National Librarian Day: National Librarian Day

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  1. almanac
    an annual publication arranged according to the calendar
  2. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  3. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
  4. atlas
    a collection of maps in book form
  5. author
    a person who writes professionally
  6. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  7. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  8. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  9. blurb
    a promotional statement, as on the dust jacket of a book
  10. carrel
    small individual study area in a library
  11. circulation
    (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period
  12. citation
    a short note recognizing a source of information
  13. collection
    a publication containing a variety of works
  14. copyright
    the exclusive right to sell a work
  15. dictionary
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  16. edition
    the form in which a text is published
  17. encyclopedia
    a reference work containing articles on various topics
  18. epilogue
    a short section at the end of a literary work
  19. etymology
    a history of a word
  20. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  21. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  22. glossary
    an alphabetical list of technical terms in a field
  23. heading
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  24. index
    alphabetical listing of names and topics with page numbers
  25. juvenile
    of or relating to children or young people
  26. literacy
    the ability to read and write
  27. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  28. literature
    creative writing of recognized artistic value
  29. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  30. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  31. overdue
    not paid at the scheduled time
  32. periodical
    a publication that appears at fixed intervals
  33. preface
    a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
  34. primary source
    a firsthand document that provides information
  35. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  36. publication
    a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
  37. reference
    a book from which you can seek authoritative facts
  38. secondary source
    a work that describes or analyzes firsthand accounts
  39. subheading
    a title below the main title a text
  40. subscription
    a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine
  41. subtitle
    secondary or explanatory name of a literary composition
  42. table of contents
    a list of what is included and where it can be found
  43. text
    the words of something written
  44. thesaurus
    a book containing a classified list of synonyms
  45. title
    the name of a work of art or literary composition
Created on Sun Mar 26 20:34:55 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Apr 05 12:12:40 EDT 2023)

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