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| What letter of the alphabet in the card catalog would you look under to the book with the title The Enormous Egg? | E |
| What are the three main kinds of cards in the card catalog? | Author, Subject and Title |
| What is another name given to a periodical? | Magazine |
| What name is given to the first and last words found at the top of the page in a dictionary? | Guide word |
| How are the cards in the card catalog filed? | In Alphabetical order |
| This is sometimes called a foreword and often tells what the book is about or why the author wrote it. | Preface |
| What is the best reference book to when looking up information on events and ideas? | An encyclopedia |
| If you wish to locate boundaries for certain countries, what is the best reference book to use? | An atlas |
| This word is the most important word in the question and is always a person, place, or thing. | Key word |
| What do we call the edge of a book that is held together with stitches and glue? | The spine |
| To what is The Abridged Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and index? | Magazine articles |
| What part of the author's name is most important for library usage? | Last name |
| What reference book would be most useful if yoo wished a factual description of a country? | Encyclopedia |
| What name is given to the page in a book that contains a short note from the author in which a special person is remembered? | Dedication page |
| If you whshed to look up some bare facts and statistics about a country, what would be the best reference book to use? | World almanac |
| What do we call the pocket to hold a borrower's card? | Book pocket |
| What name is given to the extra pages at the front and back of a book that is usually left blank? | Endpapers |
| What is the best reference book to use when looking up information on persons and places? | An encyclopedia |
| When the top line of a catalog card is printed entirely in capital letters what does it indicate? | A subject card |
| What do we call a group of books gives information on a variety of topics? | Encyclopedia |
| What name is given to the names of some articles printed in bold type an listed in the index of an encyclopedia? | Main entry |
| What do we call a person who has drawn pictures for a book? | Illustrator |
| When you look at a catalog card, what tells you where a book is located in the library? | Call number of the book |
| What letter on the call label of a book tells you that a book is a reference book? | R |
| What kind of book will give us up-to-date information on world events? | Almanac |
| What kind of book is Pecos Bill? | A tall tale or legend |
| What name is given to the page that contains additional facts about information in the book? | An appendix |
| What do we call a section of a book that usually has a section of a book that usually has a heading or number at the beginning? | Chapter |
| If you wished to know the title of a book written by Farley Mowat what letter of the alphabet would you look under in the card catalog? | M |
| This part of a book lists subjects in alphabetical order and gives the pages where they can be found? | An index |
| What reference book would be most useful if you wanted to locate pictures of the presidents of the United States? | Encyclopedia |
| What is the method for arranging nonfiction books in order called? | Dewey Decimal Classification System or Library of Congress |
| What was Randolph Caldecott's occupation? | Illustrator of childrens' books |
| What letter of the alphabet would you look under in the card catalog to locate The Christmas Kitten? | C |
| If a library has more than one book by the same author in the fiction section how are they arranged on the shelf? | Alphabetically by their titles |
| If you want to find the correct usage of a word, what is the best reference book to use? | A dictionary |
| If you wanted to locate cities, states, or rivers what reference book would you use? | An atlas |
| If you are writing a report and need information from different sources, where would you look first to find out what materials are in you library? | Card catalog |
| What do we call information printed in nonfiction books or encyclopedias? | Facts |
| By what other name is the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature known? | Readers' Guide |
| This is a book for small children that contains many illustrations. | Picture book |
| What letter of the alphabet would you look under in the card catalog to locate The Sea Islanders? | S |
| This is found in some books and explains the difficult words found in that book. | A glossary |
| If you wished to know the capital of your state or province, what would be the best reference book to use? | An atlas |
| This book lists the name of important people in alphabetical order and gives some important facts about each person. | A biograpical dictionary |
| Into how many main groups is the nonfiction section of the library divided? | 10 |
| What do we call a list of material the author referred to when writing the book? | A bibliography |
| What name do we give stories such as The Tortoise and the Hare and The Fox and the Grapes? | Fables |
| Webster's Geographical Dictionary is an example of what kind of a book? | A gazetteer |
| If you wish to know the title of a book written by Jean Little, what letter of the alphabet would you look under? | Last name |
| If you wish to know the title of a book written by Jean Little, what letter of the alphabet would you look under? | L |
