1. Research Skills

2. I can gather information from print and digital sources.
Learning Target
I can gather information from print and digital sources.

3. What are research skills?
Collecting important information from valid sources to become more informed about a topic.

4. Research Resources
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Almanac
Internet

5. Encyclopedia
A work that contains information on every type of knowledge, usually arranged alphabetically often by subject.
Source :

6. Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica World Book Encyclopedia Encart
*Notice that it can be spelled two ways.

7. Dictionary
A reference book that contains words listed in alphabetical order and that gives information about the words' meanings, forms, pronunciations, etc.

8. Dictionary
Merriam Webster
Oxford American

9. Almanac
A book published every year that contains detailed information on a special subject.
Source :

10. Almanac The World Almanac and Book of Facts National Geographic
Sports Illustrated
Farmer’s Almanac
Scholastic

11. Internet
An electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world.
Source :

12. Internet
Wikipedia
Google Scholar
Kids.Gov