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5th Grade
04/02/2012

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Dictionary
Definition
a book that lists words with their pronunciations, parts of speech, and meanings.  The words are in alphabetical (abc) order.
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Thesaurus
Definition
a book that lists words, and their synonyms and antonyms
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Encyclopedia
Definition
a book or set of books that gives information about many topics that are listed alphabetically
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bibliography
Definition
a list of books, magazine articles, and other sources about a topic
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Atlas
Definition
a collection of maps
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website
Definition
A location on the internet.  You can use a search engine to find a website on a certain topic.  You can find up-to-the-minute information on some websites.
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sources
Definition
magazines, books, and other tools used to gather information
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almanac
Definition
A yearly publication that contains up to date facts on infomation such as horoscope, planting crops, best time to fish, sports/records, U.S. facts, history and much more.
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newspaper
Definition
gives the most current daily news such as current events, sports information, and daily weather, and more
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magazine/periodicals
Definition
focus on a particular topic such as news, famous people, hobbies, or sports
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index
Definition
list of topics/subjects and page numbers in alphabetical order at the end of the book
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fact
Definition
information that can be proved
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