The World Almanac Reference Instruction Guide

1. The World Almanac®
and Book of Facts
A READY REFERENCE INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE

2. ABOUT THE WORLD ALMANAC
• Ready reference resource with thousands of facts and
statistics.
• #1 Best-selling American reference book ever with over 82
million copies sold.
• Topics include science, politics, economics, and nations of
the world, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/World-Almanac-Book-Facts-2018/dp/1600572138

3. WHAT CAN THIS BOOK DO FOR YOU?
The World Almanac is a trusted reference resource and can be used to answer a range of
research questions, for example:
·Who was the 22nd President of the United States?
·When was the telescope invented?
·Where can you find wild elephants?
·What is the capitol city of Morocco?
The World Almanac is also a great starting point for the early stages of focusing on a research
topic. This book provides a great overview of many subjects, and while researching one area
users are easily led to other related ideas.

4. HISTORY OF
THE WORLD
ALMANAC
·The World Almanac was first published in 1868 by The New
York World newspaper and focused on events like the
impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and the U. S’s
Period of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
·It has been published annually since 1878 and is currently
available in print, as an e-book for most devices, and often as
a subscription resource in libraries and schools.

5. HOW TO ACCESS
The most current edition is available
at the Rebecca Crown Library, on the
first floor in the reference collection.
The call number is REF ay67.n5w7
Many public and academic libraries
also have access to the print and
eBook versions of this title. Navigation
of the eBook is very similar to the
print form.

6. ARRANGEMENT OF INFORMATION
·This 1,000 page volume is divided into 14 different informational categories.
·Each category is further separated into subcategories.
·Information is easily searchable in the Table of Contents or General Index.
· Information and facts are presented in a variety of formats including lists, graphs, charts, maps,
timelines, summaries, and pictures.

7. TABLE OF CONTENTS
The first page of the almanac gives an overview of the
topics covered. Users looking for information on broad
subjects can use the contents list to browse subjects
areas like:
·Economy, business, & energy
·Crime
·Health and vital statistics
·Personalities, arts, & media
·Science & Technology
·Consumer information
·U.S. facts & history
·World culture
·Sports

8. QUICK REFERENCE INDEX
The quick reference index is located on last page. It contains
many items from the contents page, but in more detail. This
list breaks down key topics covered in the almanac. It’s
comprehensive but short enough to quickly search for areas
of interest, such as commonly researched topics like:
· Environment
· Health
· Music
· News Events
· U.S Facts
· World History

9. GENERAL INDEX
The general index at the back of
the book has the most
complete overview of the
information contained within.
This list directs users to specific
information by topic and
further subtopics, and provides
the corresponding page
numbers in the book.
Use the general index to find
information such as:
·Birth Statistics
·Endangered Species
·Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
·Moon phases
·Sweden’s population
·Vietnam War

10. USING THE
GENERAL INDEX
Question: What are the phases of
the moon?
· Using the index, look up “moon
phases”.
· Turn to corresponding page (350).
· Locate desired information on
page by heading (Moon Phases
2018).

11. EXAMPLE ENTRIES

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13. EXAMPLE ENTRIES

14. BONUS ONLINE CONTENT
Visit the World Almanac’s website to access extra bonus content not included in the printed version
of the book including:
·Editor’s Picks Through the Years
·Famous Contributors
·Selected Content (from 1907-1983 editions)
·World Almanac Covers (from 1868-2018)
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/worldalmanac/?ref=br_rs

15. SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the World Almanac on the web for
daily snippets of facts and trivia.

16. CITATIONS
Http://www.worldalmanac.com/. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15,
2018, from http://www.worldalmanac.com/world-
almanac.aspx
Janssen, S. (2018). The world almanac and book of facts
2018. New York, NY: World Almanac Books.

17. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
If something is unclear or if you have any questions about
information presented in this resource, please feel free to
contact me at * khuman@my.dom.edu