| A | B |
|---|
| media center | another name for a library |
| fiction books | do not have call numbers |
| Fic | may be found on the spine of a novel |
| biographies | alphabetized by last name of subject |
| 92 or B | found in the biography section |
| reference | non-circulating books |
| Melvil Dewey | invented the system for organizing nonfiction materials |
| Destiny catalog | database containing a list of every book in the library |
| author | how fiction books are shelved |
| numerically | how nonfircion books are shelved |
| call number | tells where the nonfiction books are found in the library |
| publishing information | includes the location and name of the publisher |
| login | what you have to do to get to your Destiny account |
| Dewey Decimal Number | the most necessary part of the call number |
| spine label | label found on the spine of a book (duh!) |
| stacks | shelf area in which most books are kept |
| open stacks | those that the reader can enter |
| closed stacks | restricted to library personnel - Textbook room |
| circulating books | those books you can borrow |
| non-circulating books | those books that you must use in the library |
| title page | lists the title, name of author, edition number, and name of publisher |
| preface or forward | material explaining the nature of the book |
| table of contents | a list of the general contents |
| glossary | list of unfamiliar terms |
| encyclopedias | contain collections of articles, alphabetically arranged, on nearly every known subject |
| Internet | worldwide system of computer networks |
| e-mail | used for short written transactions |
| snail mail | refers to U.S. Postal Service mail |
| HTTP protocol | an Internet language used to transmit data |
| ten | number of categories in the Dewey Decimal System |
| World Wide Web | a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet |
| search engine | a computer program that helps you find information on the Internet |
| Google | the best of the search engines |
| E | found in the Easy Fiction section |
| CD | found in the Media section |
| exact phrase command | put "quotes" around the exact phrase you want to search |
| AUD | found in the Media section |
| F or FIC | found in the fiction section |
| SP | found in the Spanish section |
| VID | found in the Media section |
| 567.25 DEF | found in the nonfiction section |
| REF | refers to books that are found in the Reference section of the library |
| PRO | refers to books that are in the Professional (teachers) section |
| CS | refers to Class Sets |
| textbooks | start with 4000 on the barcode |
