Exploring the Library

By Alice K. Flanagan

At last Here is a book that delivers the goods on using and enjoying the full complement of services a library has to offer, from books and periodicals to a host of online resources, audiovisual materials, and other print and computer-based resources. Young readers will learn about card catalog and online catalog entries and will find out about using print reference materials and borrowed books at home. They will discover the difference between a reference librarian and a school librarian, cataloger, online specialist, and bibliographer. Readers will also learn about good library behavior. But most of all, they will learn how to enjoy their school and local libraries to the fullest.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836829557
• ISBN13: 9780836829556
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

How well do you know libraries?

This nifty, up-to-date book about libraries is chock full of information. Each page has clear, interesting pictures (though many are obviously posed, and you see the same kids over and over) with descriptive captions. There are sidebars of neat facts and websites (did you know there are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States?) on every page, and key words are in bold. At the end there is a brief timeline of libraries, a glossary of those bold words, and a "to learn more" page, along with an index. The topics covered are: types of libraries, what libraries do, the different shelving systems, and activities at the library that you could attend. "The one thing all libraries have in common is that they exist to serve people." (pg 5)