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How well do you know the library
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a library catalogue? | It is a reference tool as well as a record of all the resources held by a library. Its chief purpose is to help you find books and other items held. It can be searched from a variety of access points. |
| What is an access point? | A way into a catalogue record, such as AUTHOR's name, TITLE, SUBJECT, or KEYWORD. |
| What does the Heritage Library catalogue contain? | The HHS Library catalogue contains records of the holdings of all our library books and teacher resource books. |
| What happens when you use Destiny catalogue to search for an item? | You interact with the Library's central DATABASE which is constantly being updated. |
| What does the library catalogue provide? | It provides all the information you need for identifying an item and finding it on the shelf. |
| Books with "FIC" on the spine are what type of books? | Story books that are created by the author. |
| Books with a number, for example "568" are what type of books? | Non-fiction, information books |
| How are the fiction books organised? | Alphabetically by the first three letters of the author's last name |
| How are the non-fiction, information, books organised? | By number. All the books with the same subject are together. For example, all the dinosaur books are together under the number "568" |
| What is an autobiography? | A book about a person’s life written by himself or herself |
| What is a biography? | A book about a person’s life written by another person |
| Is a biography fiction or nonfiction? | Nonfiction |
| What is an encyclopedia? | A collection of articles organized alphabetically by topic/subject in multiple books. |
| What is a dictionary? | An alphabetical list of words and their meanings |
| How is a dictionary organized? | ABC order |
| What is a thesaurus? | A list of words and their synonyms and antonyms |
| What is an atlas? | A book of maps |
| What is a database? | A searchable collection of information |
| What’s a graphic novel? | A book similar to a comic book, where the story is told in words and pictures |
| What is another name for chapter book? | Novel |
| Who writes the words in a book? | The author |
| Who creates the pictures in a book? | The illustrator |
| What is a publisher? | A company that prints books |
| What is the purpose of a book spine? | The side of the book that holds the pages together |
| Name four things on a book cover. | Title, author, illustrator, picture |
| Where is a book’s index located? | The back of a book |
| Where is a book’s table of contents located? | The front of the book |
| What is a glossary? | A list of important words and their meanings in the back of a book (like a mini dictionary) |
| What is a caption? | A sentence that describes a picture |
| What is a diagram? | A picture with labeled parts |
| What is a table of contents? | A list of chapters in a book and the page number they begin on |
| What is an index? | A list of specific topics in a book and the page number to find it |
| What is a call number? | A number that tells where a book is located on the shelf (a book's address) |
| Where do you find a book’s call number? | A number that tells where a book is located on the shelf (a book's address) |
| What is the Dewey Decimal System? | The number system that organizes the nonfiction section of the library |
| How do fairytale call numbers begin? | 398.2 |
| How are fiction books organized? | ABC order by author’s last name |
| How are nonfiction books organized? | By topic or subject |
| How do nonfiction call numbers begin? | With numbers |
| What is plagiarism? | Copying someone's work and saying it is your own |
| What is a citation? | A record of a resource; it tells where information came from |
| What is a bibliography? | A list of citations |
| What does © mean? | The material is copyrighted |
| What is a folktale? | A traditional story that was told before it was written down and was meant to teach a lesson |
| What is a genre? | A category of books (mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, etc.) |
| What is fantasy? | A genre that has things that could not happen like magic or mythical creatures |
| What is a mystery? | A book that has a puzzle to solve, a detective, clues |
| What is historical fiction? | A book genre that takes place in the past and are from the author's imagination |
| What is realistic fiction? | A book genre in which the story is believable and could happen |
| Boolean operators | "and," or," or "not" used in keyword searching to broaden, narrow, or limit a search |
| Call number | identification code assigned to a library book; at HHS , the Dewey Decimal System |
| Catalog | organized collection of all the materials held by the library available through Destiny |
| Citation | standardized description of an item containing sufficient information necessary to locate the item |
| Citation style | standardized system for citing materials used when writing books or papers: APA, MLA, CMOS |
| Keywords | significant words that appear anywhere in the bibliographic record for an item |
| Peer-reviewed | articles evaluated by several researchers or subject specialists prior to accepting it for publication |
| Journal | a professional or academic periodical containing scholarly articles, reports, research, papers |
| Annotation | a short description or evaluation of a document |
| Abstract | a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech |
| The OPAC is used to do what in the library? | Search for books in the library. |
| Dictionary, Thesaurus, Atlas, Almanac, and Encyclopedia are all types of what kind of books? | Reference |
| We put nonfiction books on the shelves is what type of numerical order? | From least to greatest |
| What call number do biographies get? | The letter B |
| The three bottom letters on a call number represent what? | The first three letters of the authors last name. |
| The first three letters of the authors last name. | No running, shouting or eating |
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