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Marge Peters� . (630) 942-2337 . petersm@cdnet.cod.edu
1:� FIND YOUR TOPIC
"Green chemistry is the use of chemistry for pollution prevention. More specifically, green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry is a highly effective approach to pollution prevention because it applies innovative scientific solutions to real-world environmental situations."
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/
Getting Started Researching a Topic (Controversial Issues):
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/faq/started2.htm
2: USE BOOKS AND VIDEOS
Click on COD Library Catalog (http://lrc.cod.edu) and choose Subject search for your topic.
Click Search.
Both books and audiovisual materials will be listed in the catalog.
3: RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC IN MAGAZINES, JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS
Click on Article Databases.
Click on Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac).
Type topic in search box and search. Watch for titles with "Text", "PDF" and, if Abstract only, "Library holdings".
Can limit to only Full Text articles and Refereed Journals (research articles) .
Other useful databases:
Academic Search Premier
Periodicals Abstracts
Business and Company ASAP
Wilson Select FullText
National Newspapers Simultaneously searches the indexes of the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post
4:THE INTERNET
• Green Chemistry Websites:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry
Canadian Green Chemistry Network
http://www.greenchemistry.ca/
Zero Waste Alliance
http://www.zerowaste.org
• Environment and Ecology Research Guide
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Peters/BIOLOGY/ecology.htm
• Search Engines and Directories:
Yahoo is an example of a human-indexed directory of the internet, along with search engine features http://www.yahoo.com
Look at top and choose Directory. Click Directory Search. Choose Science. Type in term and click button for "Just this category." or use Society> Environment and Nature
Search engines , such as Google, or Ask.com match key words via software programs called "robots" or "spiders". See links from Library Home Page. Most programs only require the entry of all terms wanted--it only returns pages that include all of your search terms. For a better search, use quotation marks ("....") around phrases.
Search for streaming video
Use Google's advanced video search: http://video.google.com/videoadvancedsearch Enter words or a phrase to search. Click the radio button for specific genres. Choose such types as Educational, Documentary, Health and Fitness, Nature, News or Political. Go to Yahoo at http://www.yahoo.com. Change search format to video. Enter term(s)you want presented in video. Be sure to watch the timing --some of these streaming videos are over one hour in length.
Go to Blinkx at http://tv.blinkx.com and type in term(s) you wish to match -- three terms are recommended, but do not appear to be required. Notice that you will match video, radio and podcast presentations, with many links to British news sources as well as American. Be sure to look for a video camera symbol that shows that streaming video is available. Sometimes ads precede the content you want if on an advertiser-sponsored channel (Fox and others).
