Information Literacy Skills > Dictionaries

Introduction

Everyone is familiar with dictionaries. They are alphabetical lists of words, giving information about each word listed. It is worth noting that not all books providing dictionary type information actually have the word dictionary in the title. Look out for wordbooks, glossaries or lexicons.

There are several types of dictionary and each has its own purpose.

1. Have you used one or more types of dictionary?

List the types you have used.

Check your answer

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