"mass extinction." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 21 Feb. 2011 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
As I began my search for the right sources to reference for my topic, I started with books, then moved on to periodicals and finished up with my reference sources. It was actually a good thing I did. Searching for books was quite easy online and in the library; the periodicals were easier to find online; and the reference sources were easier in the library. As I was searching for reference materials online, I only found three sources that were easy to access and get information. The relevancy of the articles I found were very high (five out of five).I searched a few different encyclopedias and dictionaries. I used very general keywords and search strings. I only used dinosaur and extinction, because the more specific the words the less information was found. I started this search on 2/19 and finished on 2/21.
Books
Fastovsky, David E.
The evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs/ David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel: with illustrations by John Sibbick
Cambridge [U.K.]; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
2nd ed.
Officer, Charles B.
The great dinosaur extinction controversy/ Charles Officer and Jake Page
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, c1996
Helix Books
Ward, Peter Douglas
Under a green sky: global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they mean for our future
New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007.
1st Smithsonian Books ed.
Frankel, Charles
The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Researching the books I wanted to use took quite a bit of time. I started out looking on the Auraria Library web site and found many different books just using the keywords extinction and dinosaurs. I started off using the search string KT dinosaur extinction and then become a little more general. I found 29 books with high relevancy for my topic, four out of five. I then went to Barnes and Noble and bought two of the books (the first and fourth ones). I also went to the Denver Library and found the second one. I feel like the books I found will be very beneficial to my subject. I do plan on returning to the library for other books as well. I am finding that this topic has many possible sources.
Periodicals
Keller, G. , Sahni, A. , Bajpai, S.
Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs
Journal of Biosciences
Vol.: 34 Issue: 5 Pgs.: 709-728
Published: Nov. 2009
Buffetaut, E.
Polar dinosaurs and the question of dinosaur extinction: a brief review
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume: 214 Issue: 3 Pages: 225-231 Published: NOV 18 2004
As I began my search for the right sources to reference for my topic, I started with books, then moved on to periodicals and finished up with my reference sources. It was actually a good thing I did. Searching for books was quite easy online and in the library; the periodicals were easier to find online; and the reference sources were easier in the library. As I was searching for reference materials online, I only found three sources that were easy to access and get information. The relevancy of the articles I found were very high (five out of five).I searched a few different encyclopedias and dictionaries. I used very general keywords and search strings. I only used dinosaur and extinction, because the more specific the words the less information was found. I started this search on 2/19 and finished on 2/21.
Books
Fastovsky, David E.
The evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs/ David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel: with illustrations by John Sibbick
Cambridge [U.K.]; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
2nd ed.
Officer, Charles B.
The great dinosaur extinction controversy/ Charles Officer and Jake Page
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, c1996
Helix Books
Ward, Peter Douglas
Under a green sky: global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they mean for our future
New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007.
1st Smithsonian Books ed.
Frankel, Charles
The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Researching the books I wanted to use took quite a bit of time. I started out looking on the Auraria Library web site and found many different books just using the keywords extinction and dinosaurs. I started off using the search string KT dinosaur extinction and then become a little more general. I found 29 books with high relevancy for my topic, four out of five. I then went to Barnes and Noble and bought two of the books (the first and fourth ones). I also went to the Denver Library and found the second one. I feel like the books I found will be very beneficial to my subject. I do plan on returning to the library for other books as well. I am finding that this topic has many possible sources.
Periodicals
Keller, G. , Sahni, A. , Bajpai, S.
Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs
Journal of Biosciences
Vol.: 34 Issue: 5 Pgs.: 709-728
Published: Nov. 2009
Buffetaut, E.
Polar dinosaurs and the question of dinosaur extinction: a brief review
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume: 214 Issue: 3 Pages: 225-231 Published: NOV 18 2004
My research with periodicals was quite easy. I used the databases from the Auraria Library, specifically the ISI web of knowledge and Academic Search Premier Plus. I easily found a large amount of relevant information using only two keywords and one search string. The keywords I used were extinction and dinosaurs and the search string I used was “mass extinction” and dinosaur not animals. I started my search on 2/19 and finished my readings on 2/21. Of the thirty articles I found the average relevancy was around a four (out of five).
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