Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Research Topic

The topic that I have chosen for my research project during the semester is prisoners with developmental disabilities. As we were to choose the topic that we know little or nothing about, I am looking for a general background information before being more specific about my topic. To search for my book I went to the SCSU homepage and clicked on the library. Then I chose the book and video and searched for prison and disabilities on the search box. I found total of 32 results but when I narrowed my search to books only I got 25 results.Then I wrote down the call number and the location and found a book. I was successful to find a book of my topic on my first try. I did not find any electronic books available on my topic. I would be interested in reading an EBook because I have never read one and also I do have a smart phone that allows me to read an Ebook. I was not quite successful while searching about my topic on Great River Regional Library. I could not find anything related to my topic on my first try so I tried other keywords and I got 0 results. I would prefer using the Miller Center website as it is lot easier and better.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Sonia,

    It sounds like you have a handle on searching for books on your topic.

    We did discuss the fact that you wanted to change your topic to Native Americans...are you still going in that direction? I look forward to reading your new blog post on your assumptions about Native Americans, then (which would follow the same structure as the "What do you assume to be true about____?" entry) and how your search went for books/EBooks on your new topic.

    Keep me posted!
    Sincerely,
    Professor Wexelbaum

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