Research Skills
Name one of the library databases
Gale in Context, National Geographic Kids, Britannica, Brain Pop, Pebble Go, BookFlix, MackinVia ebooks, ebook, NewsBank, Britannica School
A true account of a person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
Presenting someone else's work as your own.
What is plagiarism?
In order to keep your place when searching for books within the library, you would use a...
Books that are true are called this.
What is non-fiction?
This is a list of the resources used to gather information for a report or project.
bibliography
This made up story takes place in the past.
What is historical fiction?
A formatted list of all sources you cited within your paper
What is a Works Cited Page?
The books within the library are alphabetized by the author's...
What is Last Name?
Non-fiction books are arranged by the author's name, by title, or by subject.
What is subject?
True or false- a database is a better resource than Google when doing research.
What is true?
This type of fictional story includes magic and creatures that don't exist in real life.
What is fantasy?
Where a piece of information comes from. For example, a website, book, news article etc.
What is a source?
The non-fiction section of the library is organized using this system.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
A number of books, or related nature coming one after another.
What is a series?
True or false- Wikipedia is a reliable resource to use
What is False?
This is a made up story that involves science and travel to other worlds.
What is science fiction?
This strategy involves reading an article and then closing the book or webpage and restating the most important parts in your own words.
What is summarizing?
A novel in comic-strip format
What is a Graphic Novel?
The TRAAP test stands for, "Timeliness, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and..."
What is Purpose?
An evaluation tool which can help you assess the credibility of a source
What is the TRAAP test?
This is a story that tries to explain how the world came to be, and why nature acts the way that it does.
What is a myth?
Key information about a source used for a report or other research project, including its author, title, publisher, and date of publication.
What is a citation?
A series of numbers and/or letters on the spine of a library book that tells you where the book goes on the shelf.
What is a call number?
Name the author of Harry Potter
Who is J.K. Rowling?