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
The tab I use to search the catalog for all books that are about 'dogs'.
What is the 'subject' tab?
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 search engine that most people use when looking up information on the computer.
What is Google?
300
This is the part of the book you see on the shelf AND the bones in your back!
What is the spine?
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
I log into the catalog, choose the book and press the "Hold it!" button.
How do I place a hold?
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 nonfiction book 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
You give a book one to five stars and write your reasons.
What is a review?
400
A non-fiction book about a real person's life and his accomplishments or events that happened during his 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 you forget your books.
What is overdue?
500
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?