Where Can I Find

Information?

Your library is

the place to search.

Your Library Offers

•Print Resources•Online Resources

Print Resources

•Library books to be checked out (use FIEB Library Online Catalog)

•Encyclopedia (use the index)•Almanac•Atlas

Print Resources•Dictionary

•Thesaurus•Magazines/Newspapers --also called periodicals

Encyclopedia•Many volumes•Articles and pictures on many subjects

•Alphabetical order•Articles are long and contain many details about the subject

Almanac An almanac contains up-to-date

facts about many topics such as:

animals citiescountries inventionssports weathergovernment events

Almanacs contain

•Tables, charts, and brief articles

•Almanacs are published every year, so the facts are very current and up-to-date.

Atlas•An atlas is a book of maps.

•An atlas can provide climate, political, population, and other types of information.

Dictionary•Shows the spellings, meanings, and pronunciations of words

•Arranged in alphabetical order

Thesaurus•A thesaurus is a book of words and their SYNONYMS arranged in alphabetical order.

•Antonyms are frequently shown along with the synonyms.

MagazinesTo locate information in magazines, use the following sources:

•The Children’s Magazine Guide

or

•Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature

Online Resources

•These resources cover all sorts of topics such as those found in print encyclopedias.

•These resources are current, accurate, and reputable.

Online Resources

•World Book on the Web •EBSCO

•World Wide Web and the Internet

World Book and EBSCO

•These sources can be accessed through the Vermilion Parish Schools Website.

•They can be accessed at school or home.

•Both are reputable, accurate, and current.

World Book and EBSCO

• To access EBSCO Hosts and databases and WorldBook Online from home, go to www.vrml.k12.la.us .

• Find EBSCO-WorldBook• Use the usernames and passwords

listed: EBSCO: username--student password--ebsco

World Book and EBSCO

WORLD BOOK home use: username--Louisiana password--Elementary,

Middle, or Highschool depending on your level

World Wide Web and the Internet

• With the World Wide Web and the Internet, there is almost instant access to information around the world.

• However, searching might be time-consuming.

• Be sure to use key words to help you refine your search so that you can quickly access information.

World Wide Web and the Internet

•Search with Yahoo, Google, Alta Vista, etc.

•Whatever site you are using, ask yourself if the site is reputable, accurate, and current.

World Wide Web and the Internet

Be sure to look at the ending on the website URL to determine who owns/operates the website:

.edu indicates an educational site,

.org usually shows that a site is run by a nonprofit organization such as PBS or the Red Cross,

.com is the most popular kind of site because companies want to advertise their products,

.net is the latest of the new endings for URLs,

.gov is exclusively used for sites owned and operated by the government.

Remember to record the bibliographic

information of your sources at the time

you use the sources.