Diseases & Disorders

English I Research

Class Page Topic List Information Needed Cite Sources Gaggle Email Library Page


Assignment:

Use library resources to locate information on your disease or disorder.  Your list of questions will guide your research.  Take care to gather important, detailed and complete answers to the questions.

     

Information Needed

Use the "Cite Your Sources" (List Your Sources) Worksheet to show the specific resources you used to gather information.  You should have used a combination of at least FOUR different subscription database articles and books to gather your information .

List of Questions (Information Needed)

Online Research Resources

FIRST:  Step 1.

 Next  Step 2/3.  

Click on the picture below and select Facts on File's Health Reference Center to begin your information search.

Click on the box below.  Then select Consumer Health Complete to continue your information search.

Click on the box below.  Use Gale's Power Search to locate additional information from newspapers or magazines. Select an article that is comfortably read and understood!  (Hint:  once you find magazine articles look at the menu to the left and select Lifestyle or Cover Story for interesting reading.)

Clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body
Facts on File Health Reference Center

Convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information
EBSCO Consumer Health

Access all cross-searchable databases from Gale

Gale Databases

 


Step 2/3.  Book Research Resources

Continue to gather information using books on the reserve cart in the library. 

Step 4.  

 Be sure that your Cite Your Sources worksheet  is complete.  This should have been filled out as you used each resource, but check it once again to be sure it is complete. 

Step 5.

Look over your work and evaluate your information.  Do you have sufficient USEFUL and complete information to create a WOW project?  Are all questions fully answered?

Evaluate carefully and go back and fill in areas where information is not clear or lacking.


Updated 11/30/09