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Nancy Drew 1: Secrets Can Kill! (Remastered) Hints

What should I look up on the library computer?

  • 1 of 7: The library computer, which is upstairs in the reference section, can only be used for one thing: looking up books. It's essentially a giant card catalog.
  • 2 of 7: In this case, there's only one thing you need to look up, and it's not actually a book. One of the messages here in the library will tell you what number to enter here --
  • 3 of 7: -- the one in the fifth map drawer.
  • 4 of 7: It tells you to enter "Jake's combo."  Do you remember how we got into Jake's locker?
  • 5 of 7: Enter that same number in the library computer --
  • 6 of 7: -- 5253, and click on Go. To track down the info you just got --
  • 7 of 7: -- go look under Jake's chair. That is, go back to the table in the library where you found Jake's chemistry book and look for a hotspot under the chair that wasn't there before.