Reference Sources
Book Smarts
Internet Smarts
Hodge Podge
Genres
100
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
100
On the side of the book in the library is a sticker that tells you where the book belongs.
What is the Call Number?
100
This is the place on a search engine you type into.
What is the Search Box?
100
When you copy text word for word, you should always put these around the text.
What are quotation marks?
100
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
200
You can look for magazines, newspapers, and other articles using this part of the "Deep Web".
What is a database?
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? (or URL)
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
Three ways that you can search for a book in the DESTINY OPAC.
What are title, author, subject, keyword?
300
Words you should type in the search box INSTEAD of a question.
What is keywords?
300
This type of source is original (like a letter or diary).
What is a primary source?
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?
What is an Atlas?
400
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the words?
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
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? (or Destiny)
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 type of online reference that lists facts, and statistics (hint: we used it to find what a baby swan was called)
What is an almanac? (or Factmonster)
500
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
500
Never reveal this kind of information on the Internet.
What is personal?
500
The rights that a creator has when they create a work is called this.
What is copyright?
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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