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CED 102N: Wicked Problems

Dr. Kelsey

Deeper Questions

Once you have your overview, you want to look at the variety of questions you need to answer to fulfill the assignment requirements. 

Continue to use the IF I APPLY method to determine the credibility and usefulness of the sources you retrieve!

SEARCH TIP: Use quotes around words to pull up that exact phrase, e.g. "invasive species" will bring back more relevant items than searching   those two words without the quotes.
Questions to ask, where the evidence will be found, what tools can you use to find the evidence!
Questions Evidence Research Tools
What does the research say? Scholarly articles, Whitepapers, Books, etc.

Scholarly databases

Google Scholar

What do the numbers say? Statistics, Profits, Ratings, etc.

Google keyword and number or statistics or data

Statistical databases

Polls and Surveys

What does the local community say? Local news articles, Editorials, letters, comments, public presentations. 

News databases

Polls and Surveys

Google News

Local Organization websites

What do the local leaders say? News articles, Meeting minutes

News databases

Google News

Local Government websites