National Librarian Day: ESL Library Vocabulary

Check out this list of key library vocabulary terms that are important for ESL students to master.
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  1. atlas
    a collection of maps in book form
  2. author
    a person who writes professionally
  3. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  4. borrow
    get temporarily
  5. catalog
    a complete list of things, usually arranged systematically
  6. database
    an organized body of related information
  7. dictionary
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  8. encyclopedia
    a reference work containing articles on various topics
  9. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  10. hyperlink
    a bit of text on a web site that takes you to another site
  11. index
    alphabetical listing of names and topics with page numbers
  12. librarian
    a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
  13. library
    a place containing books and other materials for reading
  14. publisher
    a person engaged in issuing periodicals or books or music
  15. reference
    a publication noted as a source of information
  16. source
    a document from which information is obtained
  17. spine
    part of a book facing outward when the book is shelved
  18. table of contents
    a list of what is included and where it can be found
  19. title
    the name of a work of art or literary composition
  20. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
Created on Thu Mar 30 13:41:00 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Apr 05 12:12:13 EDT 2023)

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