| What reference book would give us voting statistics for the previous year? | World almanac |
| What names do we give to stories such as Hercules, Zeus, and Prometheus? | Myths or mythology |
| What does ABC order mean? | Alphabetical order |
| What is the part of a book that usually shows on a library shelf? | Spine |
| What do we call the city in which a publisher is located? | Place of publication |
| Easy to read books use what letter to identify them? | E |
| What is the explanation of a word called? | Meaning or definition |
| What are the stories about Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill called? | Tall tales or legends |
| What do we call a book of synonyms and antonyms classified according to ideas? | A thesaurus |
| Give me another word that means the same as illustrator. | Artist |
| If you wrote a book telling about the true life stories of several people you knew, what kind of book would it be? | A collective biography |
| What protects the pages of a book? | A cover |
| What are books that contain true facts called? | Nonfiction books |
| After whom is the Caldecott Award named? | Randolph Caldecott |
| What do we call a book that gives meanings of words in alphabetical order? | A dictionary |
| What do we call book that has hundreds or thousands of short articles about the lives of famous people living or dead? | A biograpical dictionary |
| What is a book with made-up stories in it called? | A fiction book |
| Where is the index in the World Almanac? | In the front of the book |
| What do we call a person or company who gets a writer's book sold to the public? | Publisher |
| What letter in the library represents fiction books? | F |
| What part of the atlas would you look at first when trying to find the location of a city? | Index |
| What name do we give to books such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Snow White, and Runzel? | Fairy tale or folk tale |
| What do we call the part of a book that gives the title, author, illustrator, and publisher? | Title page |
| What are two kinds of cross reference cards? | "See" and "see also" |
| What is a book of maps called? | An atlas |
| What way or ways can information be looked up in the Abridged Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature? | By author and subject only |
| If a friend wrote the true story of your life what would it be? | Biography |
| Give a definition of a gazetteer. | A dictionary or index of geographical names |
| What do we call a person who has written a book? | Author |
| What year was the first Caldecott Medal awarded? | 1938 |
| What do we call the part of a book that lists the chapters in the book? | Table of contents |
| If you wrote the true story of your own life what kind of book would it be? | An autobiography |
| What should you use to keep your place in a book when you are not reading it | A bookmark |
| What information can be found on the back (verso) side of a title page in a book? | Copyright date |
| What name is given to books such as Cinderella, The Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk? | Fairy tale or folk tale |
| What is a good reference book to use when writing a report? | Encyclopedia |
| What is the main part of book called? | Text, body, or story |
| What do we call the drawers that hold cards about every book in the library? | Card catalog |
| What is an alphabetical list of word and their definitions? | Dictionary |
| In what call number area wold you look to find an atlas in the library? | 900s |
| What are Google and Yahoo? | Internet search engines |
| In wgat book would you find the location of Texas? | atlas |
| Where would you find a pronunciation key? | dictionary |
| Are reference books fiction or nonfiction? | nonfiction |
| Where can you find information about the various reference books in the library? | computer catalog |
| In what Dewey call number group would you find a Spanish dictionary in the library? | 400s |
| What does "www" stand for? | World Wide Web |
| Where in the telephone book would find a government office's telephone number? | blue pages |
| Where would you find a map of the different time zones? | telephone book or atlas |
| What reference book would you use to locate the states the Rocky Mountains are in? | atlas |
| What reference book would have the names of the oldest living persons in the world? | Guinness Book of World Records |
| What kind of book would you use to find a map of Spain? | atlas |
| What kind of book would you use to find the capital city of Wisconsin? | atlas or encyclopedia |
| Words can be divided into smaller parts called what? | syllables |
| What is the spelling that helps you pronounce a word? | phonetic spelling |
| Where in the telephone book would you find an ad for the movie theater? | yellow pages |
| How are the yellow pages in a telephone book arranged? | subject |
| Where would you find a list of your state's zip codes? | telephone book |
| Where would you find a listing of area codes and postal initials for the United States? | telephone book |
| In what library section are atlases found? | reference |
| What is a set of books with information on people, places, and events called? | encyclopedia |
| Where would you find a map showing the oceans of the earth? | atlas |
| What kind of book would have a glossary? | textbook or nonfiction book |
| What kind of listing tells you wht you will find in a particular book? | table of contents |
