| A | B |
|---|
| learning resource centers or media centers | other names for libraries |
| fiction | arranged alphabetically according to the last name of the author |
| nonfiction | fact-based books |
| Melvil Dewey | originator of the system used to classify books |
| United States | Dewey's homeland |
| librarian | Dewey's profession |
| FIC or F | found on the spine of a fiction book |
| biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| autobiography | story of a person's life written by the person himself or herself |
| B, 920, 92 | found on the spine of a biography |
| on-line catalogue | a computerized card catalogue |
| call number | found in the upper left corner of the card |
| open stacks | stacks that readers can enter |
| closed stacks | stacks that are restricted to library personnel |
| circulating books | those book you can borrow and take home |
| reference books/non-circulating books | these books must be used in the library and may not be taken home |
| dictionaries | the most widely used reference books in the library |
| unabridged dictionaries | very large; contain more than 500,000 words; very expensive |
| abridged dictionaries | the best all-around type; called "desk" or "collegiate" dictionaries |
| pocket dictionaries | too limited for school use |
| encyclopedias | contain collections of articles, alphabetically arranged, on nearly every known subject |
| atlases | these are not just books of maps |
| Internet | a worldwide system of computer networks |
| e-mail | has begun to replace Postal Service mail |
| World Wide Web | the most widely used part of the Internet |
| stacks | the shelf area in which most books are kept |
| hyperlinks | words in a bold color which lead you to other areas in an electronic encyclopedia |
| snail mail | what e-mail users call mail delivered by the Postal Service |
| search engine | a computer program that helps people find information on the Internet |
| search commands | they help to narrow your search results when using a search engine |
| plus sign command (+) | is placed in front of each keyword that must appear in the search results (+) |
| minus sign command (-) | eliminates references from search results (-) |
| exact phrase command (" ") | putting quotation marks around words to give the exact phrase in the exact order (" ") |
| similar words comand (~) | searches for a word and all its synonyms |
| find meanings command (define:) | defines a word or phrase |
| math answers command | performs basic calculator functions |
| conversions | converts units of measure |
