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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

ENCYCLOPEDIAS. 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

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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  1. ENCYCLOPEDIAS

  2. 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?

  3. 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

  4. FORMAT • Print (book) version • Web based

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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