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Life Sciences

This is a guide for life sciences at Arizona State University.

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Learning Outcomes

Answer common questions about human environmental impacts using Library One Search.

Know criteria for evaluating articles.

Know criteria for evaluating web pages.

Find primary scientific journal articles that address a claim made on a website.

Answer common questions about human environmental impacts using science databases.

Answer common questions about human environmental impacts using credible web pages (e.g.EPA).

Climate Change and Global Warming

Volume 9, Number 2, 99-102, DOI: 10.1007/s11157-010-9206-7
Lists important resources related to climate change and global warming.


Evaluate Web Pages Using Scott Rosenberg's Criteria

Read Scott Rosenberg's September 24, 2010 post in Wordyard about "How to check out any Web Page."

Here's a summary:

  • What's the top-level domain?
  • Look the domain name up with whois
  • How old or new is the registration?
  • Look up the site in the Internet Archive
  • Look at the source code
  • Check out the ads
  • Does the site tell you who runs it
  • Is there a feedback option?
  • What shape are the comments in?
  • Is the content original and unique?
  • Does the article make reference to many specific sources or just a few?
  • Links in are as important a clue as links out
  • Google the URL. Google the domain. Google the company name. Poke around if you have any doubts or questions. Then, of course, remember that every single question we've been applying here can be asked about every page Google points you to, as well.

Evaluate these global warming and environmental sites based on the criteria above:

Site 1 
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4
Site 5

 

Evaluate Articles

Look at the following articles and evaluate using the following questions as a guide (Little J.W. and Parker, Roy, Retrieved from http://www.biochem.arizona.edu/classes/bioc568/papers.htm on September 16, 2010.

a. What questions does the paper address?

b. What are the main conclusions of the paper?

c. What evidence supports those conclusions?

d. Do the data actually support the conclusions?

e. What is the quality of the evidence?

f. Why are the conclusions important?

 

Article 1: Contoski, E.. (2008, September). Global Warming, Global MythLiberty, 22(8), 35-39,46.  Retrieved September 22, 2010, from Alt-Press Watch (APW). (Document ID: 1520463931).

Article 2: Guido di Prisco and Cinzia Verde. Predicting the impacts of climate change on the evolutionary adaptations of polar fish. 2006, Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, Pages 309-321

Article 3:Bjorn Lomborg. (2007, Octover 31). Hotter Weather, fewer deaths; man-made global warming will take thousands of lives.  It will save many more. National Post (Financial Post) Canada. Issues & Ideas, Pg. A23, 1146 words.

 

Environmental Sciences Databases

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