Schools

From pre-schools to universities --
research information abounds

Research resources will be available at every level of schooling. Ask yourself, "Which schools in my community will likely have materials that will help me with my topic?"  The links at the left will help you explore possible helps schools will give researchers. Don't assume that because a school teaches young children, they would not have valuable reference materials, libraries, or informed personnel. Every school is a potential archive of information.


 
 















High Schools

The State of Utah has many excellent high schools, each with their own particular strengths and resources.  While most of the research resource material will be located in the high school's library, consider looking for other types of information at high schools:
  • Resource experts: teachers, coaches, admistrators, support staff
  • Department records
  • School newspaper archives
  • Personal collections, scrapbooks, photos
  • Office data, statistics
  • Contact the media specialists at the high school nearest you to see helps they have.

Ruth Brown, media specialist at San Juan High School
    High school libraries
You can expect to find: books, videos, computers, magazines, vertical files, reference materials, special collections and more
  • Books organized by Dewey Decimal System
    • Dewey Decimal system
  • Computer access for on-line research
  • Vertical files
    • Many high school media centers keep pamphlets, maps, brochures, and magazine and newspaper clippings in a vertical file that is usually organized by the Dewey Decimal System.
    Vertical files
  • Reference materials
    • High school libraries are likely to have many different sets of encyclopedias, facts on file, and specialized reference materials.  Some of these will be bound in books, others will be on CD's and wil need to be accessed electronically.
    reference materials
  • Special collections
    • Often schools will have a collection of materials with a special focus.  At San Juan High School, for instance, they have an extensive Native American collection, as well as a county history section, where papers written by former students are bound and on file.  Ask your school librarian what special collections they may have.

     
  • Many different encyclopedia sets

    • Encyclopedias
     
  • Videos, photos, audio tapes, records

    • videos
  • Magazines and magazine archives
    • Most high schools can only afford to subscribe to a limited number of magazines.  Usually these will be stored in an organized way so that researchers can request past issues.  To determine what issues may be of most value to you, refer to the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature.
    magazines


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    Last updated January 2001