Grade 8: Research Strategies Workshop, Using the Internet, and Using the Library

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  1. internet
    a worldwide network of computer networks
  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. credit
    give someone recognition for something
  8. sponsor
    someone who supports or champions something
  9. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
  10. web page
    a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
  11. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  12. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  13. reference
    the act of consulting
  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. collection
    a publication containing a variety of works
  19. library catalog
    an enumeration of all the resources of a library
  20. author
    a person who writes professionally
  21. title
    the name of a work of art or literary composition
  22. subject
    the topic of a conversation or discussion
  23. primary source
    a firsthand document that provides information
  24. secondary source
    a work that describes or analyzes firsthand accounts
  25. table of contents
    a list of what is included and where it can be found
  26. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  27. glossary
    an alphabetical list of technical terms in a field
  28. index
    alphabetical listing of names and topics with page numbers
Created on May 18, 2021 (updated May 20, 2021)

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