Reference

The **Reference** section of the library is a good place to start any research task.
Your first stop should be the **encyclopaedia **. As you know, all information is organised alphabetically in encyclopaedias, but don't go to **A ** for ancient! You need to start in the section on **Greece **, and skim through it until you reach the sub heading for **Ancient Greece **. This will give you a good overview of the subject, and with what you read here and what you've learnt in class, you can decide what tasks from Section C you want to investigate. There may be some information on your topic in this section on Ancient Greece, or you may need to go to another part of the encyclopaedia for this information.

An encyclopaedia gives you the basic facts about a topic including how to pronounce it and often at the end of the entry there will be suggestions regarding other related topics. This is a great way to get a general understanding of your topic. Its especially helpful before doing a web search, as you'll already know the basic facts and be better able to evaluate websites because of what you already know. The encyclopaedia section is at the beginning of the Reference section, at Dewey Decimal (call) number **030**.

**RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOKS **
World Book encyclopaedia (call number REF 030 WOR) is particularly good for this topic. Children’s Illustrated Encyclopedia: exploring history (call number **REF 909 CHI**) at the other end of the Reference section, in History is good if you want a very brief overview of Ancient Greece. You’ll find this in the section headed **Classical Greece**. It also has illustrations that will be helpful if you’re doing the options concerning temples or houses.