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Choosing Resources for Information. An almanac contains facts such as weather, population, currency, and geographical data. An atlas contains maps and most atlases also have mileage indicators. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Choosing Resources for Information
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An almanac contains facts such as weather, population, currency, and geographical data.
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An atlas contains maps and most atlases also have mileage indicators.
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The Internet contains current information on many topics, including current weather. It also has online encyclopedias and other types of resources.
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A live interview provides a first-hand account of a person's experiences.
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The newspaper gives the most current daily news such as current events, sports information, and daily weather.
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The encyclopedia has information on many general topics and people in history.
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The dictionary will give correct spellings of words, their meanings and how to pronounce a word.
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A library automation program will give you the names of authors, titles of books available and a listing of books available in the library.
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Let’s Play a Game
•Choose the best resource for the information needed.
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• Jessica wants to know what the weather is like in Minneapolis, Minnesota today. What resource should she use? • Newspaper• Encyclopedia• Dictionary• Library Automation Program
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• Andres has a report due on American Presidents. What resource should he use?
• Newspaper• Live interview• Encyclopedia• Atlas
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• Laura needs to find the meaning of the word “confused". What resource should she use? • Almanac• Atlas• Dictionary• Library Automation Program
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• Kelly loves to follow the Oakland A’s. He wants to know the score for the game last night. What resource should he use?• Newspaper• Encyclopedia• Almanac• Atlas
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• Tanya loves to read books by Sharon Creech. What resource should she use to find books written by the author?• Interview• Almanac• Library automation program• Dictionary
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• Justin’s family is buying a Siamese Cat. He needs information on this type of cat. What resource should he use? • Dictionary• Internet• Newspaper• Almanac
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• Claudia needs to find out how to pronounce a word. What resource should she use? • Dictionary• Atlas• Almanac• Television
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• Spencer wants to find out about the earthquake in Hawaii this morning. What resource should he use?• Encyclopedia• Internet• Atlas• Almanac
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• Susan is doing a report on Brazil and needs to know what the country's average temperature is in the winter. Where should she look first?• Dictionary• Television• Almanac• Newspaper
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• Ben needs to know the distance between Paris and Madrid. What resource should he use first? • Personal interview• Newspaper• Encyclopedia• Internet
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• Marc wants the latest medical news about headaches. Which of the following would provide him with the latest research information? • Books• Internet• Atlas• Newspaper
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• Pat is doing research on tigers and wants to read a good general background article on the animal. Where should he look? • Newspaper• Almanac• Encyclopedia • Interview with someone that's been to a
zoo and seen a tiger
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• Carol wants to know what it would be like to be a teacher. Where should she turn? • Dictionary• An interview with a teacher• Encyclopedia• Educational journal
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• Jesse wants to read about the parks project currently taking place in her city. The information seems to change daily. Where should he go for information? • Encyclopedia• Reference book on parks• Local newspaper• Almanac