Grade 6: Researching Strategies and Using the Library

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  1. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
  2. internet
    a worldwide network of computer networks
  3. search engine
    a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
  4. home page
    the opening page of a web site
  5. menu
    a list of options available to a computer user
  6. hyperlink
    a bit of text on a web site that takes you to another site
  7. icon
    a symbol in a graphical user interface
  8. sponsor
    someone who supports or champions something
  9. credit
    give someone recognition for something
  10. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
  11. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  12. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  13. reference
    a publication noted as a source of information
  14. newspaper
    a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets
  15. magazine
    a periodic publication containing articles and pictures
  16. DVD
    a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
  17. audio
    a transmitted signal you can hear
  18. catalog
    a complete list of things, usually arranged systematically
  19. author
    a person who writes professionally
  20. title
    the name of a work of art or literary composition
  21. subject
    the topic of a conversation or discussion
  22. primary source
    a firsthand document that provides information
  23. secondary source
    a work that describes or analyzes firsthand accounts
  24. table of contents
    a list of what is included and where it can be found
  25. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  26. glossary
    an alphabetical list of technical terms in a field
  27. index
    alphabetical listing of names and topics with page numbers
Created on May 11, 2021 (updated June 21, 2021)

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