| A | B |
|---|
| journals, magazines, | Other names for a periodical |
| atlas | Book of maps |
| nonfiction, information | The section containing true books about everything from pets to sports to history |
| card catalog | This tells you what is available in the media center and where to find it |
| paperback | Soft cover books that are small and easy to carry |
| index | Look for this in the back of the book and in the last volume of encyclopedias |
| fiction | The section of fantasy, animal stories to mysteries are found |
| dictionaries | Books giving definitions of words |
| encyclopedias | World Book and New Book of Knowledge are examples |
| Reader's Guide | An author subject index to periodicals |
| table of content's | A listing of chapters usually found in the front of a book |
| publishers | Simon and Schuster and HarperCollins are examples |
| verso | The back of the title page |
| bibliography | The list of books with title, author, publisher, copyright date and pages cited |
| biography | A story about a person's life |
| call number | Dewey decimal number which tells you where to find a factual book |
| "See" and "See also" | Sends you to another subject |
| almanacs | Book of miscellaneous information, statistics, names of government officals, etc. |
| maps | Tells where to find cities and other places |
| newspaper | Tells of the latest things that are happening, usually in local area |
| instruction manual | Tells how to put something together or how to use something |
| classified ad | A small article in the newspaper that tells about jobs and things to buy and sell |
| recipe | Tells how to make a food item. Is usually found in a cookbook, but sometimes in a newspaper or magazine |
