Universal Access
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For this activity (page 1 of the worksheet), click on the links provided below that correspond to the source number listed in the table in the worksheet.
Source 2: Animal welfare: What is it?
Source 3: Imaging technologies and basic considerations for welfare of laboratory rodents.
Based on what is presented, determine what kind of information source you are looking at, such as a journal article, book, book chapter, database entry, newspaper source, general webpage, etc. Be prepared to discuss!
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Part 1:
For this activity, your table will be given a topic to search. Use the topic as the keywords, search the same term(s) in each of the following indexes/databases/search engines:
VetMed Resource (through CABI)
Record your results in the table on page 2 of the worksheet and be prepared to discuss.
Part 2:
Now your table will determine a research question to focus on related to your topic. Determine what terms/keywords you'll use and how they'll be combined with Boolean Operators to run another search in the same four indexes/databases/search engines above. Record your results in the worksheet (page 3) for each search.
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For this activity, your table will be evaluating a source using the table provided on page four of the worksheet.
Assign each team member to pick one source from a specific index/database/search engine used above, and make sure that a source is selected from each index/database/search engine to evaluate in this activity.
Compare the source evaluation with your table members. Which source(s) was/were the most credible, useful, and timely, and which source(s) would you omit?
Be prepared to discuss!
