BEST SOURCES

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BEST SOURCES
Overview
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Dictionary
Contents -definitions -pronunciation -word
origin (derivation) -parts of speech -spelling
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Special Types of Dictionaries

• Biographical
• Geographical
• Scientific
• Unabridged containing all words in the English
  language

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Encyclopedia
Contents -General information -Multi-volume with
index
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Thesaurus
Contents -An alphabetic listing of synonyms and
antonyms
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Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Contents -general magazine index -indexes 180
periodicals -arranged alphabetically by subject
and author -helps locate information on current
topics
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ATLAS
Contents -Used for finding boundaries,
population, and areas of countries
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Directory
Contents -Names and addresses of persons,
organizations, and institutions.
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DATABASE
Contents -Related pieces of information about a
subject which can be sorted and stored on a
computer
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ALMANAC
Contents -Book of statistics
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• Readers Guide to Periodical Literature
• encyclopedia
• directory

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