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Research Skills Vocabulary

Research Skills Vocabulary. Topic. The subject or theme of a text, the big idea. Heading. A subtitle that organizes the information in a text. Discovering the South Pole Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful expedition to the globe's southernmost point. details.

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Research Skills Vocabulary

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  1. Research Skills Vocabulary

  2. Topic • The subject or theme of a text, the big idea

  3. Heading • A subtitle that organizes the information in a text Discovering the South Pole Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful expedition to the globe's southernmost point

  4. details • Information that tells more of the topic Football • Tebow • Rothlesberger • Manning • Cowboys • Falcons • Stealers

  5. caption • the title or explanation of a photo or picture

  6. plaigarize • To take credit for someone’s else work by copying their writing, photos, drawings, etc. To steal someone’s work.

  7. reference texts Databases, directories, indexes, and the library’s online catalog; all the information available for research on paper and electronic

  8. database A large collection of related data organized to be used easily usually in a computer or online.

  9. search engine A computer program that searches on the world wide web and gives a list of websites where the keyword is found

  10. paraphrase • a restatement of text written in your own words

  11. citation • the quoting of a book or author to support a fact

  12. website  a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containinginformation on a  particular subject

  13. electronic texts • texts, books, magazine, newspapers, dictionaries, anything that can be read that is available online

  14. plaigarizing • the taking of someone else’s work and using it as your own without giving credit

  15. abstract • a summary of a larger article or book

  16. FAQs • an online help section

  17. periodicals • Information that comes out on a regular basis, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and scholarly journals

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