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A detailed set of books covering diverse topics about people, places, and things, providing summaries and answering vital questions. Explore examples of significant individuals, locations, and various subjects. Access through print or web versions like World Book or Wikipedia for precise information. Organized alphabetically, with each volume containing topics in the same order. Utilize the index volume for easy navigation and remember to lookup under the appropriate guide word. An invaluable resource for educational pursuits and research.
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DEFINITION • Usually a set of books in reference • Includes a variety of topics and information about people, places, and things • Gives a good summary of the topic • Answers questions: Who? What? Where? When? How?
DEFINITION • People - famous, made a contribution • Examples: Presidents, Kings or Queens, explorers, scientists, artists, inventors, composers • Usually not celebrities • Places - • Examples: rivers, lakes, mountains, cities, states, countries, continents • Things - all other topics • Examples: animals, dinosaurs, drawing, events, government, history, holidays, money, planets, plants, rocks, sports, science
FORMAT • Print (book) version • Web based
FORMAT Los Angeles County Public Library provides access to World Book web. Full version is under Encyclopedia and grades K-2 version is under Kids. Need a library card to use. http://colapublib.org/periodicals/index.html Wikipedia is an web-based encyclopedia. Be sure to check your information against another reliable source http://www.wikipedia.org
ARRANGEMENT • Set of books in alphabetical order • Each book in the set is called a volume • Topics within each volume are in alphabetical order • Guide words are at the top of each page • Index volume - alphabetical list of all topics in the encyclopedia and what volume & pages
HELPFUL HINTS If a subject has 2 parts, look up under the first part North America would be under N for North Pacific Ocean would be under P for Pacific Look up a person under their last name George Washington would be found under Washington King George would be found under George