Library Skills
How many main sections in our library can you get books from?
5
Everyone, Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies, and Graphic Novels
What does the letter E on the call number of a book stand for?
Everybody books
What does "FIC" on a call number tell us?
That book is a fictional book and belongs in the fiction section.
What are the three letters under the "FIC", "BIO", "GRA", or Dewey number?
It's the first three letters of the author's last name.
Example: FIC DUL
What program do I use to find a book in our library?
Destiny
What are the 5 main sections in our library?
Fiction
Nonfiction
Everybody Books
Biographies
Graphic Novels
What is a call number?
The white tag on the spine of a book that shows us where we can find that book or where that book goes in the library.
What is the librarian's name and the library aide's name?
Ms. Lauren and Mrs. Kim
What section in the library would I go to if I want a picture book (a book with a lot of pictures and imaginary)?
Everybody
What is the name of the online reading tool we use to track how many hours we have read?
Epic
How can you describe fiction?
Learning through imagination
Where would I find a book with this call number?
796.3
In the non-fiction section in the 700's section.
Name one author you have heard or read about.
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What is the Dewey Decimal System?
A classification system that puts the same types of books in the area using categories of 100, 200, 300 etc all the way to 900.
What book contains the part of speech (verb, noun, adjective) and definitions of a word?
Dictionary
How can you describe nonfiction?
How many categories are there in the Dewey Decimal System?
10
What is the online catalog that I can go to in order to find a book on our shelves?
Destiny Discover
What are biographies?
Books about a person.
What resource do we use to find ebooks and good-quality research online?
TEL
Where would I find biographies?
Beside of the nonfiction section
What category of the Dewey Decimal system would I find books about sports?
796 section
What is the word that means "using the work of another person as your own"? This means that you copied someone else's work without giving them credit for it.
Plagiarism
What section would I go to if I wanted to find a book with real facts?
Nonfiction
What book contains similar words to the one you are using? A book that we use to find synonyms?
Ex- smart, wise, genius
Thesaurus