Grade 7: Research Strategies, Using the Internet, and Using the Library

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

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