Research Terms

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ResearchTerms

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Parts of a Book

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Text
• Chapters
• Glossary
• Index
• Bibliography

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Index

• Lists words listed in book and page number
• Alphabetized
• Usually found in the back of the book

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Glossary

• Usually located in the back of a book
• Mostly found in textbooks
• The glossary contains specific words for the
  specific text.
• For example, a math books glossary will contain
  math terms such as circle, and a social studies
  books glossary will contain social studies terms
  such as immigrant.

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Title Page

• Part of the book that gives the title and the
  name of the publisher
• Usually in the front

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Table of Contents

• Tells you what will be in the book, in order, by
  section or chapter
• Usually in the front of the book
• Sometimes only called Contents

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Bibliography

• A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the
  books, web sites, and other reference materials
  you use in a school report or paper. There's more
  than one right way to format an entry (also
  called a citation). You need to write the
  author's name (last name first), the title, when
  it was published, etc. The bibliography page goes
  at the end of your report.

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Bibliography

• References in the back of the paper or book
• Example Reference Page, Works Cited Page
• The bibliography is completed after you have
  written the paper.

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Different Types of References

• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Atlas
• Almanac
• Thesaurus
• Electronic CD Roms/Websites
• Internet collection of websites ex. Yahoo

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Encyclopedia

• General Information
• Articles on varieties of topics
• Alphabetized

• Example
• World Book
• Britannica
• Comptons

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Newspaper

• Weekly, Monthly, Daily
• Current Events
• Contains comics, weather, jobs classifieds, local
  news, international news, and different sections
  such as sports, living, home and garden, health,
  travel, nation news
• Ex. Moultrie Observer, Atlanta Constitution

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almanac

• Facts and statistics
• Example
• The Farmers
• Almanac
• World
• Almanac

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Atlas

• Maps and
• geographical
• information
• Example
• World Atlas, Cultural Atlas

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Thesaurus

• Find words that mean the same
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Looks like a dictionary but does not give
  definition just words that are similar

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DictionarySpelling and definitions of words
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Scavenger Hunt

• Now that you have learned about the research
  tools!
• It is time for a Scavenger Hunt!
• We will go to the library and you and your
  partner will have a list of items to find.
• Good Luck!!!
• I cant wait for the hunt!!
• Scavenger Directions