LIBRARY 150 Week 6 Spring Quarter

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LIBRARY 150Week 6Spring Quarter

• Kaye Manly

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CALL NUMBER

• REF
• 611
• PAR

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION

• Parker, Steve (author)
• Fornari, Giuliano (illustrator)
• The Body Atlas
• Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
• New York 1993

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ARRANGEMENT

• Contents
• Mapping the Body
• Body Systems
• Head and Neck
• Upper Torso
• Arm and Hand
• Lower Torso
• Leg and Foot
• Index

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INDEXING

• Alphabetical indexing

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SCOPE

• This unique visual guide reveals the innermost
  workings of the human body. It explores your
  body as if it were a map, divided into
  continents and countries. This approach
  enables you to examine your body region by region.

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CURRENCY

• Very up to date.

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INTENDED PURPOSE

• Any class from 3rd grade through high school
  could profit from this book. Anytime a student
  would have to gather information, to do with any
  part or function of the body, this book would
  help.

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PHYSICAL FORMAT

• I found it in book form only

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SPECIAL FEATURES

• Without a doubt it is the illustrations that are
  special in this book. The detailed, full-color
  illustrations carefully pull back the layers of
  the body, so you can look into its hidden
  interior.

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CREDENTIALS OF ISSUING BODY

• Steve Parker is the award-winning author of more
  than 80 science, nature and biology books for
  children. He holds a degree in zoology, and has
  written several books for Londons Natural
  History Museum.

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CREDENTIALS CONTINUED

• Guiliano fornari is one of the foremost book
  illustrators at work today. Over the past ten
  years, he has collaborated with Dorling
  Kindersley on a number of best-selling childrens
  books. He holds a degree in architecture from
  the University of Florence, Italy.

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REVIEW OPINION

• School Library Journal An exceptionally
  well-done atlas. The illustrations are
  accompanied by extensive captions. The pictures
  are finely detailed and beautifully drawn.

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PERSONAL OPOINION

• This book gives you an enormous amount of
  information on the bodys functions and different
  systems. This book is very well explained, and
  inside you will find well drawn illustrations and
  diagrams complete with captions.

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EXAMPLES TYPIFYING REFERENCE USES

• Where is your spleen?
• What does your liver do?
• Why do your ears affect your sense of balance?

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WWW

• I found one very good site. The information was
  here but it was harder to find.
• www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas.htm