CONDUCTING RESEARCH – Lecture 19 Research- Where to Begin? What kind of information do you need? – Facts – Opinions – News reports – Research studies.

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CONDUCTING RESEARCH – Lecture 19

Research- Where to Begin? What kind of information do you need? – Facts – Opinions – News reports – Research studies – Analyses – Personal reflections – History Where should you look? – Current event Reliable newspaper like the New York Times – Statistics on some aspect of the population Documents like census reports – Commercial products Company Web sites – Local history government office local newspaper archive

Searching on the Internet In 1994, Google  20 million pages. In 2004,  8 billion Still, this is only a fraction

The Invisible Web Alexa: A website that archives older websites that are no longer available on the Internet Alexa: Complete Planet: It provides access to lists of databases which you can then search individually. Complete Planet The Directory of Open Access Journals: Another full-text journal searchable database. The Directory of Open Access Journals FindArticles: Indexes over 10 million articles from a variety of different publications. FindArticles Find Law: legal issues organized by category. Find Law HighWire: Stanford University- the largest databases of free, full- text, scholarly content. HighWire Infomine: created by librarians for use at the university level Infomine MagPortal: free online magazine articles on a wide range of topics. MagPortal

Research Topic: deforestation for economic purposes

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List of Sources shorthttp://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/127/4/1 707.short – Indonesia – Illegal logging – Local officials-incentives/bribes 2.The Decentralization of Forest Governance: Politics, Economics and the Fight for Control of Forests in Indonesian Borneo – Negotiation/social learning – 10 yrs research

DISCUSSION QUESTION Do you think a person’s development is more a result of nature (genetics) or nurture (society)? Explain, giving examples.