Research Skills
Parts of a Book
OPAC Searching
Hodge Podge
Genres
100
Where can you find the definition of a word?
Dictionary
100
This names the title of the book. It also tells who qrote 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
Where can you look to find information about a person, place, or thing>
Encyclopedia
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
How do you search for a title that begins with A, An, or The?
Do not type in A, An, or The in your search.
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
These stories are not true, but describe what life was like in the past?
Historical Fiction
300
How can you tell if a news story is fake?
Searching on Scopes or Fact Checker
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
How do you type in an author's name when searching for a book by them?
Last Name, Fist Name
300
Who is the author of Green Eggs and Ham?
Dr. Seuss
300
Harry Potter is part of what genre?
Fantasy
400
Where can you look to find facts and maps for a country?
Atlas
400
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple?
What is the glossary?
400
How would you search for a fiction book about snakes?
Snakes AND fiction
400
What do you need to get a public library card?
Adult signature and proof of address.
400
What is a nonfiction book about a real person written by someone else?
Biography
500
What is the name of an online almanac?
Farmer's Almanac, Fact Monster, or Guinness Book of World Records
500
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
500
How would you search for a books about weather but not tornadoes?
Weather NOT tornadoes
500
Where can you download music, videos, and books using your library card?
Public library website
500
This genre contains fictional stories about magic, princes, princesses, evil, and happy endings.
Fairy Tales
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