Parts of a Book

Let’s take a closer look….

 Parts of a Book
• Spine (call number)
• Cover (Title, Author,
Illustrator)
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents (not all
books have)
• Preface (author
comments, not all books
 Parts of a Book
•Body (main part of the
book)
•Glossary (mini
dictionary, not all books
have)
•Index (alphabetical
listing of all important
 Title Page The Biography of
Mrs. Kinnas
• First page of a book
• Title By Lisa Barnett
• Author ( or Editor)
Illustrated by
• Illustrator
Mrs. Tompkins
• Publisher
• Place of Publication Kings Chapel
Press
Perry, Georgia
 Copyright Page
• Back side of Title Page
• Copyright Date – when was the
book Published? (think of it like
your birthday)
– Why is knowing this date important?
– There can be more than one copyright date
(illustrations)
• Edition
– Why is knowing this important?
 Copyright Page
• Copyright information
– Paragraph about all rights being
reserved, no copies, reprints, etc.
without permission
• ISBN – International Standard
Book Number
– Used for ordering
– Every book has a unique number
 Table of Contents
• Follows the Title and
Copyright pages
• Chapter Headings (titles of
Chapter 1 What is an Ant page 3
each chapter)
Chapter 2 Why ants build nests page 5
Chapter 3 Where ants live page 9
Chapter 4 What ants eat page 11
 Purpose of the T of C
• Quick and easy overview of
book
• Gives general idea of what
the book is about
– General information, not
specific
– Does it have what you need
to know?
– Review chapter to see if it has
 Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of
citations made up of all the
sources you consulted in
preparation for writing a
research paper.

Even if you do not directly quote

an item in your research paper,
you should still cite it in your
bibliography if you used it to gain
 Bibliography
• Each citation in the bibliography is a
description of the essential elements
of each work consulted. This
includes, but is not limited to, the
title, author, publisher, and date of
publication of each work.
• Citations are constructed using strict
rules regarding punctuation, text
format, and paragraph indentation.
Each citation style (Chicago, APA,
ASA, and MLA) has different rules.
• The bibliography in a typical research
paper is presented in alphabetical
 Why have a
Bibliography?
• Taking other people's ideas and
presenting them as your own is a crime.
When you are writing a research paper,
you must tell your readers which ideas
were not your own. A bibliography will
help you do this.
• Will help you learn about your topic,
discover the experts and important
writings in your field,
• Will direct your readers who want to learn
more about your topic to other resources.
• Familiarize you with keywords you can use
to conduct more extensive searches
 Index

• List of topics or subjects

• Located in back of the
book
• Alphabetical order
• Gives very specific
information – details of
contents of the book
 What’s it good for?

• Helps put information

in order

• Reduces the time you

 The Glossary
• Back of book
• Alphabetical Order
• Mini-Dictionary
• New or difficult words
– key words
 What’s it good for?
• If you do not understand
a word in the book
• Find definitions and
spellings quickly
What do you remember?
• Title Page
• Copyright
Page
• Table of
Contents
• Index
• Glossary