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Week 3 Assignment- Background Information Search

Part One: Background Information from a Web Search 11. What is your research topic? Ethnomedicine 2. Select an unfamiliar Search Engine or Metasearch Engine from the list linked in the lesson (http://www.philb.com/webse.htm) and run a search for your topic. DO NOT use Google or Wikipedia for this part of the assignment! a.        Tell me which search engine or metasearch engine you used My all Search b.        What new ideas or information did you find about the topic? Many encyclopedia/dictionary entries- also known commonly as traditional medicine. Useful sources such as the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine and American Journal of Ethnomedicine webpage which have a variety of published articles, featured research etc. You tube videos of online lectures on the topic of ethnomedicine. There are many different kinds of ethnomedicine. c.        What are some ...

The Information Search Process-Carol Kuhlthau

It's funny, before reading about the ISP I never really put much thought into what goes on when a person begins an ISP and the commonalities that are faced by individuals looking for information to learn about any topic. Upon reading the different steps in the process and the affective aspects of each of them, it became very obvious from my own research experience as a student thus far that I had experienced these steps myself a whole lot of times. I found it reassuring to read and it helped me realize that feelings of confusion and uncertainty are common to the ISP in general (It’s not just ME!!). I do not think that the information presented in this article will necessarily change how I approach my research in the future as I feel like I have already learned how to navigate this process pretty successfully over time in school with the direction of my instructors . It does however make me feel a little less reluctant to reach out for help if I feel like I have reached the zone of...

Here we go!

Hello, and welcome to my research blog for UNIV 300. This is my very first time creating a blog so this is all new to me and will take a little getting accustomed to. Please let me know if there are any issues with legibility.