Library Skills Review

A true story about the life of a real person is called a

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Mystery

• Fantasy

Fiction books are arranged

• by subject

• by AR level

• in ABC order

  by title

• in ABC order

  by author

I want to put more interesting words into my story. I should use a 

• thesaurus
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas

To find lots of information about a topic, I can look in a

• thesaurus
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas

To find the meaning of a word, I should look in a 

• thesaurus
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas

In which type of reference source should I look for maps?

• thesaurus
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas

What does the Table of Contents tell me?

• the name of the book

• the chapter titles

• what the book is about

• why I should read the book

The index gives the

• page numbers of topics or important words in a book

• chapter titles

• words in a song

• names of characters

How are nonfiction books arranged on the shelves? 

• Alphabetical order by title

• Number order by Dewey Decimal number 
• Alphabetical order by author's last name 
• Number order by year published 

The _______ _______ tells you where a book is located in the library. It's located on the spine of the book.

• Shelf Number

• Call Number

• Call Marker

• Address