In this pilot study, a group of 41 "gifted and talented" juniors in high school English and social sciences classes used the menu-driven Wilsearch software to gather leads to information sources in order to complete their first major term paper. The study demonstrates that: (1) students had little difficulty in using the menu-driven software to combine search terms or to request specific subject areas for books through the Dewey Decimal option; (2) students were selective in the titles requested for printout from Wilsonline and narrowed their choices even more when requesting materials through interlibrary loan; (3) students received over 80% of the journal articles requested but cited only 24% of those received; (4) students received 39% of the book titles requested and cited 72% of the books received; and (5) attitudes toward the use of online searching were positive. Suggestions for expanding the time period for the assignment and raising the information use expectations are outlined. Four appendices include the student assignment sheet, handouts for introducing Wilsearch, the student worksheet for topic identification and subject heading verification, and the student questionnaire. (Author/KM)