 READING – an avenue to an

endless opportunity, gives way

to greater intellectual growth;
process that enhances our mind
to think and analyze things in
able to deepen our thoughts
 A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION,
SOURCES, RESOURCES, BOOKS,
AND SERVICES AND THE
STRUCTURE IN WHICH IT IS
HOUSED
 DERIVED FROM THE LATIN LIBER
(BOOK)
 REFERENCE BOOKS OF GENERAL
 BOOKS OF FICTION
 BOOKS OF BIOGRAPHIES AND
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
 BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH EDUCATION,
BUSINESS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
FOREIGN LANGUAGE, HISTORY,
LITERATURE
 GENERAL BOOKS NOT RELATED TO
SPECIFIC SUBJECTS
 YEARBOOKS
 MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS WHICH
INCLUDE CURRENT ISSUES
 ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS
 PAMPHLETS AND CLIPPINGS
 AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS SUCH AS
PICTURES, FILMS, PLATES AND SLIDES
 MICROFILMS AND MICROPRINTS
 BOOKS
 DICTIONARY
 - General dictionary
 Translation dictionary
 Specialized dictionary
 Encyclopedic dictionary
 OR ENCYCLOPEDIA
• The new International Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Americana
• Encyclopedia Britannica
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OF IMAGINATION
 EX. HARRY POTTER BOOK
 USUALLY NON-FICTION, BUT FICTION CAN
ALSO BE USED TO PORTRAY A PERSON’S
LIFE
 EX. LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF RIZAL
 AN ACCOUNT OF A PERSON’S LIFE
WRITTEN OR RECORDED BY THAT PERSON
 EX. LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF RIZAL
 PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE PRINTED IN
INK ON PAPER, GENERALLY
PUBLISHED ON A REGULAR
SCHEDULE AND CONTAIN A VARIETY
OF CONTENT
 EX. WOMEN’S MAGAZINES
 COLLECTION OF MAPS AND INCLUDES
EXCELLENT INFORMATION ABOUT
CLIMATE, TOPOGRAPHY, POPULATION
DENSITY, ECONOMIC AND HISTORICAL
CONDITIONS
 EX. WORLD ATLAS 2010
 A DICTIONARY OF PLACE AND
NAMES WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR PRONUNCIATION,
LOCATION, POPULATION,
DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICS
 AN ANNUAL COMFILATION OF
MISCELLANEOUS CURRENT
INFORMATION IN DESCRIPTIVE,
STATISTICAL OR DIRECTORY
FORM
 AN UNBOUND BOOKLET (WITHOUT A
HARD COVER OR BINDING)
 CONSIST OF A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER
THAT IS PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES AND
FOLDED IN HALF, IN THIRDS, OR IN
FOURTHS - LEAFLET
 THE CUTTING-OUT OF ARTICLES FROM A
PAPER PUBLICATION FOR
DOCUMENTATION
 LOOK UP IN THE DICTIONARY FOR THE BASIC
INFORMATION OF THE LISTED WORDS
 1. COLLOQUIAL
 2.CARNAL
 3. VERNACULAR
 4. PLACATE
 5. PANORAMA
PARTS OF SPEECH:___________
MEANING:___________________
SPELLING: ________________
PRONUNCIATION/STRESS: ________
SYNONYMS: _________
DERIVATION:___________
ETYMOLOGY:____________
 VISIT YOUR LIBRARY AND INTERVIEW THE
LIBRARIAN REGARDING SOME FACTS. THE
FOLLOWING DETAILS CAN BE USED AS A
GUIDE IN ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. AFTER
THE INTERVIEW SUBMIT THE OUTPUT TO
YOUR PROFESSOR
 A. THE RULES AND REGULATION
IMPLEMENTED IN THE LIBRARY
 B. NUMBER OF EACH LIBRARY MATERIAL
 C. NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN THE LIBRARY
 D. AVAILABILITY OF THE ONLINE PUBLIC
ACCESS CATALOG
 WRITE DOWN THE REFERENCE MATERIALS TO BE USED
IN ABLE TO GET THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
 ____1. THE SMALLEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD
 ____2. THE ANTONYM OF THE WORD SUBVERSIVES
 ____3. THE EXACT LOCATION OF ANTARCTICA
 ____4. THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD THEATRE
 ____5. THE POPULATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
 ____6. THE HISTORY OF CELLULAR PHONES
 ____7. THE LATEST GADGET
 ____8. THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE P. RIZAL
 ____9. THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD
VOLUPTUOUS
 ____10. THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST WORLD OLYMPIC
WAS HELD