Human+Impact+Project

How do Humans Upset the Balance of our Planet’s Ecosystem?
 * Global Warming (effects of climate change)
 *  Brownfields (toxic pollutants cycling in the environment)
 * Water Pollution (Eutrophication) (excess nutrients cycling in the environment)
 * Acid Rain (Air and water pollution working together = bigger problems)

=Research Steps =

Identify Sources
Books and eBooks: 

Magazine index for online and hard copies 

Databases and eBooks:
 * [[image:science_in_context (1).gif link="http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=425"]] || [[image:discovering_collection_lg.gif link="http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=34"]] || [[image:GVRL5_lg.gif link="http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=475"]] ||
 * [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/science_online.png width="202" height="59" link="http://online.infobaselearning.com/Direct.aspx?aid=18821&pid=WE40"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[image:scienceresource.jpg width="167" height="57" link="http://trial.ebscohost.com"]] |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[image:classroom_video.png width="207" height="58" link="http://streaming.factsonfile.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?aid=21096"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[image:abc_issues.jpg width="142" height="68" link="http://issues.abc-clio.com/"]] ||  |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/Screen Shot 2013-06-02 at 8.21.36 PM.png width="181" height="58" link="http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=45"]] ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">More databases and ebooks are available on the Learning Commons website here: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Please remember that there may be helpful people and/ or ideas on various social media.
 * [[image:twitter.jpg link="http://twitter.com"]] || [[image:pinterest logo.jpg width="104" height="125" link="http://pinterest.com"]] || [[image:Scoop-it-logo.png link="http://scoop.it"]] ||
 * [[image:pearltrees.png width="222" height="50" link="http://pearltrees.com"]] || [[image:learnist.png link="http://learnist.com"]] ||  ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Search Strategies
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Search for keywords using advanced search boolean operators:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **OR** - use to search for synonyms or similar words, for example: **pollution OR contamination**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**AND** - use when both words must be present in seach results: **"oil spill" AND valdez**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**NOT** - use when an irrelevant word should be excluded from results: **"oil spill" NOT valdez**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Use advanced Google Search operators to focus your Google results:
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">search term ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">sample search ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**inurl:** - use to find a word that appears in a url || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"oil spill" inurl:exxon ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**site:** - use to limit your search to only a certain website or certain kind of website || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"oil spill" site:epa.gov ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**" "** - use quotation marks to ensure key words stay together || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> "oil spill" ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**-** - use a minus sign to exclude irrelevant words from your results || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"oil spill" -valdez ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Evaluate Resources
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Include annotations for all sources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Annotations should discuss what information the resource provided.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Annotations for websites should explain how the source passes the C.R.A.P. test.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For more information see the Library Learning Commons [|MLA webpage]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Use Information Responsibly
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