click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 1
Vocab
Term | Definition |
---|---|
OPAC/Catalog | online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Users search a library catalog mainly to locate books and other material available at a library. |
Fiction | reading material that is imaginary (not real). |
Nonfiction | reading material that is based on facts or real events or people. |
Call Number | a mark on the spine of a library book, or listed in the library's catalog, indicating the book's location in the library. |
Dewey Decimal System | a way to classify nonfiction books; ranges from 000s-900s. |
Information Source | Any person, place, or thing, that gives you information. |
eBook | a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, read on the display of computers or other devices. |
Media | communication, including television, radio, and newspapers, that often reaches and impacts a large audience |
Digital Media | electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, the Internet that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself |