Saturday, February 27, 2010

RJA #6c: Field Research Options

Local Professor
Dietician
Holistic Therapist

RJA #6b: Social Media and Multimedia

www.technorati.com
GMOs
2/26/2010
11
2

www.blogsearch.google.com
Genetically Modified Organisms
2/26/2010
452,767
2

www.blinkx.com
GMO
2/26/2010
17,000
2

RJA #6a: Websites

www.Ask.com
Genetically Modified Organisms
2/26/2010
4,180,000
3

www.metacrawler.com
Genetically Modified Organisms
2/26/2010
77
4

www.infomine.ucr.edu
Genetically Modified Organisms
02/26/2010
43
5

www.deepdyve.com
Genetically Modified Organisms
2/26/2010
3,615,762
4

Monday, February 22, 2010

RJA #5c: Reference Articles

-Government Accountability Office
-Genetically Engineered Crops
-Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring
-Washington DC
-October 21, 2006
-United State Government
- Pages 1-109

-Auraria Library
-Genetically Modified
-None
-2/22/2010
-98
-4

RJA #5b: Periodical Articles

-Wendy Craig, Remigiusz Lewandowski, Giuliano Degrassi and Decio Ripandelli
-How well is Environmental Biosafety Research supporting the scientific debate on the biosafety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
-Environmental Safety Research
-Volume 6, Number 3
-July-September 2007
-1 thru 5
-5

-Google Scholar
-Genetically Modified Organisms + Risks and Benefits
- +, And
- 2/22/2010
-2,530
-4

RJA #5a: Books

-Jennifer a. Thomson
-Seeds for the Future : The Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment
-Place of publication (include state if needed)
-Cornell University Press
-2007

-Auraria Library
-Genetically Modified
-None
-2/22/2010
-98 results
-5

-Auraria Library
-Genetically Modified
-None
-2/22/2010
-5 results
-5

-Auraria Library
-Genetically Modified Organisms
-None
-2/22/2010
-19 results
-4

Monday, February 15, 2010

RJA #4c: Research Question Check

http://darciemcdougall.blogspot.com/2010/02/rj-3c.html#comment-form

RJA# 4b: Search Strings

genetically modified organisms OR GMOs
genetics engineering AND food crops
GMOs near benefits

+genetics + modified + foodstuffs
+genetic engineering + food production
+GMOs + benefits - risks

RJA #4a: Keywords

FO-Forms
Genetic
Genetically
Genetics
Modification
Modify
Modifiable
Organism

Re-Related
Engineering
DNA
Change
Changing
Changed
Different
Life form
Life
Living
Creature
Entity
Body

ST-Synonymous Terms
Science
Cells
Create
Creating
Animal
Plant
Bacteria

Ladder of Generalization:
Engineering
Genetic Engineering
Genetic Engineering of Organisms
Genetically Different Organisms
Genetically Modified Organisms
Genetically Modified Organisms Examples
Genetically Modified Organisms Benefits
Genetically Modified Organisms Benefits in Society
Genetically Modified Organisms Benefits in Crop Production
Genetically Modified Organisms Benefits in Food Production

Friday, February 5, 2010

RJA #3c: Research Question

Do the benefits of genetically modified food stuffs outweigh the inherent risks associated with the modifications?

Are the way organisms genetically modified increase or decrease the negative risks?

Should companies or individuals be allowed to patent genetic modifications?

Are governments doing enough to mitigate the known and unknown risks of GMOs?


RJA #3b: Research Topic Focus

Higher Crop Yields
More Economical
Improved Food Quality
Modified to be More Nutritious
Lower Level of Biodiversity in that Species
Emergence of New Diseases and Allergies
Super Bugs/Weeds Develop
Increased Use of Pesticides & Herbicides
Monopoly of Seed Stock and Livestock

RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration

In researching my topic I found numerous websites pertaining to the science behind GMOs. I easily found basic information on many sites and even some sites linked up science journals. Also in my research I came across activist websites from both point of views, which is a great place to get polarized views on the subject. To round out my overall search though I would like to find some more scholarly sources and a few books on the topic.