Transcript encyclopedias - LACOE Moodle Sites

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
 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
FORMAT
 Print (book) version
 Web based
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
ARRANGEMENT
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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
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