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Monday, February 4, 2008

Journal Entry #6 (Search)

Merriam-Webster Online Search
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Word Source
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Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
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Popular tags on del.icio.us


Key Words
1. Global
2. Warming
3. Climate
4. Weather
5. Temperature
6. Critics
7. Opposition
8. Wildlife
9. Disaster
10.Flooding
11.Hurricane
12.Wild Fire


Create a Search Plan

A search plan helps you to organize the steps you'll follow as you begin to search for information on your research writing project. In your research log, create a search plan using the following questions.

What types of sources are most relevant to my issue?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/04/eaclimate104.xml
1.Internet
2.Current News Articles
3.Interview
4.Field Research (Personal)
5.Survey (How does the general population feel about Global Warming? 6.Real threat or Natural climate cycle?

What types of resources should I use to locate information?

1.Pro's and con's on both sides of global warming.
2.Internet sources
3.Interview
4.Research Encyclopedia
5.News articles
6.Foreign Press

Which search strategies should I use with each resource?
The internet is going to be my best source of current information. Global warming is a relatively new topic in politics and science. I should concentrate my searches on Global Warming / Effects on climate / effects on Wildlife (both land and ocean). Health issues that may be associated with Air polution. Increases in natural disasters such as flooding, Tornado, Hurricane, Fire, extreme cold and heat in unusual regions.

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Blogger Elizabeth Clark said...

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Ms. Clark

February 14, 2008 at 10:59 AM  

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