Finding Your Way Around... A Book!

This is the FRONT COVER of a book. As the age old adage states, one must never judge a book by its cover. Still, there is often a lot to be learnt. Such as... the title of the book, the author, the publisher...

The CONTENTS page of a book will list, in the order that they appear in the book, the different chapters or sections of the book with, often, a short synopsis of what is included in the section. There will be page references so that you know where to turn in the book.

The INDEX of a book is found at the back and can make it easy to find information that might otherwise be difficult to locate. The index is organised alphabetically.

Think of the key word (such as, for example, a film genre, a film director etc) and search for it in the index. When you find the key word, it will have a list of numbers after it - these are the pages on which the topic is mentioned.

Remember, an index is not an exhaustive source and will not have every word you can think of. If you cannot locate your topic or key word in the index check, firstly, that you have spelt it correctly; if this doesn't get you any more success, try to think of another word associated with the topic and search for that.

The GLOSSARY is also usually found at the back of a book. It will contain terminology specific to the content of the book it is in. If, when you are reading the book, you don't understand some of the words used, search for them in the glossary and you will find their definition there.