2. Gathering Evidence Or How to support your assertion that the problem you have chosen exists!

3. What you need to have finished! Recognized a clearly defined social problem of today that parallels a problem from your summer reading. Localized the problem Listed three undesirable social conditions that result from this problem

4. What you need to do! Make a list of possible search terms Use thesaurus to help make a list of alterative search terms What other terms or phrases could you use in your search terms that have similar meaning?

5. How do I search? Use the list of terms you created and try different combinations of terms: child neglect Bronx, adolescent abuse Bronx, teen mistreatment Bronx.

6. How do I search? Use quotes around words of phrases that belong together: “Bronx, New York”, “Child abuse in the Bronx”.

7. How do I search? Use Boolean terms to help narrow or broaden the search. The terms are: AND, OR, NOT.

8. Boolean Terms AND AbuseNeglect

9. Boolean Terms OR AbuseNeglect

10. Boolean Terms NOT AbuseNeglect

11. What information do I need from the sites? Review your MLA guidelines for documenting electronic sources. Basically, you will need: title, author, publisher or URL, date published and/or date data was retrieved for each source. Check the integrity of the site: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Gui des/Internet/Evaluate.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Gui des/Internet/Evaluate.html

12. Finally, be certain … that the information supports your premise that a problem exists. you have written down all the information on the worksheet.

13. Where should you search? Search engines: Dogpile, Altavista, FedStats, The Bronx on the Web, Citizen’s Access to Local Government. DogpileAltavista FedStatsThe Bronx on the WebCitizen’s Access to Local Government