Fact-finding

General in-
formation

Supporting
evidence
(research)

Guerrier

“Something on
talcum pow-
der.”

“The name of a
sarcastic Mis-
souri  judge
50 yrs. ago.”

DEFINITIONS OF THE CATEGORIES

James

Simple request:
“Call for a
specific book
or  subject
material in
which book
selection pre-
sented few
difficulties.”

“Call for an-
swer to a ref-
erence ques-
tion on book
selection in-
volving sub-
ject or bibli-
ographic
knowledge.”

Cole

Factiitypies
“What cities
have day-
light saving
time?” or
“Who in-
vented the
quadratic
equation?”

“How can I re-
move  stains
from cloth-
ing?”

“Information on

cosmetics”;
“material on

psychoanaly-

sis.

“Do  colonies
pay?”; “Ar-
guments for
& against con-
solidation of
railroads.”

Christ Van Hoesen

Reference ques- Definitions, such
tions (quick as the exact
reference). wording of quo-

tations, etc.

General facts on
large subjects.

Readers advised
(specific titles
of books).

Material on debat-
able questions.

Search ques-
tions.

Gscheidle

Ready refer-
ence ques-
tions involv-
ing little” re-
search.

Research ques-
tions taking
more than
five minutes;
advisory serv-
ice in book
selection.