Research Skills Research Skills Vocabulary Vocabulary
Jan 07, 2016
Research Skills Research Skills VocabularyVocabulary
TopicTopicThe subject or
theme of a text, the big idea
HeadingHeadingA subtitle that
organizes the information in a text
Discovering the South PoleToday marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful expedition to the globe's southernmost point
detailsdetailsInformation that
tells more of the topic
FootballTebowRothlesbergerManningCowboysFalconsStealers
captioncaptionthe title or
explanation of a photo or picture
plaigarizeplaigarizeTo take credit for
someone’s else work by copying their writing, photos, drawings, etc. To steal someone’s work.
reference textsreference texts
Databases, directories, indexes, and the library’s online catalog; all the information available for research on paper and electronic
databasedatabase
A large collection of related data organized to be used easily usually in a computer or online.
search enginesearch engine
A computer program that searches on the world wide web and gives a list of websites where the keyword is found
paraphraseparaphrasea restatement of
text written in your own words
citationcitationthe quoting of a
book or author to support a fact
websitewebsite
a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containinginformation on a
particular subject
electronic textselectronic textstexts,
books, magazine, newspapers, dictionaries, anything that can be read that is available online
plaigarizingplaigarizingthe taking of
someone else’s work and using it as your own without giving credit
abstractabstracta summary of a
larger article or book
FAQsFAQsan online help
section
periodicalsperiodicalsInformation that
comes out on a regular basis, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and scholarly journals