The Atlas, The Almanac, and The Encyclopedia

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The Atlas, The Almanac, and The Encyclopedia

• Book and Online Resources
• discover your place in the world
• - discover facts about your world
• --learn about all of the world

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The Atlas

• An atlas is a map of a region, state, country, or
  area
• There is generally a type of key available
  which explains symbols on the map

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Uses of an Atlas

• Atlases often contain almanac information about
  the area as well
• You can use an atlas to locate an area in
  relation to others, or plan a trip to visit the
  site

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What would you use an atlas for?

• Maps

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The World Almanac

• An almanac is a book describing statistical
  information about a state, country, or area
• Often, almanacs are combined with atlases (the
  map) of an area

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Uses of an Almanac

• The almanac is most helpful in locating numbers
  information about an area
• If you want to know history, and basic
  encyclopedia information about a state,
  country, etc. this is also often available in an
  almanac

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What would you use an almanac for?

• Facts Figures

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The Encyclopedia

• An encyclopedia is a reference source for all
  types of information it includes statistics,
  biographies, and basic information about all
  types of things
• Encyclopedia entries are arranged in alphabetical
  order

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Uses of an Encyclopedia

• You can use encyclopedias to locate basic
  information and then locate book resources or
  online websites to find out more about a topic

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What would you use an encyclopedia for?

• Articles for Research

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Great Online Atlas Resources

• Atlapedia www.atlapedia.com
• FactMonster www.factmonster.com
• Using one of the online sites, locate a country
  and find the physical map of the area

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Great Online Almanacs

• Info Please Almanac www.infoplease.com
• Atlapedia www.atlapedia.com
• Country Studies - http//lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/csh
  ome.html
• Using one of the online sites, locate the country
  you found an atlas entry for and find an almanac
  one as well for this same country

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Comparison Time!

• Compare the results you obtained from your atlas
  and almanac with actual BOOK resources

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Which to Use?

• Why should you usually use online resources for
  atlas and almanac information instead of BOOK
  references?
• BECAUSE THE INFORMATION ONLINE IS CURRENT
• (UP-TO-DATE)

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Is this also true of encyclopedias?

• If you need current information, online resources
  are best otherwise books are great!

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Great Online Encyclopedia Resources

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• http//www.infohio.org/ER/secure/EB/tccsa.asp
• Encarta http//encarta.msn.com
• Select a topic of interest to you and look it up
  in Britannica Online.

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The Atlas, The Almanac, The Encyclopedia

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