1. Some Information from AT&T Education - 21 st Century Literacies http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/ Choosing the Right Resource

2. Dictionary What resource do I use if I want to… define a word?

3. Atlas What resource do I use if I want to… find a map?

4. Phone Book What resource do I use if I want to… find the phone number of the local movie theater?

5. Encyclopedia What resource do I use if I want to… find basic information about my topic?

6. Book of Quotations What resource do I use if I want to… find a quote?

7. Biography What resource do I use if I want to… find information about a person's life and work ?

8. Index What resource do I use if I want to… find the contents of magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.

9. Almanac What resource do I use if I want to… find information about trends in the weather for the coming year?

10. Readers Guide to Periodical Literature What resource do I use if I want to… find a magazine article about my research topic?

11. Bibliography What resource do I use if I want to… find list of reference materials, usually about the same topic or by the same author, used in research ?

12. Copyright What is… the document that grants exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work ?

13. Card Catalogue What resource do I use if I want to… find a listing of all the books in a library ?

14. Newspaper What resource do I use if I want to… find an article about something that just happened ?

15. Periodical What resource do I use if I want to… Find an article that appeared in a magazine ?

16. Thesaurus What resource do I use if I want to… find a synonym for a word ?

17. Nonfiction What kind of book do I read if I want to read… works portraying events which actually occurred and/or characters who actually existed ?

18. Journal What type of periodical is… dedicated to a particular subject ?