Welcome to the 
202 English Information Literacy : Nature vs. Nurture
page to support the assessment provided to you by your teacher

Where do I start?

You may need to use a variety of resources to complete this assessment task. This can include:

• print resources (printed books, journals, articles) 
• digital resources (web searches, databases, online encyclopaedias, YouTube, documentaries, video clips)

A quick way to find out more about Nature vs. Nurture is to do an internet search but remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the Explorable website is probably more reliable than Wikipedia.

Using a clustering search engine such as Carrot2 rather than relying on a JGI (Just Google It) approach is a more time effective strategy. You will still need to assess the websites you find for suitability but it clusters the results in a meaningful way that can provide additional feedback as well as a more comprehensive search of the web. Assess your sites using the CRAP test. :)

   
What sites to use to help you research:  

Why not try carrot2 as your search engine?

It searches deeper across the web than just Google and clusters your results for ease of use. Click on the CIRCLES or FOAM TREE tab in the results screen to have your results displayed as is depicted here on the right.

Try using search terms such as:

1.  "Nature versus nurture"

OR something a bit more narrowed down ...

1. "do prisons make you a criminal?"
2. control and gangs

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Try EPIC databases for some really good information on these topics:
EXPLORA (Australia & NZ)
or 
POWER SEARCH (International)

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Try searching The New Zealand Herald site on these topics:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

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Try searching the Stuff.co.nz site on these topics:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/

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This newspaper article looks at whether or not where you live affects nature vs nurture

This newspaper article looks at whether or not your personality and genes affect nature vs nurture

This newspaper article looks at whether or not your adoption and genes affect nature vs nurture

This article looks at nature vs nurture

Referencing your work using APA style:

Remember, you need to produce your own work and say (cite) where it came from. A great tool for this (using the APA referencing style) is RefMe. This tool also has Android and iPhone apps which makes using it very easy. I have added a YouTube video below that walk you through this very simple process. Please remember to select APA style from the drop-down list.

RefMe has a Chrome extension which you can load onto you toolbar and add your references from there. VERY SIMPLE!
Watch the tutorial below and create an account. It can be used on any device with your login.