How the contents can help
L.I. - Library/Research skills
How to use the contents page to research effectively
The table of contents lists the chapters and other main parts of the book. It is helpful because it gives you a general idea about the book so you know which chapters apply to your research. Below is an example from a book about the moon.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The size of the moon in relation to the earth 5
Chapter 2 How the moon influences Earth’s tides 17
Chapter 3 Full, half, and quarter moons 31
Chapter 4 The lunar landscape: craters, mountain ranges, plains and faults 45
Chapter 5 The maria of the moon 57
Chapter 6 Theories about the origins of the moon 69
Chapter 7 Lunar geology 77
Chapter 8 The moon and the age of the telescope 89
Chapter 9 Spacecraft and their impact on our knowledge of the moon 103
Chapter 10 The Apollo programme 119
Index 135
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Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.
influences - the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
Origins-the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived
Theories - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained
Geology-the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it..
Answer these questions from the contents page above:
Which two chapters will have the most information about human beings travelling to the moon?
2 & 8
Which three chapters will tell you about aspects of the moon in relation to the earth?
1, 2 &3
Which three chapters will tell you things about the surface of the moon?
4, 5 & 7
Which chapter will tell you the most about the Earth’s tides?
2
