Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sources for the 3ResProj
The first step I took in my research process was that I simply entered in my research topic, china pollution activism" into Google and found a couple of good sources on the first page of Google. Looking back now it probably would have helped if I used the Advanced Search on Google so I would be able to find more sources that pertained to my research topic. When looking on Google I found a website that seemed like it came from an organization that was dedicated on education people on environmental issues. This made me believe that this source was credible and had a lot of useful information and facts on pollution. This website helped me support my idea that pollution was a danger to the health of many individuals. On Google there were also some websites that I could not use in my paper because the source did not look credible and one website looked like it was just a blog versus a useful website. The next step I took in my research topic was that I tried to look up more sources in the Library Search on the Millersville homepage. Here I found mostly academic journals that gave examples of what the Chinese citizens are doing to help their living conditions due to the amount of pollution around them. Some of them even had information of why the government in China is not doing much to help the situation. While on the Library Search I also found some articles that were not that useful because it mostly contained information that was too complicated and involved to add in my research paper.
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After reading your blog it seams like the advance google search would have helped you out alot during your source search. But it seams that you still found a way to find good sources it just took you longer. It sounds though that you know your topic and will have a great paper.
ReplyDeleteAfter taking a look at your blog, I think you've done a great job with finding resources so far. I think it's great that you aren't using just any source and that you are checking to make sure they come from a credible site. I am trying to do this in my paper as well because you want to make sure that the information you are putting in your paper is legitimate. I think searching for your basic topic from the start was great in order to get basic information and then start to narrow down your searches to more specific ideas. It sounds like you're doing all the right research. Great job!
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