Research Skills
Use this book to find the definition of the word "griffin."
What is a dictionary?
This page names the title of the book, tells who wrote the book and who created the illustrations. It also tells the name of the company that published the book.
What is the title page?
This is what you use to move up and down on a specific page.
What is the scroll bar?
PBL
What is Project Based Learning?
Eagles (namely Barry!)
What is Asbury's mascot?
Use this book to find a synonym for the word "abandoned."
What is a thesaurus?
This page lists all the chapters that are in a book and which page each chapter begins on.
What is the Table of Contents?
This shows you the address of a website on the world wide web.
What is the address bar?
Rights belonging to all human beings, no matter what.
What are human rights?
Griffins
What is Grant-Beacon's mascot?
Use this online catalog to search Asbury's collection of books
What is Destiny Discover?
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items and their page numbers, usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
A network of millions of computers from all over the world; this network allows computers to trade information.
What is the internet?
When an author uses words in their writing to mimic sounds. It appeals to the sense of hearing and brings a description to life. Example: Buzzzzz!
What is onomatopoeia?
Jaguars
What Merrill's mascot?
Use this for searching and downloading e-books
What is OverDrive?
The part of a nonfiction book that might give the meaning of the word "chrysalis."
What is the glossary?
A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for keywords.
What is a search engine?
Something that is a typical example or excellent model.
What is an exemplar?
DSST
What is Denver School of Science and Technology?
Stealing or passing off the ideas or works of another person as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research.
What is plagiarism?
One side of this page is glued to the front cover of a book and the other side is the first page of the book. These pages are often illustrated.
What are end-papers?
An image or portion of text that when clicked on takes you to another page, image or sound.
What is a hyperlink?
A legendary creature with the tail, body, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and sometimes an eagle's talons as its front feet.
What is a griffin?
DSA
What is Denver School of the Arts?