Reference Materials
Research Skills
Hodge Podge
Genres
100
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
100

Also called a citation.  You can use Easy Bib to make it.

What is a bibliography?

100

Words you choose to use to research a topic on the internet.  

What are keywords?

100
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
200
You use this book to find a synonym for the word abandoned.
What is a thesaurus?
200

The criteria you use to decide if a resource is reliable.

CRAAP test

200
This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!
What is Plagiarism?
200
Writing dealing with facts and events rather than the imagination.
What is Non-Fiction?
300
This is a set of books that gives information about many topics. The topics are listed in Alphabetical order.
What is an encyclopedia?
300

Where you can find the Kal library databases.

What is the SD22 digital resources?

300

Being safe when using the internet. Do not give out personal information or go to websites without your parent or guardians' permission.

What is Internet Safety?

300
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
What is a Mystery?
400
A book that has a collection of maps? This book also contains information about the land, crops and the population of an area.
What is an Atlas?
400

A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for keywords.

What is a Search Engine?

400

The name of Kalamalka's online catalog for the library. I can use this to check if a book is available and see all of the information I might need to know about that book.

What is OPAC?

400

A novel in comic strip format.

What is a Graphic Novel?

500

Examples of these include:  World Book Online, Explora and Gale Issues in Context.

What is a library database?

500

Websites that have the URL ending .org, .edu, .gov are more likely to be this.

What is reliable?

500

Different words that have the same meaning.  Example, humorous and funny.

What are synonyms?

500
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?
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