Unit 3 Summary

In this unit, I learned about selecting a research topic. I learned how to use the Clark College Library website to get into the "deep web" to access databases of publications that are not found through Google searches. By accessing these databases, I was able find articles on the topic I was researching and to narrow down the focus of my research. This helped me to formulate some potential topic questions for my paper. I read about the pitfalls of using Wikipedia as a source for research and how it's fine to skim Wikipedia articles for ideas and sources for articles, but that the information there should not be trusted. This is because there is no way of knowing who authors any particular author and anyone can add or remove information.