Unit Two Assignment

1. I have to do a paper on bio-geography but I don’t really know what that is. Where should I look for information and why?

-Subject encyclopedias, statistics reference books, and/or online statistical sources

-Years after...

-Secondary source

2. I have heard that the climate is changing and some people say it is getting warmer. Where can I find information on the change in temperature?

- Broadcast media, newspapers, and/or web-based news, 

-The week of...

-Primary source

  

3. I am a psychology major and I am going to be doing an internship at a group home. I hear that the young people who live there have problems with anger. Where can I find practical information from experts on how to intervene if someone gets mad and wants to fight?

-Books, Magazines, scholarly journals, and/or newspapers

-The week of/The weed after...

-Secondary source

4. A professor is writing a grant to the National Science Foundation to get funding for a research project to study the effect of DDT on ground water. The NSF needs to know that there is a foundation of research on which to build this study. Where will the professor get the kind of information that will convince the NSF to fund the project?

-Subject encyclopedias, statistics reference books, online statistical sources, books, and/or scholarly journals

-Years after...

-Secondary Source

5. I heard on the radio that there are killer bees coming north from Central America. How do I find out if they are in Washington State, yet?

-Broadcast media, newspapers, and/or web based news

-The week of...

-Primary Source

6. I have heard that there was a man who was president of the United States for one day. Where would I find out who that was?

-Books, encyclopedias, statistical reference books, online statistical sources, and/or scholarly journals

-Years after...

-Secondary Source

7. My instructor wants peer reviewed articles for my research paper. Where are those?

-Information that has been read and reviewed by others in the same field to better or enhance the work in/on that field

-All stages of the inforamation cycle

-Secondary Source

8. Where can I find some primary sources about the pioneers who came west?

-Books, Subject encyclopedias, and/or scholarly journals, 

-Years after...

-Secondary Source

9. I need to know everything I can about honey bees. Where should I look?

-Books, Subject encyclopedias, and/or scholarly journals, 

-Years after...

-Secondary Source

10. What kind of outfits does Lady Gaga wear?

-Newspapers, web based news, broadcast media, and/or magazine  

-Anywhere from the day of.. till a year after...

-Primary Source