Library Key Terms

3. To extend the loan period of a book.
4. A careful and systematic study in a field of knowledge in order to discover facts or ideas.
7. A book that contains the spellings, definitions, and pronunciations of words.
8. A collection of materials such as books, periodicals, and databases that may be used or borrowed by the library's users.
10. electronic, searchable database which contains a listing of the library’s collection.
15. A book full of groups of synonyms (means the same or nearly the same) or near synonyms of terms.
17. A volume of maps, with or without descriptions, annotations, or history.
18. A written account of a person’s life by someone other than that person.

1. A computer program that provides access to the World Wide Web like Firefox and Chrome.
2. Books whose call numbers begin with E
5. A book, set of books, or an electronic source which presents an alphabetical list of articles that cover all areas of knowledge or all aspects of one subject.
6. What you do to make sure a certain book, which is checked out to someone else, will go to you when it is returned to the library.
9. Books whose call numbers begin with F.
11. Books whose call numbers begin with numbers
12. the unique numbers and letters given to each item in a library used to identify and locate the item.
13. A written account of a person’s life written by that person.
14. Date on which library materials are due to be returned to the library.
16. The process of returning a borrowed library book to o to the circulation desk.