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Library

The storehouse of knowledge, repository of thoughts, and a reservoir of books.

Acknowledgement

a Portion/section where the author pays gratitude to individuals for any form of contribution he/she has given in the success of having the book

Labels of usage

a dictionary entry also provides guidelines in usage, meaning the way words are used in different contexts. labels identify situations in which the word can be used appropriately

Gazatteer

a dictionary of geographical places. it contains statistical cultural and other relevant information about places

Signed column

a feature article written by a columnist that covers a position or a stand about politics, sports, and other matters

Dedication

a page devoted to the person to whom the book is dedicated

Advertisement

a page that contains for sale products, employment opportunities, for rent or for least establishment

Copyright notice

a page where the imprint f the book is indicated. this page serves to be the protection of both the author and the publisher of the book.

Cartoon

a picture or caricature that conveys a current issue

Newspaper

a publication in a broad or spread sheet that offers news, editorials and feature articles which are regularly issued

Digest

a publication of any historical literary and scientific matters

Journal

a publication that focuses on current interest topics

Title

a title or a subtitle of the book which appears at the front cover

Table of content

is the list of topics covered in the book with the page numbers and chapters

symbol

an Equivalent representaion of the word

Subject Headings

It gives idea how the book is listed in the subject catalog

Back matter

contain charts, conversion tables, and the like

yearbooks

contain yearly activities, events, and accomplishments both private and governmental institutions

Spine

The side portion of a book where the call number is located and that binds the pages pf the book is called the spine

Collation

The size, volume, and the volume of the book

Appendix

contains materials referred to but not explained in the text

Open stock arrangement / Open-shelf System

Library users are allowed to walk around the book shelves and thumb over the books without the aide of a library assistant

Closed-Stack Arrangement/ Closed-Shelf System

Library users are restricted to roam around the book shelves, thus, an aide of a librarian is needed

SECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY (7)

1. AUDIO VISUAL ROOM 2. CIRCULATION SECTION 3. FILIPINANA SECTION 4. MULIT-MEDIA SECTION 5. PERIODICAL SECTION 6. REFERENCE SECTION 7. RESERVED SECTION

PARTS OF THE CARD CATALOG (7)

1. CALL NUMBER 2 TITLE 3. AUTHOR 4. IMPRINT 5. COLLATION 6. NOTES 7. SUBJECT HEADINGS

LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (2)

1. DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 2. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYTEM

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE LIBRARY (2)

1. OPEN STACK ARRANGEMENT/OPEN SHELF SYSTEM 2. CLOSED STACK ARRANGEMENT SYSTEM/CLOSED SHELF SYSTEM

Part of speech

Most of the dictionaries make use of an abbreviated form like n for noun, on. for pronoun, adj for adjective, adv for adverb etc.

Flyleaves/Flyleaf

A blank page portion of a book which is intended for protection and for note taking is known as fly leaves

Abbreviation

A shorthand representation of a word

Picture

An image equated to the word being defined

front matter

contains the instruction on how to use a dictionary

Geographical Dictionary

Gives information on countries, rivers, mountain, cities, and ocean. this is considered as a quick reference for basic information on geographical location not included in a encyclopedia

Reserved Section

Houses limited copies of books which are used strictly inside the library

corporate Entry card

Instead of individual, the author of the publication may be a name of an organization, corporation, government agency, a community, etc

Preface

Introduces the author to the reader and gives his reason for writing the book. it also indicates for whom the book is intended, explains the arrangement, symbols and abbreviation, and special features used

Frontispiece

It appears before the title page. it is considered as the full page illustration which relates to the subject of the book

Footnotes/Endnotes/References

Notes of references, explanations, or comment at the bottom of a page, end of a chapter, or end of the bok

Cross Reference Card

The card bares the word "see" and "see also" which are known as referring the library users to subject heading related to the topic needed

Author

The complete name of the author-first name, middle initial and family name

Pronunciation

The international phonetic Alphabet is used to produce the correct pronunciation of a word. the pronunciation of a word enclosed in parenthesis and indicated by diacritical marks or phonetic spelling

Indices

alphabetical listing of books, magazines, journals ans the like

CARD CATALOG

an alphabetical holdings to all the library holdings. measures 3x5 inches w/c are classified by title, by author or by subject with which all cards offer similar information. the only diff is in what info appears on top of the card.

