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Understand your topic / Choosing your variables:
A quick way to find information on each of the variables is to search the internet. Instead of using Google, try Carrot2. This is a search results clustering engine, which means it organises your search results into topics. With an instant overview of what's available, you will find it easier to work out the relationship between variables.
Remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website is probably more reliable than Wikipedia. Remember you need to produce your own work!
- Click on the “FoamTree” tab to see a graphic of how the search results are clustered.
- Try limiting your search further by clicking on the PubMed tab. PubMed searches bio-medical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Note that PubMed does not include the full text articles, but does provide a link to the full text if available on the web.
Remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website is probably more reliable than Wikipedia. Remember you need to produce your own work!
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Carrot2 searching tool
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Boolify searching tool
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Other sources of information:
EPIC databases
EPIC is a venture between New Zealand libraries and the Ministry of Education, giving schools free access to a worldwide range of electronic resources.
EPIC lets you access up-to-date full text articles covering a huge range of subjects. You need a username and password to search it, just ask your teacher or the library staff.
EPIC is a venture between New Zealand libraries and the Ministry of Education, giving schools free access to a worldwide range of electronic resources.
EPIC lets you access up-to-date full text articles covering a huge range of subjects. You need a username and password to search it, just ask your teacher or the library staff.
- Try searching on Proquest Science Journals to access to over 400 full text science and technology journals.
- Use quotation marks to search for a phrase eg “body mass index”. To refine your search add more terms eg “body mass index” athletes
- Also try searching Science in Context. Aimed at students, this database features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects.
