Parts of a Book
This is the book's "backbone" that faces out on the shelf and is labeled with the library call number.
What is the spine?
This is an app that you use to read ebooks or listen to audiobooks.
What is Libby?
This section of books feature true information on real people's lives.
What is the Biography Section?
This is the online encyclopedia that is free for you to use through Limitless Libraries and TEL.
What is World Book?
This is what they call the different types of fiction like fantasy, horror, realistic, etc.
What is genre?
This section of a book provides a list of all the chapters and what page they begin.
What is the Table of Contents?
Every metro student's library card number begins with these three numbers.
What is 190?
This section of the library houses books that are written in a comic book style?
What is graphic novels (or GRA or 741.5)?
This database is great to find all kinds of articles in all topics.
What is Gale in Context?
This is a number that classifies books so that they are easier to find on the shelf.
What is a call number?
This section of a book lists all the keywords and what pages you can find information on that topic.
What is the index?
When you check out a book from limitless libraries, this is how long you are supposed to keep it.
What is three weeks?
This section of the library has books that tell stories that did not really happen.
What is fiction?
An organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system.
What is a database?
This is a system of classifying books used to organize the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups, with each group assigned 100 numbers
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
The inside flap of this protective paper covering will often tell you what the book is about.
What is a book jacket?
The books you order through Limitless Libraries come from this location.
What is Nashville Public Library?
This section of the library has audiobooks?
What is playaways?
This is the name of the tab that you click on in order to get to the Limitless Library database collection.
What is "research"?
You use this to search for books in the library or in the limitless library collection.
What is the OPAC (or catalog)?
This page in the book will tell you the year the book was published, the publisher, and other important information about the book's creation.
What is the copyright page?
These are the two months of the year when you can read away any fines you have with Limitless Libraries.
What is October and February?
You will find books on history, sports and science in this section of the library.
What is nonfiction?
This database organizes articles that express opposite opinions.
What is Gale Opposing Viewpoints?
This person is useful in helping you find the book or type of book that you are looking for.
Who is the librarian?