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    Parts of a Book

    St. Stephen’s College


    Presented by: Fareed Khan
    Librarian I
    Most books have at least five of these parts.

    •Spine •Title Page


    •Cover •Table of Contents
    •Author •Index
    •Illustrator •Glossary
    •Title •Bibliography
    The Spine
     The spine of a book is the
    part that you see when the
    book is on the shelf. The call
    numbers are on the spine.
     Thespine of a book helps
    hold your book together and
    keep it strong just like the
    spine in your body does!
    These spines give strength.
    The Front Cover
     The cover is the outside of a
    book. There is usually a
    front cover, a back cover,
    and the part in between
    them called the spine.

     The cover of a book will


    include the title of the book.
    The Author
    The author is the
    person who wrote the
    book.

    This information will


    be on the title page
    and usually on the
    front cover.
    The Illustrator
    The illustrator is
    the person who
    draws the
    pictures in the
    book or on the
    cover.
    The Illustrator
    The illustrator is
    the person who
    draws the
    pictures /
    illustrations
    in the book or on
    the cover.
    The Illustrator
    The illustrator is
    the person who
    draws the
    pictures in the
    book or on the
    cover.
    Title or Title Page
    The title of the book is
    usually on the cover.
    You can also see the
    title on the “title page”
    of the book, usually
    right inside the cover.
    Verso page
    This contains the location of the
    publisher’s name and address, copyright
    notice and date, ISBN, any cataloguing-in-
    publication information, the printer’s name
    and address. It is found at the back of
    the Title page.
    Table of Contents
    The table of
    contents will list
    the chapters or
    sections and tell
    you what page
    they start on.
    The Index
    The index of a book will list all of the
    major topics – in alphabetical order
    – and tell you on what pages the
    information starts and stops.

    This will help you to quickly decide


    if a book has enough information
    about your topic so you don’t have
    to read the entire book to find one
    special topic.
    The Glossary
    The glossary is a
    little dictionary in
    the back of the
    book that defines
    words you might
    not understand.
    The Glossary
    The glossary is a
    little dictionary in
    the back of the
    book that defines
    words you might
    not understand.
    Bibliography
     The bibliography of a
    book lists all of the
    people who wrote books
    or articles that gave the
    author ideas and help
    when he wrote his book.
     It is a fair way to give
    credit to others who did
    work before the author.
    Barcode
    The barcode is
    found on the top
    of the title page in
    the book.
    Barcode
    The
    barcode can
    be also be
    found on
    the back
    cover of the
    book.
    ISBN
     ISBN - International Standard
    Book Numbers are assigned
    to each book that is
    published, and serve as
    unique identifying numbers.
    Back cover
     Thecover on the
    opposite side of the front
    cover of a book.

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