| A | B |
| Note cards | Information placed on index cards to be used as facts for writing |
| Source Cards | Information placed on index cards to be used to organized your bibliography or work cited; identify the basis of your facts collected; |
| Work cited | A list of sources used to back up or provide a foundation for information written or discussed by the author |
| Reactive | to be responsive to a stimulus. Synonym- respond, answer Antonym- Proactive, inert, indifferent |
| Index | a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, |
| Table of Contents | a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start |
| Resource | a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed |
| Edition | one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. |
| Goal | aim; something you are trying to do or achieve; the result of which effort is directed; aim; end. |
| Proactive | to plan ahead, serving to prepare for; predict |
| Verso | A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto.; Back of the front page of a book usually where the copyright can be found |
| Encyclopedia | a book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject; A tertiary source |
| Primary Source | a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event; autobiography |
| Secondary Source | any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, usu. not created; secondhand account of a person or event; biography |
| Tertiary Source | collection of secondary sources; a third hand account of a person or event; textbook or encyclopedia |
| Plagiarism | the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. |
| Evaluate | to determine or set the value or amount of; to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess. |
| Copyright | the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.; Protected; |
| Habit | routine; a learned behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost routine |
| Relevant | To have meaning or importance to a particular topic, person or group |