REFERENCE
PARTS OF A BOOK
CARD CATALOG
TYPES OF BOOKS
POTPOURRI
100
A book of maps
What is Atlas?
100
The part of a book that holds it together.
What is the spine?
100
How the online catalog is arranged
What is Alphabetically?
100
A book with lots of pictures
What is Everybody?
100
The letter B in our library
What is biography?
200
A book of words and their definitions
What is dictionary?
200
Alphabetical list of topics and their page numbers placed at the very end of a book
What is the index?
200
The three most common ways to look up a book
What is title, author, or subject?
200
A make-believe story
What is fiction?
200
The second line of a fiction call number
What is the first three letters of the authors last name?
300
One book within a set of encyclopedias
What is volume?
300
A list of the book's chapters and the page on which they begin
What is table of contents?
300
Three items of information you can find from looking up a title
What is title, author, illus., copyright date, # of pages, summary, publisher, call number, etc.
300
A true book
What is nonfiction?
300
The date listed on the (verso) backof the title page
What is copyright date?
400
A book that lists words in groups related to each other in meaning, usually giving synomys and antonmys
What is a thesaurus?
400
Alphabetical list of definitions and pronunciations of special or unusual words
What is glossary?
400
The way to have the catalog show the full information on a title
What is click on "Details"?
400
A book about a true person
What is biography?
400
The award presented each year for the best literature in a childrens book.
What is The Newbery Award?
500
A book which contains facts on countries, sports, entertainment and a calendar of important dates for the coming year and more
What is almanac?
500
A list of books on the subject found in the back of a book.
What is a bibliography?
500
The type of search you use when you need to search with more than one word.
What is a power search?
500
A book that a person writes about themself.
What is autobiography
500
An award presented each year for the best illustrations in a childrens book
What is the Caldecott Award?