4.2.1 Study skills

• Organisation of a library
• Classification systems and locating a book
• Parts of a book and how each helps
• Skimming and scanning
• Note-making from written sources

• describe how a library is organised
• locate a book using a classification system
• use the parts of a book to find information quickly
• apply skimming and scanning appropriately

“How do you find what you need without reading everything?”

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1. Finding what you need
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   How libraries are organised, and how a book tells you where its information is.
2. Skimming, scanning and note-making
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Two fast reading techniques for two different questions, and turning what you find into notes.
3. Finding facts for a journey
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Using the catalogue, the parts of a book, then skimming and scanning to answer one travel question.
4. Working alone in the library
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A complete find-and-note task for a travel enquiry, done without asking the teacher where to look.