Using an index
L.I. - Library/Research skills
Using an index to find information quickly
Most non-fiction books have an index. Like a table of contents, it lists the books contents and relevant page numbers, but in much more detail. It presents the topics in alphabetical order to help your search. Below is an example from a health book.
INDEX
aerobics 2-14
breathing 9-10
carbohydrates 36
co-ordination 20-25
cycling 32
diet 30-40
diseases 45-65
doctor 40-44
drinking 63
drugs, harmful 70-75
drugs, medical 60-65
exercise 11-20
fat 35
fatigue 76-79
good health 80-90
happy 91-92
hospital 40-44, 48-65
hygiene 93-94
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illness 45-65
incapacitated 45-65
injuries 60-65
inoculation 96-98
lungs 9-10, 60-64
medicine 45-65, 96-98
mental illness 99-120
moods 99-104
pharmacist 60-65
physical activities 121-150
rest 151-155
self-discipline 115-120
smoking 121-124
sport 15-20
strength 12-14
vigour 140-150
vitamins 64-65
weight 30-35
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Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.
Hygiene: Hygiene is set of practices for health.
Vigour:physical strength and good health.
Inoculation: to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person or animal or a plant.
carbohydrates: A carbohydrate is a large biological molecule.
Why are there two index entries for drugs?
Because it is about health.
Which two entries will help you find out about tiredness and how to cope?
Weights and Vigour.
Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about injuries?
Disease, Smoking, Drugs-harmful and Injuries
Which two entries would you use to find out more about healthy eating?
Diet and drinking.
Which pages would you turn to in order to find out about the bad effects of
smoking?
Drugs-harmful, drugs-medical, drinking and smoking.
On which pages would you find out about hospital life?
The left page.
Why do you think there are two ranges of page numbers for lungs?
Because its telling you about health and your body.
On which pages would you find out more about the healthy effects of sport?
