If not, approach someone in your area that you respect and who is in a position to guide you. Ask for their help. You will be surprised at how many people are willing to take you under their wing, if only you ask. It is a give and take situation. Treat everyone with the respect that you want to be treated with.
Reputation is built through personal contact.
They expected this to take quite a bit of time. Instead I finished the task in a shorter period, and asked for new duties. By the end of my summer stint I was trained in a number of areas, and was offered a full-time position. YOU DO Even in the lowliest duties look for the lesson, and think of how you can apply it to future resumes, interviews and jobs. If you don't, you won't do a good job, and that reputation will follow you around too.