| NOT ALL INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE CREATED EQUAL,WHERE YOU START TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION WILL DEPEND ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT OR RESEARCH QUESTION. |
| HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN AT DURFEE. AS YOU SEE EACH QUESTION, WRITE DOWN WHERE YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO LOOK FOR THE ANSWER. |
| Assignment: Name the Seven Hills of Rome | Assignment: Do a book report on Louis Pasteur. |
| Assignment:Your half of the debate team has to argue in favor of gun control. | Assignment: Name the famous mathematician born in Greece in 237 B.C. |
| Assignment: Give a five minute presentation to the class concerning a Supreme Court Case about Censorship. | Assignment:You need to learn all you can about a new NASAL FLU VACCINE Not much has been written about it in magazines or books yet, because it is too new. |
THE LIBRARY HAS PREPARED A HANDOUT DESCRIBING WHERE YOU MIGHT BEGIN TO LOOK FOR ANSWERS.
FOR DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS AND RESEARCH NEEDS, ALWAYS BRING YOUR ASSIGNMENT SHEET WITH YOU WHEN YOU VISIT THE LIBRARY.
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Jane Constant, Reference Librarian
Keeley Library, B.M.C.Durfee High School
of Fall River
September, 1978 to June, 2001