Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Research Log Entry 5.2: Academic Integrity; Exploring Databases (2/14)

1. Write a brief topic sentence and statement of exploration for your topic.

Microorganisms in the body are a vital group to the survival of man and animal alike.

2. Formulate appropriate search terms that you might use to being your research process.


microorganisms AND body, immune system AND function

3. Examine the various library databases available to you through this library and list the possible databases you might use to begin your search process.


- Academic Search Premier
- Biological Abstracts
- Britannica Online
- HAYSTAC

1 comment:

Aline said...

Your topic sentence is interesting. Do you intend to explore "why" this is so? Or do you want to prove or disprove this statement?

You have the right idea for search terms in item 2. Using the nouns and the exact phrases is your best option.

I think you have the right databases to try. Depending on how scientific you wanted to get, you could eventually end up looking in Web of Science, too, but that would come later.

Good work.