Research Skills
Books, Books, and More Books
Surfing the 'Net
Mash Up
Genres
100
This site is fine for general knowledge, but don't use it for important research.
What is wikipedia?
100
These are the two types of books found in the library.
What are fiction and nonfiction?
100
The web address is also called this. Hint: 3 letters
What is the URL?
100
These are the two things you MUST bring to Media Class.
What is a pencil and an SSR book?
100
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
200
This is the first step in the research process.
What is selecting a topic?
200
This man wrote The Lightning Thief.
Who is Rick Riordan?
200
Three of the pieces of information needed to cite a website.
What are the author, website name, title of the article, date you viewed it, the date, the URL and the publisher.
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
FactCite and World Book are examples of these.
What are databases?
300
This series of books includes a wizard with a scar.
What is the Harry Potter series?
300
The most trusted websites have these two domain names, also known as web extensions.
What are .gov and .edu.
300
Nonfiction books are arranged in the library using this system.
What is the Dewey Decimal system?
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
This is the online resource we use to create a proper bibliography.
What is Noodle Tools?
400
These are books with a story that is illustrated with few words. They are in a special section of the library.
What are graphic novels?
400
When looking for bibliography information for a web site, such as the publisher or date, try looking here.
What is the bottom of the web page?
400
In an article, this is the point the author is trying to make.
What is the main idea or central idea?
400
A non-fiction book about a real person's life and their accomplishments written by someone else.
What is a Biography?
500
The list of five things needed to properly cite a book.
What are title, author, publisher, copyright date, and city of publication?
500
Books check out for this amount of time.
What is 2 weeks?
500
On Mrs. Benner's website, you must click on this tab to get to recommended websites and databases.
What is the Research Tools tab?
500
All biography books in the library have this call number.
What is 92?
500
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?