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Research Vocabulary

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encyclopedia   a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject usually arranged in alphabetical order.  
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browser   a computer application used to get on the Internet to look at pages.  
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keyword   word or words used to search the Internet for a specific topic.  
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primary source   original materials from the original time period collected about the time  
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secondary source   information created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate  
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cite   to give credit to a source  
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bibliography   a list of books and other writings about a specific topic; a list of sources used to write a research paper  
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research   to look for and study different books and sources in order to find information on a topic  
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source   a book, Internet website, encyclopedia, or other place from which something comes.  
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search engine   websites that are designed to search the Internet for information.  
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