Research Skills
Parts of a Book
Internet Smarts
Hodge Podge
Genres
100
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
100

This names the title of the book. It also tells who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.

What is the Title Page?

100
This is what you use to move up and down on a specific page.
What is the Scroll Bar?
100
A pair of words at the top of a page. All of the words included on that page are between the two words in alphabetical order.
What are Guide Words?
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
This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.
What is the Table of Contents?
200
This shows you the address of a website on the world wide web.
What is the Address Bar?
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
This is the page that gives the copyright date, which is the date that the book was published.
What is the copyright page?
300
A network of millions of computers from all over the world. This allows computers all over the world to trade information.
What is the Internet?
300
Being safe when using the internet. Do not give out personnal 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
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple?
What is the glossary?
400
A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for keywords.
What is a Search Engine?
400

The name of PMS'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 non-fiction book about a real persons life and their accomplishments or events that happened during their life written by someone else.
What is a Biography?
500
This is a book of facts that is published each year containing miscellaneous information.
What is an Almanac?
500
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
500
An image or portion of text that when clicked on takes you to another page, image or sound.
What is a Hyperlink?
500

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?

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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