index

an alphabetical listing of discussed topics with their corresponding pages

Comic strip

an entertainment part of the newspaper that gives a dialog

Editorial

an opinionated essay of the editor on current issues or situations

Dictionaries

are books of meanings which contain wealth of information

Encyclopedias

are books of wide rangecoverage of general knowledge

Directories

are books that contain historical places, tourist spots, shopping malls and the like

Fiction books

are books written through the author's imagination like novel, drama, short stories etc

Clippings

are cut-out articles for a specific topic from magazines or news papers

Title card

are filed according to the first word of the book title, excluding a, an and the

Feature articles

are human interest that cover business, health, life. fashion, and the like

paper indices

are large books that contain list of article citations by subjects for a given year

Unabridged Dictionaries

are large dictionaries which try to include every word in the language, these books are complete in content

Periodicals

are publications which come in regular intervals

General Reference Books

are special books that are readily available at the library

New stories

are the latest news or events which are derived drom local national or international in scope

Audio visual materials

are used for listening and viewing such as over head projectors, globe, maps, charts, tables and the like

Non-fiction books

books of information that cover general and specific books

almanacs

books that contain current and retrospective information, facts and statistics

atlases

books that contain maps, charts, tables, and other geographic features

pamphlets

brouchures can be loose papers containing information of any specific topic

Dewey Decimal Classification system

classifies books into ten classes of books. each class is represented by arabic numerals. This classification system is invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876

bibliographies

contain alphabetical listing of author's name, title of the book and the books'imprint

abridged Dictionaries

defines words used only with in specific field

Introduction

describes the general subject matter of the book and the plan of the book

Example sentence/ phrase

exemplification or illustration of a word used in a sentence

Author Card

filed according to the author's last name

subject card

filed according to the general topic of the book

Library

from a Greek term "LIBRARIUM" w/c means a place for the custody or administration of a collection of reading materials.

Filipiñana Section

holds books that are written by Filipino author

Reference Section

holds the general reference books such as atlas,almanac, dictionaries, encyclopedia, and the like

Joint author card

if a book is written by more than one author, the main author card is filed under the name od the author first mentioned on the title page of the book

Periodical Section

includes the collection of digest, journals, magazines and newspapers

list of illustration

includes the list and pages numbers of maps, graphs, illustrations and tables

Magazine

is a paper bound publication with articles, stories and other human interest features that is issued in a weekly or monthly basis

Thumb Index

is a portion of a book that serves as a guide which is found at the side of the book

Audio Visual Room(AVR)

is an optional section of the library. Non-Book materials- charts, tables, drawings, slides, maps, and the like are kept here

Multi-media Section

is another optional section of the library like the audio visual room. Usualy, this section is present in a mdern type library where technological materials are kept

webster dictionary

is the most popular dictionary that provides the pronunciation, history, meaning, date of the word when first used, abbreviation, biographical information and the like

Encyclopedic information

it includes the biographical, historical, geographical, scientific facts, diagrams, illustrations, mythology, literature, foreign language, quotation,and other information

Bibliography

list of references the author had used in writing the book

Glossary

list of vocabulary terms used in the book

Text

main body or the meat of the book

Biographical Dictionary

provides information on "noteworthy" people that gives individual description but not so detailed like an encyclopedia

Political maps

show the man made boundaries between countries and continents

Physical maps

show the physical characteristics of the earth surface such as the mountains, rivers, desserts and lakes

Spelling

the correct arrangement of letters to form the word

Meaning

the denotation of a word

Syllabication

the division of the word into syllable

Title page

the first important printed page that contains the title and subtitle of the book, author, imprint and book edition

call number

the numerical or arabic combination that bears the address of the book which is located at the upper hand corner of the card catalog

Etymology

the origin of word

imprint

the place, date and name of the publisher

Notes

the special features of the book such as index, illustrations, etc.

Library of Congress Classification System

uses letters and numbers to break or classify subjects into general subject areas. Books (fiction or non-fiction) are shelved alphabetically according to their corresponding call numbers. Most large universities and large libraries used this system of classification. This was introduced in 1904

synonym

words that are seemingly with the same meaning

Antonym

words with opposite meaning


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