Many teachers using interlibrary loan services have the librarian gather additional critical references from public and college libraries to add to the critical resources available at the O'Rourke library. All resources are placed on reserve for the duration of the project. Every senior must complete an acceptable English paper before graduation. For this paper, students are expected to apply those skills that have been taught to them during sophomore and junior years. After completing their critical essay, students begin to gather secondary sources using the Expanded Academic Index on the Infotrac database and reference materials from the O'Rourke library and from their own public libraries.
Students use the public library online catalogs and borrow the books through interlibrary loan.
The O'Rourke Library gathers additional sources from the college libraries. These college resources remain on reserve for the duration of the project. This year the Senior AP English class wrote their research papers on Jane Eyre . At the Jane Eyre site you may choose from many interesting topic and read the student papers. Endangered Animals Project - Juniors and seniors taking Ecology do a project where each student is given a specific animal to research.