WorksheetsLibrary catalogs
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Our local public library is
Wabash Public Library
Gurnee Public Library
Zion-Benton Public Library
The Higginbotham Room
The library catalog....
lists books you may buy from the website
is an alphabetical listing of books available to borrow from the library.
can be accessed through the library website.
is only available to library patrons.
The call number of a book...
is the "address" of the book that tells where it is located in the library.
is the number you call to ask the library if they have a book.
is located on the spine label of a library book.
always includes the author's last name.
Three ways to search for a book in the library catalog are...
by Title
by cover color
by Subject
by Author
You may borrow a book from the Zion-Benton Library if...
you say "please."
you have a current Zion-Benton library card.
you attend OLH school.
you have a Waukegan Public Library card.
A non-fiction call number includes...
your phone number
the name of the library.
a Dewey Decimal number
the author's last name
What 2 pieces of information do you need from the catalog to find the book on the shelf?
The call number
The author's name
The illustrator's name
The title of the book
The Dewey Decimal system...
organizes non-fiction books into categories
makes it easier to locate non-fiction books in a library
uses numbers to designate non-fiction categories
was invented by Melvil Dewey
Fiction books are shelved...
by call numbers that include the author's last name
alphabetically by the author's last name
according to whatever the librarian decides
in no particular order
The call number 336.9 Bannon is shelved between...
336.5 Haskell and 337 Acosta
256 Allen and 326.5 Martin
336.9 Bannon and 336.9 Bannon
589.4 Carter and 636 Smith
