Library Organization
Parts of a Book
Genre
Library Terms
Search the Catalog
100
Section of the library where you would find books with facts.
What is non-fiction.
100
It holds the pages of a book together.
What is the spine?
100
A book about talking pigs is an example of this genre.
What is fantasy?
100
A reference book used to find the definition of a word.
What is a dictionary?
100
A special database that lets me find books by subject, title, or author.
What is the library catalog?
200
The classification system used to organize non-fiction books in a library.
What is Dewey Decimal?
200
The first page of a book. It tells you the book's title, the Contains the author, illustrator, and publisher.
What is the title page?
200
This type of genre tells the story of a person's life.
What is a biography?
200
The person who wrote the book.
What is the author?
200
I want to find a book on baseball, but I don't know the title. I would use this kind of search.
What is keyword search?
300
The section in the library where an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and atlas would be shelved.
What is the reference section?
300
A listing that tells you the names of the chapters or sections in the book and the page on which each begins.
What is the table of contents?
300
The characters in this genre are often trying to solve something that is unexplained, often a crime.
What is a mystery?
300
The name of the person who draws the pictures that go along with the story.
Who is the illustrator?
300
The number that helps me to locate the book on the shelf.
What is a call number?
400
Fiction books are organized on the library shelf by this person's last name.
Who is the author?
400
It tells you what topics are in the book. The topics are listed in alphabetical order and indicate the pages where the topics are discussed.
What is the index?
400
Similar to fantasy, except stories in this genre use scientific understanding to explain the universe that it takes place in.
What is science fiction?
400
What you can do if you want a book that someone else currently has out of the library.
What is place a reserve on the book?
400
The name of the online encyclopedia we have access to.
What is World Book Online?
500
Books in the library with the letter E on the spine.
What are Everybody or Easy fiction books?
500
Found at the end of a book. A list of words in alphabetical order with definitions.
What is a glossary?
500
A story that takes place in the real world and in the past. The story uses real world people, but with several fictionalized or dramatized elements.
What is historical fiction?
500
The full name of the person who came up with the system we use to organize non-fiction books.
Who is Melville Dewey?
500

The name of our library computer system.

What is Destiny?

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