Let's think of possible sources of information:

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.

How many more can you think of?