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Monday, March 11, 2013

Blog Homework Due 3/14 at 10pm

In anticipation of your State of the Project presentation, try at least one (1) of the following to get a new perspective on your research question.

1. Try searching in a new database you haven't tried before (ex. Proquest Research Library (interdisciplinary) or a subject database found either in GALILEO or on a library research guide.

2. Try a new search technique, such as multiple keywords including synonyms connected with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and using truncation (ex. psycholog*) Read this post for a refresher

3. Find an organizational website that has publications or reports. (You can search in Google for organizations.)

4. Use one of the sources for finding statistics and government data that we talked about in class.

Blog homework (at least 150 words): Which new search(es) did you try, and what keywords did you use? How helpful was it? Did you find any new materials (articles, reports, statistics) that will help you with your research question?

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