| What reference book has information on major events that took place during the previous year? | almanac |
| What kind of reference book would you use to learn how an airplane flies? | encyclopedia |
| What kind of book would you use to find the average annual rainfall in California? | almanac |
| What is an alphabetical list of subjects usually found at the back of a book? | index |
| Where would you find the number for the local radio station? | telephone book or internet |
| How do you save a Web site's address? | bookmark it |
| What is it called when words are listed according to their first letters? | alphabetical or abc order |
| Where would you look to find information about mice? | encyclopedia |
| Where would you look to find information on how the internet began? | encyclopedia |
| Where would you find today's weather forcast? | newspaper |
| What do you type in to take you to a specific Web site? | URL or web address |
| How are the white pages in a telephone book arranged | alphabetically |
| Betweeb which guide words would you find the "Pin" pickle--robot or pout--scary | pickle--robot |
| In what book would you find a listing for a local grocery store? | telephone book |
| What is a new reference tool that can give you thousands of results? | Internet |
| Which word would come before the word "fist" in the dictionary: first or fowl | first |
| What is a list of special words or terms usually found at the back of a book? | glossary |
| What library collection would you look in to find out what robins eat? | encyclopedia or nonfiction book |
| What library collection would you look in to find current information on China? | reference collection |
| Would you find the word "train" at the beginning, middle or near the end of the dictionary? | near the end |
| Where would you find a synonym for a word | thesaurus |
| What reference tool has hard to find facts? | almanac |
| What are the separate books in an encyclopedia called? | volumes |
| What reference book is a book of maps? | atlas |
| What kind of map would you use to find information about the earth's surface? | physical map |
| Which of the following is not a reference too: newspaper, dictionary, encyclopedia, librarian, computer, camera? | camera |
| What book contains word definitions and information? | dictionary |
| Where would you look to find world records? | Guinness Book of World Records |
| What book would you use to find out who holds the record for eating the most hot dogs in one day? | Guinness Book of World Records |
| In what book would you find the part of speech for a word? | dictionary |
| Where would you find the winner of last year's World Series? | almanac |
| What reference book would have information on flags? | encyclopedia |
| What is published at a regular interval and may have information on current topics? | encyclopedia |
| What is published at a regular interval and may have information on current topics? | magazines or newspapers |
| What reference book would you use to find the date that the United States Constitution was adopted? | encyclopedia |
| What kind of book would you use to find the year Jackie Robinson was born? | biographical dictionary or encyclopedia |
| What reference book would have information about animals? | encyclopedia |
| Where would you find map containing Columbia, South Carolina? | atlas |
| What are National Geographic and National Geographic World? | magazines or periodicals |
| If you cannot locate information on a certain person in an encyclopedia, what other reference book may help? | biographical dictionary |
| What kind of dictionary is a dictionary of people? | biographical dictionary |
| What reference book would you use to write a report on Abraham Lincoln? | encyclopedia |
| What reference help would use if you needed to write a bibliography for your report on planets? | computer catalog |
| Which reference book would help you locate the states that border Canada? | atlas |
| Which word would come first in the dictionary: car, door or baseball? | baseball |
| What kind of map would you use to identify state or national boundaries | atlas |
| Where in the telephone book would you find your friend's telephone number? | white pages |
| How are words arranged in the dictionary? | alphabetically |
| What reference book lists the present governors of each state? | almanac |
| Where can you find information on whether the media center has any nonbook resources on ecology? | computer catalog |
| What reference book would you use to look up a Spanish word? | Spanish/English dictionary |
| What reference source would you use to find who said "Christmas comes but once a year"? | Bartlett's familiar Quotations |
| What reference source would you use to find out what a French word means in English? | French/English dictionary |
| What reference source would you use to learn how to say an English word in Spanish? | Spanish/English dictionary |
| Where would you look to find yesterday's score for a baseball game? | newspaper or internet |
| What reference tool has classified ads? | newspaper or Internet |
| Where would you find a map of Florida? | atlas |
| Where would you find which magazine was the top selling magazine in the U.S.? | almanac |
| What kind of book would you use to find what state Cleveland is located in? | encyclopedia or atlas |
| What kind of book would use to find where Tombstone is located? | geographic dictionary or encyclopedia |
| What are the words that are listed at the top of each dictionary page? | guide words |
