Journal Entry #7 (Search Strings / Books)

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Search Strings

Search Engine Math:

1. Global Warming+Climate change+Causes

2. Global+Climate+average temerature+effects

3. Antactica+Climate Change+effects+Sea Life

BOOLEAN:

GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE OR CLIMATE EFFECTS

"GLOBAL WARMING" AND (EFFECT ON WILDLIFE) AND HEALTH

GLOBAL WARMING AND CRITICS OR OPPOSITION AND SCIENTIFIC AND EVIDENCE

Power Searching

Title: Global Warming-climate, average temperature

Global Warming and its effects on human health

I also setup a Google Alert account on (Global Warming) I got my first alert today with about 25 results. The topic of the alerts was narrowed as far as being specific to global warming but there was lots of sub topics based on global warming. For example Global Warming and the IDITIROD sled dog race. Thoughts about global warming in China etc.

Books
Using any of the following libraries, identify books on or related to your topic (You may need to broaden your search some.):
Mesa State College Library
Prospector
Colorado Virtual Library

You may request books from other libraries through Prospector using your Mesa State library card number. You may also use your local public library, which you can search through the Colorado Virtual Library, or any bookstore.

In your research journal (blog), record the following information for each book you find that you want to use:

Book Reference #1
Title and Sub Title:
Global warming : opposing viewpoints / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor ; Scott Barbour and Karin L. Swisher, assistant editors.
Subject:
Global Warming
Editor:
Tamera L. Roleff
Assistant Editors:
Scott Barbour and Karin L. Swisher
Name of series:
Opposing View Points
Name of publisher:
Greenhaven Press
Date of publication (copyright):
c.1997
Library:
Mesa State College
Web Site:
Colorado Virtual Library
Accessed:
2/15/08
Web Address:
http://www.aclin.org/WebZ/FETCH?sessionid=01-43293-2011753517&recno=3&resultset=2&format=F&next=cvl-/full.html&bad=cvl/error/badfetch.html&&entitytoprecno=-3&entitycurrecno=3

Book Reference #2
Title and Sub Title:
Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
Authors:
Philander, S. George.
Subject:
Global Warming
Name of series:
Name of publisher:
Princeton University Press
Date of publication (copyright):
c.1998
Library:
Montrose Library District
Web Site:
Colorado Virtual Library
Accessed:
2/16/08
Web Address:
http://www.aclin.org/WebZ/FETCH?sessionid=0143293-1352986209&recno=2&resultset=2&format=F&next=cvl/-full.html&bad=cvl/error/badfetch.html&&entitytoprecno=-2&entitycurrecno=2

If you identify any electronic books that would be useful, you also need to record the web address, the site where you accessed it, and the date you accessed it.
If you have trouble with your research, in addition to the librarians at Mesa State, you may use the following services:
Record Searches
One of the most important research strategies you can use as you collect information is to keep track of your searches. Note not only the keywords or phrases and the search strategies you used with them (wildcards, Boolean search, author search, and so on) but also how many sources the search turned up and whether those sources were relevant to your research project.
In your research log, record the following information for each source you search.

Research Log:

Resource Searched - Internet
Search Terms - Global Warming+Climate+effects
Search Strategies - Narrow each search to a specific asspect of Global warming. (Weather / Natural Disaster / Animal Extinction / Etc.)
Date -2/13/08
Hits - Usually around 15 hits per search depending on how narrow the search was.
Relevance - I had good results with my search I rarely got abstract hits on Global Warming.
(Scale of 1–5) - (4)

Notes:
I bookmarked most of the relavent information I got back on my search. I did however save my results for future reference if the need arises.