| Honors 101 - Science and the Public Good | |||||
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1. For your topic, brainstorm at least five search terms here.
2. Now take your search terms and go to Georef. Find the truncation symbol,
and do one search using that symbol. Find a minimum of three relevant sources
and add them to your search folder (icon on right-hand side of each entry).
Open your folder (folder icon at the top right-hand side). Then mail the references
to yourself. Print out the e-mail and attach it to this handout to turn in.
3. Use a newspaper archive (Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times)
or a general interest database (LexisNexis Academic is a good one) to find at
least one article on your topic. Cite the article here:
4. Now search a government database using your best search terms. Print out the results and attach to this handout to turn in.
5. Now find one background resource on the Web by searching Google. List the
URL of the Website here. Figure out who wrote the text and assess their credibility.
Is this a trusted site? What is your evidence? What might you not trust about
this information?
6. From your background resource, find at least three new search terms:
7. Finally, take one author from your reference list, and run a search on Google to find a publications list for that person. Find a minimum of one new reference this way.