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MJHS LS5
MJHS 5th gr. library skills vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fiction | Made-up story |
| Biography | Story of someone's life |
| Non-Fiction | "True" books |
| Atlas | Book of maps |
| Almanac | Book of facts and statistics |
| Dewey Decimal System | System of classifying books by subject |
| Call number | Shows where to find books on the shelf. |
| Barcode | How the computer identifies a book. |
| Copyright | When the author registered the work as their own |
| Blurb | 2-3 paragraphs to interest you in the book. |
| Illustrations | all the pictorial material in a book. |
| Table of Contents | A list of sections/chapters and the page they are begin on. |
| Index | An alphabetical list of terms in the book and what page they are on. |
| Encyclopedia | A book with articles on many subjects. |
| Database | Collection of information searchable by computer. |
| Search Engine | Tool that enables you to find things on the Internet. |
| Internet | A vast network of smaller networks that use common communication designs. |
| Search Term | Words you use to search electronically. |
| Hits | What the results of a computer search are called. |
| World's largest search engine. |