thesaurus to Find Synonyms) | p. 39 |
| A Record-Setting Case (Find Information in The Guinness Book of World Records) | p. 40 |
| It's in the Cards (Use Library Cards or a Computer Catalog) | p. 42 |
| Library Sleuths (Use Library Cards or a Computer Catalog) | p. 43 |
| Clues on the Cover (Show Familiarity with the Dewey Decimal System) | p. 44 |
| Affection for Fiction (Show Familiarity with Library Organization) | p. 46 |
| Start Your Search Engines (Find Information on the Internet) | p. 47 |
| Web Investigations (Find Information on the Internet) | p. 48 |
| Surfing the Web (Find Information on the Internet) | p. 49 |
| Listen to This! (Summarizing) | p. 50 |
| A Nose for News (Skimming and Summarizing) | p. 51 |
| The Last Homework (Make an Outline) | p. 52 |
| Appendix | p. 53 |
| Quick Guide to Reference Books | p. 54 |
| Study and Research Skills Test | p. 56 |
| Skills Test Answer Key | p. 60 |
| Answers to Exercises | p. 61 |
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