Assignment 12

I read in the New York Times that teenagers start using Marijuana in high school. Also most of them continue to use it in college and in college they are most likely to use it than cocaine or alcohol because of its ease to obtain.  Also that ever since some states made it illegal it became more abused and now they are trying to legalize it and take it out of the black market. In addition to that the article states that medical Marijuana is healthy. In my community I think it is true. I have seen a lot of teenagers/youth/adolescents involved in the use of Marijuana. When I interview them they say it is much more healthy than cigarette and alcohol.
Here is my reference I tried to find the name but could not.
Anonymous, Marijuana and Medical Marijuana. The New York Times, Jan, 26, 2012.

Assignment 10

I am kind of between gay-men and Lesbians. But I will go with gay men :)

My reason being that majority of the gay men I have come in contact with are really nice and polite. Nicer than some of my female friends. So my assumption is gay-men are nice and usually polite!

I have had s couple of friends so that is how I know.

In addition to that when I go to a shop to buy, the gay-men provide good costumer service to me.

My most difficult challenge would be getting good/accurate information from individuals when I try to interview them. Or even getting enough true information online.

Assignment 9

At first I started with Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print. Then I only had 4 results.
My first search string was Marijuana effects and College students. It gave me no results. Then I tried Marijuana and College students then I still had no results. When I tried just Marijuana as my search string that was when I had 4 results of which just one was relevant. 
Then I decided to try MasterFile Premiere. My search string was Marijuana and College students. It gave me 121 results. 21 relevant, 13available in full text and 10 in print.
With the Academic Search Premier I had 3175 results. My search string was Marijuana and College students. I did  modify my search and added some details like date range and journals just things like that. Then I had 2618 results. When I added scholarly journal, I had 1305 results.
The Academic Search Premiere definitely provided me with more results for my topic.  
My search string worked. The first time, it did not work because the database was not the best. 
It is hard to tell how many relevant results I have from the academic search premier because I have thousands of results.
But from the other specific database, I had 21 relevant results. I had 13 relevant articles available in full text and 10 in print.
Nothing really came up asking if I would like an ILL. But the ones that were are available look great and I think I will be fine working with them.
My research questions have change a couple of times. Because I try to find specific questions to fit a specific database. Sometimes I try to minimize or maximize my results hence change my questions based on my needs. One of my biggest challenges with composing my research question is knowing what words to use so I get the most relevant and few results as much as possible. I belief with time I will get use to that. Working with different websites and databases gives me the opportunity to work on that of me and develop it more.  So when I get to some specific database I will know what words to use or not to use. 

Assignment 8

Scholarly Journal
Hammersley, Richard and Leon, Vicki, Addiction Research and Theory; Apr 2006, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p189-205 17p, 3 charts 4 graphs.

Popular Magazine
Rosenber Herold et al, Drug: Education, prevention and policy; Aug 2008, Vol. 15 issue 4, page 365-377 13p, 6charts.
Both of them have some great information.
Both articles are talking more about research and findings. While one has just two authors(journal) the other (magazine) has many authors.
I find the magazine article more detailed.
Both of them use the same method of citing their sources.
The are both very brief.

Assignment 7

I think the Academic Search Premier features are by far one of the simplest I have used. It was easy to understand.
I have never use it before.
I have never used another type of database to do a research for another class.
My only fear is I might get way too many results than what I need and choosing the best information will be a little bit difficult for me. But I think I can handle that.

Assignment 5

My assumption has not changed a lot. But it has changed a little bit. I thought Marijuana had very negative effects on human. I never thought it had some positive effects. I have also read some articles about it and how it helps HIV patients. But I still don't think it has any negative effects on college students as I think it affects their reasoning and hence affects their grades. I think most of the students that use the drug have a great chance of performing poorly in school.

My question about this population is; What population of students use  Marijuana more is it the males or females? And why do they use it?

I have found out that, some of the students who engage in the use of marijuana are not necessarily bad students. They are just influenced by friends and some start off doing it for fun then later get addicted.

Assignment 4

Encyclopedias are reliable as experts write the materials on them.
And their resources are well cited.
They are great sources of  information.
Encyclopedia is more detailed and explicit as compared to wikipedia.
Encyclopedia on the other hand can appear very boring as they are lengthy and also have different volumes.
While Wikipedia thought they are easy to get information from and they have a lot of information, they are difficult to work with. As many different individuals edit them.
Also the sources given in an encyclopedia are clear and follow a particular format, but the sources in a wikipedia do not follow any specific format as anyone adds their own source.
Wikipedia however as compared to encyclopedias have a lot of information too, but not very reliable.
Wikipedia are great in that, in the resource section they have an area for further reading, links or references. This is one great place to look at. For me I usually follow the links and get more idea if I doubt a Wikipedia information.

I could not find any print encyclopedia, I don't know if it is because I did not put in the right words when searching for it. But I plan to go into the library and ask if they have something related to that.

I found some E-encyclopedia with great information online, but not on the Library catalog. Again I don't know if my keywords are put in are not the best. But will be going to the library to ask.

I think an encyclopedia is more appropriate for my project. Because the information is clear and easy to grasp. The sources are reliable too.