Spring 2008 Research Groups

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Librarian's Comments

International AIDS Need more articles from journals. Some good websites but need a wider variety of content including research and or opinion articles. Take a look at ProQuest or the Opposing Viewpoings database which is a new database at Foley. Check the list of journals of thought and opinion to see what points of view are represented by specific magazines. Not sure how the regions were picked, and it seemed like there were some articles talking about AIDS in the US but they seemed out of place since most talked about the US response to AIDS internationally or AIDS in other countries. The focus seemed kind of muddied. It wasn't clear if the focus is on the US or the International AIDS relief. Big topic, so think about ways to narrow the topic. Annotations could be more complete. No attempt to give appropriate citations to the websites. Most of the citations are web-based, either .com or .org or .gov.

Topics

• International Aids Relief

-10am group: Hannah, Caitlin, Matt, Pat, My; 1:00 Group: Sarah, Pasha, Monica, Steven,

• Global Dimming

-10am group: Beth, Geneva, Andrew, Molly; 1:10 Group: Amanda, Gabe, Matthew S., Alberto

• Health Care Policy

-10am Group: Christine, Lauren, Austin, Raelene, 11 am: Carson

• Campus Housing Selection Policy

-10am Group: Clare, Shannon, Jackie, Rachel; 11am Group: Kerrie, Amy; 1:10 group: Shelby,

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation

- 11am Group: Carter, Sage, Francis, Monte, Rika, Morgan

childhood obesity 11:00 Conor; 1:10: Kayla

• Standardized Testing

-11am Group: Allyson, Lauren, Sheridan, Cody, Andrew; 1:10 Group: Micah, Megan, Neil

• Affirmative Action in Higher Education

-1:10 Group:

• Grade Inflation / Grading

• Euthanasia

-11:00 Group: Michael G., Brian, 10:10 Group: DaHyung Ha;

• Guns on Campus

• Medical Marijuana

-11am Group: Stephanie, Rachael, Sean; 1:10 Group: Matthew W., Michael J.;

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