Reference Materials

Types of Reference Materials Almanac Atlas Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations Internet Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Periodical Index

Almanac A book of facts, such as Published annually Brief information phases of the moon the best days to plant weather calendar Published annually Brief information

Types of Facts in an Almanac Sport records Zip codes Area codes Postal state abbreviations State government officials State marriage laws Presidents Internet directory Country information State information Bowl winners

Types of Almanacs World Almanac Blackbirch’s Kids Almanac of Geography Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac American Civil War Almanac Kidbits Farmer’s Almanac

Atlas: Books Full of Maps Types of Atlases Atlas of the Earth Atlas of the Ancient World Satellite Atlas

Bartlett’s Quotations Using Bartlett’s Chronological NOT TOPICS In front In back By author By keyword 843 842:6

Dictionary Definitions Spelling Pronunciations Syllables Etymology (origin) Part of Speech Guide Words

Things in the Dictionary Sample sentence given Synonyms - words that mean the same Antonyms - words that mean the opposite Idioms – for example, “have swallowed a dictionary”

Types of Dictionaries Some dictionaries are specialized. Biographical Dictionary Geographical Dictionary Scientific Dictionary Student Dictionary Rhyming Dictionary Many other types

Thesaurus Synonyms Antonyms Rhyming words Word choices in order to use a better word

Encyclopedia Alphabetical Set has volumes Volumes have articles Staff of writers Has an index!!! Don’t confuse with a “wikipedia”!

Encyclopedia Information Animal Encyclopedia North American Biographies World Book New Book of Knowledge Grolier’s On-Line INDEX

Periodical Index EBSCO Host List of Magazine Articles Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature 000 GENERALITIES 100 PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY 200 RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY 300 SOCIAL SCIENCES 400 LANGUAGES 500 NATURAL SCIENCES & MATH 600 TECHNOLOGY 700 THE ARTS 800 LITERATURE 900 GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY EBSCO Host

EBSCO Host: Resource Provided to You by SHMS 160 magazines Full text Use the link from the SHMS library Username: Lcpsm Password: middle

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