Pathfinder

Warm-up:
Where do you think you can locate information on your topic? (fiction books?, non-fiction books?, encyclopedias?, reference books?, newspapers?, magazines?, Internet?, etc.)

Keywords

• Keywords are used to locate information in book indexes, online book catalogs, and Internet searches.
• A keyword is usually a noun that describes your topic.
• Avoid common words, like John and Smith, that might be used in many topic not related to your specific topic.
• Use a person’s last name as a keyword. If a person has a common last name, use the first and last name together as a keyword.
• Phrases that are commonly used to describe a topic, like “solar system” and “civil war”, would be used as one keyword.

Locating Information on Atronomy:

• Search the online book catalog for books on the topic.
  Go to: Start/Programs/Winnebago/Winnebago Patron's CAT
  Use keywords to search the catalog. What keywords could you use?

• Use Encyclopedias
  

• Internet Resources:
  Search Engines: Use keywords to search the Internet.
  
  • Yahoo!
  • Excite
  • Google
  Recommended Links:
  
  • WorldBook Encyclopedia - 2002 edition of World Book encyclopedia. Excellent source of information and illustrations.
  • MedlinePlus: Anatomy - information and diagrams of the human body systems.
  • MedlinePlus Home - using keywords, search for information about a topic.
  • Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body System - classic work on human anatomy online.

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