Reference Books:  Almanacs, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Thesauruses

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1. If you need general information about a topic to start organizing a research project, the best reference book is a:

    Atlas
    Thesaurus
    Dictionary
    Encyclopedia
 

2. To find out what a word means or how to pronounce it, you would use a:

    Dictionary
    Thesaurus
    Atlas
    Almanac
 

3. To learn about a place by looking at a collection of maps, the best reference book would be a:

    Dictionary
    Thesaurus
    Atlas
    Almanac
 

4. To find more words with the same meaning or with opposite meanings, the best book to use is a:

    Thesaurus
    Dictionary
    Encyclopedia
    Almanac
 

5. To find current facts and figures, in a book that is updated each year, the best type of reference book to use would be a.:

    Dictionary
    Almanac
    Encyclopedia
    Atlas



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