Literature Research - See ya, Simon.

A quick way to find out more about your topic is to do an internet search but remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the WheelchairSportsUSA website is probably more reliable than Wikipedia. Wikipedia has great coverage of many topics, including the topic below, but you need to be aware that this information is contributed to by lots of different people. If you are using this site, it always pays to check the information against that on other sites or in books from the library.

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. :)

Searching tools:

Encyclopedia Britannica

Carrot2

Google

Explora

1. Type in search term e.g. Spina Bifida
2. Select from results
3. Click on the Related tab and then Web's Best Sites for more sites to use

1. Type in search term e.g. Wheelchair rugby
2. Select from results
3. Click on foam tree on the left-hand side of your screen and select topic areas

1. Type in your search string e.g. "wheelchair basketball" and "new zealand" -wikipedia
2. Select from results
3. Remember, you need to assess each site BEFORE you use it using the CRAP test.

1. Type in your search string e.g.  wheelchair sports
2. Click on the FULL TEXT option on the left of the screen
   
3. Select from results

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Check out these sites:

Wheelchair Sports:

Wheelchair Sports USA

Wheel Blacks (NZ)

Paralympics:

Olympic and Paralympic Values

Official Paralympic website

People:

• Burt Monroe
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Suffragettes
• Rosa Parks / Che Guevara

Women's Suffrage movement in NZ

Rosa Parks - Activist

Divorce / Death / Grief / Mental illness:

• Divorce
• Grief
• Death (burials, rituals, beliefs)
• Psychopathy / Sociopathy & mental asylums (evolution)

Marriages, Civil Unions, and Divorces: Year ended December 2015

Illustrated history of asylums

Diseases/Disability:

• Cerebral Palsy
• Spina Bifida
• Support for children with a disability (agencies)

Spina Bifida Factsheet

Help for children with special needs

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Videos:

Burt Munro

New Zealand's Paralympians

Sophie Pascoe

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Referencing 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.

Watch the tutorial below and create an account. It can be used on any device with your login.