PRINT MATERIALS
Information Books (Look in the non-fiction
section of the library - 000's to 999's)
Reference Books (such as encyclopedias,
almanacs, and atlases)
Magazines and magazine indexes.
Newspapers
Vertical File (ask Mrs. Mayer or Mrs. Semrau)
Telephone books
Primary resources (first person accounts)
Biographies and autobiographies |
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Computer resources such as World Book, Encarta, Internet...
Use the OPAC to do subject searches. |
REAL PEOPLE
Find authorities in your subject area.
Talk to your parents, teachers, and librarian about who might be a good
source of information.
Ask an adult to go with you to a business that deals with your subject
and ask the people there.
Use e-mail or listservs (with adult help) to ask people who they
know that might be an authority. |
OTHER
Yourself! You can keep notes of your own, make up surveys
or interviews to ask other people questions, and
design experiments to find out the answers to your question yourself. |