1. Reference Materials

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

9. 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”

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

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

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

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

14. 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

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

16. Most up-to-date information
Internet
Most up-to-date information

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