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Peter Boren

Research Resources - 1 views

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    An absolutely huge list of links to various specialized search engines, statistic and trend collecting sites, and free resources for research. It's kind of a Swiss army knife of links with plenty of corkscrews that you'll never use but occasionally that fish scaler comes in handy in a bind.
Jeremy Schaefer

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/2007/wp07-05bk.pdf - 0 views

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    This resource describes trending in housing spending and how the mortgage market has changed. This resource will help me learn how the changes to the mortgage market benefit or hurt different groups.
Billy Gerchick

Writing a Research Paper - 1 views

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    This tutorial should provide valuable insight towards drafting your semester final. Read this intro page and navigate from "genre" down through the appropriate resources. Don't worry about classifying your paper as "analytical" or "persuasive;" use this resource.
Billy Gerchick

Google Scholar - 4 views

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    A modified Google search engine that just searches within academic resources. This way one can avoid pulling up links to non-scholastic sources (like online discussions bereft of supporting data).
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    If you cannot get access to the article, try consulting the MCC librarian on an interlibrary loan.
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    Valued resource for academic articles; valuable to try secondary and tertiary research.
Billy Gerchick

Conducting Primary Research - The OWL at Purdue - 1 views

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    For a primer on starting and conducting research, Purdue's OWL supplement is ideal. Beyond this subject, surf around the OWL site for help with various writing skills. Note at the page's bottom how the supplementary research skill links are lingering fo
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    Check the OWL for other writing tips; this provides a user-friendly resource for various writing skills.
Billy Gerchick

Google Sites Web Design - 4 views

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    For technical help with WP4, check out "Video Tutorials" and the "Resources and Links"
anonymous

Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World - 0 views

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    This is a wonderful resource I found pushing green technology and innovation. I particularly enjoyed the articles on new architecture (like the worlds tallest tower, the next tallest tower to be built, and hurricane proof museums in florida.
Mellitta Benning

online social Networking - 0 views

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    This article just gives a good break down of what social networking is. For example the social network is always available and there are different ways to connect to the social network. This article gives secondary resources to check out that deals with the social network.
Sam Fox

Deforestation - 0 views

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    A extreamly useful resource explaining the cause and effect of deforestation. Also included are further readings and useful contacts related to the subject.
Sam Fox

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming - Climate Change, Environment - The I... - 0 views

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    An English news agency article exclaiming effects of deforestation and how it is relative to global warming. Also the resource discusses why no actions have been established to help slow global deforestation.
Sam Fox

Tropical Deforestation : Feature Articles - 0 views

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    NASA's study produced in 1999 based on tropical deforestation. A well rounded resource containing many topics pertaining to the issue.
Sam Fox

Climate Change : Center for Global Development : Research Topics - 0 views

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    A broad overveiw of the effects of climate change. Provides experts and resources related to global warming and deforestation.
Jeremy Schaefer

It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008 - 0 views

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    Like many other resources, this articles identifies the poor housing market as one of the main contributors to the economic crisis. However, the focus is that this recession is the longest since the Great Depression. I need to continue to research what factors are making this particular recession worse than so many of the others in the 1900s.
Jeremy Schaefer

Causes of Recession - Economics Help - 0 views

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    This essay is one of the most technical resources I have found. Yet, it further supports that economic theories and concepts can help explain how we arrived at the current economic crisis. This essay also brings up another recession in the 90s that I can also reference.
Jeremy Schaefer

2008 Great Recession Causes - The Real Cause of the Crash of 2008 - Esquire - 0 views

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    This resource introduces a different theory of how income inequality in the country contributed to the recession. Another strong factor is the stimulus further strengthening the problem.
Jeremy Schaefer

Causes of Economic Recession - 0 views

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    This resource is the first I've found that also identifies causes of a recession from another era. Comparing and contrasting the current economic crisis to that of other time periods may allow me to pinpoint the differences and learn why the 2008 recession was so severe.
Billy Gerchick

EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles - 1 views

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    Easy-to-use tool with free MLA citation software
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    For those that want to get started citing resources on the actual semester paper.
Billy Gerchick

Digital Ethnography - 0 views

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    Site at Kansas State University involving web 2.0, technocologies, great videos, and resources for the site
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    You've already seen some of Wesch's work via video; this is an interesting anthropology site.
Billy Gerchick

FactCheck.org - 1 views

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    A credible source to fact-check statements made that the media covers. Good research source.
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    Evaluating resources should be an increasing focus in this course. Try this as a gateway to evaluating your resources.
Billy Gerchick

Pew Research Center - 2 views

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    "Numbers, facts, and trends shaping your world."
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    Valuable and, from broad consensus, a credible resource on research of various kinds.
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