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ENCYCLOPEDIAS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy2jWJtO3lE

DEFINITION Usually a set of books in reference Includes a variety of topics and information about people, places, and things Gives a good summary of the topic Answers questions: Who? What? Where? When? How?

DEFINITION People - famous, made a contribution Places - Examples: Presidents, Kings or Queens, explorers, scientists, artists, inventors, composers Usually not celebrities Places - Examples: rivers, lakes, mountains, cities, states, countries, continents Things - all other topics Examples: animals, dinosaurs, drawing, events, government, history, holidays, money, planets, plants, rocks, sports, science

FORMAT Print (book) version Web based

Print Based Encyclopedias Set of books in alphabetical order Each book in the set is called a volume Topics within each volume are in alphabetical order Guide words are at the top of each page Index volume - alphabetical list of all topics in the encyclopedia and what volume & pages

Locating Information inside a volume You go to the volume containing the letter of the alphabet that your topic begins with. Example: If you want to find out about Mexico, you could go to the M volume, and then using the guide words at the top of the page find the article on Mexico

Web Based Encyclopedias Free versions: http://www.encyclopedia.com/ http://www.infoplease.com/ Wikipedia is an web-based encyclopedia. Be sure to check your information against another reliable source http://www.wikipedia.org

HELPFUL HINTS If a subject has 2 parts, look up under the first part North America would be under N for North Pacific Ocean would be under P for Pacific Look up a person under their last name George Washington would be found under Washington King George would be found under George

which volume you would find information on: Fish North America Wind Birds Massachusetts Ships

Directions: choose a volume of an encyclopedia located on the table. Browse through the volume and locate examples of : a famous person, a place and a thing List What you found on the sheet provided. What were the guide words on the page? Pick one of the topics and find 2 or 3 interesting facts to share with the class.

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