We all have to make decisions in life and we often need to do research to make good decisions.
How do you find information to make decisions?
Here is the Spectrum we looked at in class:
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Popular Sources Hobby and Trade Publications Scholarly |
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Examples |
Buzz Feed, TMZ, Yahoo News, New York Times, Washington Post |
Rock & Ice, Quilting Arts Magazine, Runner’s World |
Chronicle of Higher Education, Aircraft Survivability, The American Biology Teacher |
The Journal of Water Sanitation, The Journal of Animal Ethics, Transgender Studies Quarterly |
Specificity |
General interest topics; news, entertainment |
Covers specific hobbies/interests |
Career-specific information |
Specific to a narrow area of research |
Purpose |
To entertain |
To inform |
To educate |
To move the profession forward; to gain a new understanding of the subject area |
Author |
Bloggers, Journalists |
Hobbyists/People with lots of experience |
Professionals in the field |
Experts with academic credentials |
Audience |
Everyone |
People with similar interests/hobbies |
People who work in the field |
Professionals and experts in the field |
We used Academic Search Ultimate to do our initial search. You can also do some basic Google searches and search through some of the news sites listed below to find out what people are saying about the question of whether college is worth it. You might also want to see what people say about starting or running a small business, since that is one of Donovan's considerations.
CQ Researcher is an online news magazine we purchase for you and it might have more in-depth information on this question.
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