Information Literacy Assessment Page - Spring 2008

 

Topics for a Research Paper

  1. Animals and Global Warming
  2. Animal Habitat and Climate Change in the Arctic
  3. Effects of Climate Change on Mammals Native to the Arctic
  4. Ice Cap Melting and Mammals in the Artic

 

Encyclopedias

 

 

 

 

Which One of These Is Primary Information?

Polar Bears and Global Warming from the National Wildlife Federation

Global Warming from the Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia

 

Sample Citation

Klapper, Bradley. "Global warming may kill off polar bears in 20 years, says WWF."  The Guardian. 31 January 2005. 31 March 2008.
     <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/jan/31/climatechange.endangeredspecies>

 

Copying and Pasting?

“Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are charismatic megafauna that symbolize the Arctic. They play an important cultural, spiritual, mystical, and traditional role in the lives of Canadian Inuit through hunting and subsequent sharing of meat and fur.”
From:  M.G. Dyck et al. (2007). Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate change: Are warming spring air temperatures the “ultimate” survival control factor? Ecological Complexity 4 (3): 73-84. doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.03.002 

Choose the correct format if you wanted to copy and paste the information in green above and use it in your paper.

  1. “Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are charismatic megafauna that symbolize the Arctic. They play an important cultural, spiritual, mystical, and traditional role in the lives of Canadian Inuit through hunting and subsequent sharing of meat and fur.” (Dyck, 1
     
  1. According to M.G. Dyck, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are charismatic megafauna that symbolize the Arctic. They play an important cultural, spiritual, mystical, and traditional role in the lives of Canadian Inuit through hunting and subsequent sharing of meat and fur.
     
  1. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are charismatic megafauna that symbolize the Arctic. They play an important cultural, spiritual, mystical, and traditional role in the lives of Canadian Inuit through hunting and subsequent sharing of meat and fur. (1)