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Virtual Libraries
Genres
Vocabulary
BIS Library
Databases
100
The librarian who designed the Dewey Decimal System of Classification in 1876.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
100
Kind, sort or style, especially in art and literature.
What is genre?
100
To casually look through the shelves of a library in hopes of finding something that interests you.
What is browsing?
100
Mrs. Anthony.
Who is our librarian?
100
Current events periodical.
What is Boston Globe?
200
The O.P.A.C. (online card catalog) used in Barnstable Public Schools.
What is Destiny?
200
Books which are classified by author's last name and portrays imaginary characters or events.
What is fiction?
200
The number, usually on the spine of a book, that lets you know where books and other materials are located in the library.
What are call numbers?
200
The books in this section are shelved using the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
What is non-fiction?
200
Electronic interactive encyclopedia.
What is Encyclopedia Britannica?
300
The O.P.A.C. (online card catalog) used Cape-wide.
What is C.L.A.M.S.?
300
A type of book that is based on truth and features facts about certain topics.
What is non-fiction?
300
A system that organizes, grouping similar things together and keeping different things apart.
What is classification?
300
The place where you check-out your borrowed library materials.
What is the circulation desk?
300
Picture-based access to articles for primary school students.
What is Kids Info Bits?
400
Examples included Android Smartphone, iPad, Kindle, and Nook.
What are e-Readers?
400
A section of the library where encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, and other materials are available for use only in the library.
What is reference section?
400
The side of the book or the part you see when the book in on the shelf.
What is a spine?
400
The section you would go to find the area of Rome, Italy in square miles.
What is the reference section. [atlas; encyclopedia]
400
Articles from reference books and magazines on nearly 220,000 people throughout history and around the world.
What is Biography in Context?
500
In-browser e-book reader that works like an e-book app (except you do not need to install software).
What is Overdrive Read?
500
A newspaper, magazine, or other publication that is published at regular intervals.
What are periodicals?
500
The database used for locating library materials. [HINT: Spectrum 5 or CLAMS]
What is an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)? [or: computer catalog; look-up stations]
500
The location where new materials are displayed in our library.
What is on the table under the bulletin board and clock?
500
Science related articles, experiments, images, videos, and websites.
What is Science in Context?