General Reference Materials

Which reference material gives definitions of words?

• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Atlas

Which reference material lists synonyms and antonyms?

• Thesaurus
• Phone Book
• Newspaper
• Almanac

Which reference material is a book of maps?

• Dictionary
• Internet
• Atlas
• Almanac

Which reference material is a set of books used to find information?

• Internet
• Atlas
• Encyclopedia
• Thesaurus

Reference materials give us factual information to make our work accurate and easy to understand.

• True
• False

What would be the best resource to use if you needed another word for "quiet?"

• Dictionary
• Atlas
• Thesaurus
• Encyclopedia

What would be the best resource to use if you wanted to know more about computers?

• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Atlas
• Thesaurus

What would be the best resource to use if you wanted to know more about Abraham Lincoln?

• Dictionary
• Encyclopedia
• Atlas
• Almanac

You want to find out if "funny" is a noun, verb, or adjective. What source do you use? 

• atlas
• encyclopedia
• dictionary 
• thesaurus

This is a book published annually, containing a calendar, statistics, and information about the weather.

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

• Dictionary

• Almanac