Research Skills
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
This names the title of the book. It also tells who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.
What is the Title Page?
What is a biography?
One of Mrs. Chavez's favorite hobbies.
What is reading?
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is fiction?
You use this book to find a synonym for the word abandoned.
What is a thesaurus?
This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.
What is the Table of Contents?
Our nonfiction section is organized according to this system, which was established in 1876 by Melvile Dewey.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!
What is Plagiarism?
Writing dealing with true facts, this genre provides information.
What is nonfiction?
This is where you'd type in the title of a book to find its location in the Fairlands Library.
What is a catalog?
Advice that should be sometimes followed: don't judge a book by its...
What is the cover?
If the call number begins with E, you'd find the book in this section.
What is Everybody Books?
How Mrs. Chavez feels when students put books in a random location instead of returning them to her or using a shelf marker.
What is vexed?
Also acceptable: What is annoyed, bothered, or miffed?
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
What is a mystery?
This is a book that has a collection of maps. This book also contains information about the land, crops and the population of an area.
What is an atlas?
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple.
What is the glossary?
If it's Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, Dork Diaries, or Captain Underpants, you'll find it here.
What is Brain Candy?
If I wanted to find a fictional book written by Mrs. Chavez, what would the call number be?
What is FIC CHA?
A nonfiction book about a real person's life, written by someone else.
What is a biography?
This is a set of books that gives information about many topics. The topics are listed in alphabetical order. Our library has a set of these published by World Book.
What is an encyclopedia?
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items, usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
This section is organized by the first three letters of the author's last name (all books begin with the same three-letter call number)
What is Fiction?
If Mrs. Chavez wrote a book about herself, it would be this type of book. It would also be a super-fascinating read.
What is autobiography?
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?