Reference Skill Review

You are taking notes for a report on monkeys. You only write down the main ideas. You are

• plagiarizing
• paraphrasing
• quoting
• summarizing

You are reading a book about Mexico. Where would you look to find a page number of an important word in the book?

• index
• title page
• glossary
• table of contents

What kind of reference book would have meanings of words?

• atlas
• dictionary
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia

The most important page in a book that includes the title, author, publisher, and date is...

• table of contents
• index
• title page

Which kind of reference book would have synonyms and antonyms?

• thesaurus
• atlas
• almanac
• encyclopedia

Which kind of reference book would have quick facts and information published every year?

• atlas
• encyclopedia
• almanac
• dictionary

What has an alphabetical list of topics on people, places, things and events? 

• almanac
• encyclopedia
• thesaurus
• newspaper

What is a book about a person's life?

• bibliography
• magazine
• nonfiction
• biography

What is a list of resources used in research?

• biography
• bibliography
• fiction
• encyclopedia

You are writing a report on comets. Which research question should NOT be included?

• What do comets look like?
• What various substances make up comets?
• What was the discoverer of Halley's comet like?
• Where do most comets come from?