Research Related Vocabulary

To study something closely and carefully

• Cite

• Source

• Summarize

• Analyze

To provide a reference to a source

• Cite

• Periodical

• Secondary source

• Summarize

The main idea

• Keyword

• Central idea

• Supporting detail

• Thesis

A reference to a source that provides enough information to allow a reader to retrieve it.

• plagiarism

• search engine

• citation

• supporting detail

Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language

• Ambiguity

• Summarize

• Central Idea

• Paraphrase

using different words to say the same idea

• cite

• plagiarism

• paraphrase

• summarize

something which shows that something else exists or is true

• keyword

• source

• evidence

• parenthetical citation

In a book, an alphabetical listing of topics and the pages on which information about them can be found.

• periodical

• index

• source card

• works cited page

the use of a diagram in calculation and design

• index

• graphics

• search engine

• works cited page

a word or concept of great significance

• supporting detail

• thesis

• search engine

• keyword