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From assignment page:
"THE TOPIC: We have so far looked at ENERGY, FOOD AND WATER. Our choices are between using
them sustainably or not, and the consequences of failing to do so...You must argue for a particular
opinion/position which you will substantiate with facts, evidence and reasoning."
3 Research Steps to a Successful Paper
- Explore and pick a topic
- Learn the basics of your topic: Who, what, when, where, why. You should be able to talk for a minute, without repeating yourself, on your possible topic.
TIP: When you participate in research or scholarship, you are entering into an ongoing conversation; you have to listen or read about that conversation before find an interesting, relevant question. Many try to skip this step and end frustrated. You wouldn't want to go up to two strangers on the street and join their conversation before you knew what they were talking about.
3. Find an interesting question--not too easy, not too fuzzy, not too many parts, not too impossible. Should
require analysis. The question should require you to identify a solution or answer to a problem.
Try to stay away from open ended questions, such as... "If we were to ban all fishing in certain waters, what
would that look like?" OR "What would be the consequences of doing this to the environment?"
Background- Reference Resources
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale's Virtual Reference Library is a collection of electronic reference books in the areas of history, arts, medicine, and science.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The premier online resource covering all sides of contemporary social issues.
ProCon.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonpartisan public charity that provides well-sourced pro, con,
and related research on more than 50 controversial issues, from gun control and death penalty to illegal
immigration and alternative energy.
Points of View Reference Center
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Provides access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content including science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals.
You can search the catalog and limit your items to reference entries. On the left, select 'Refine My Entries', then select 'more options', then select 'Reference Entries.'
Science Databases
Environment Complete contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 including full text from over 900 journals.
GreenFILE provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records related to global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
The world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians with over 1.3 million bibliographic records.
BioOne is a unique aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals, published by small societies and non-commercial publishers.
Public Library of Science - Biology
Features works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems.
General Databases
Academic Search Complete contains full text, indexing and abstracts, monographs and reports from more than 13,000 publications.
Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national and international newspapers, in addition to full text for more than 200 regional newspapers.
References (MLA)
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Great information on citing a variety of sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. This site also includes a lot of good information on the writing and research process.
Citing References in Your Paper
Good site from the UW Madison Writing Center. Learn how to cite in less common styles, such as APSA (Political Science), CBE (Biology), and more.
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