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Studies at As and A level
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Internet
Searches for Religious Studies
A considerable amount of time can be wasted in using internet searches that are too wide and result in downloading far too many sites. You need to be very specific and use good search engines. Yahoo is too general. The following will give you some ideas. 1.
To find out about advanced searches and boolean
logic type in (http://www.northernlight.com/docs/search_help_techniques.html#natural
) This will give you plenty of information about the time saving
searches. Give at least three examples of good time saving searches. Print the information and state how long the search took from start to finish.
2.
Using “google” (http://www.google.com) type in Just War.
Scroll down to
find the Peace Pledge site or any other sites which will give you the
principles of Modern Just War. Type them or copy and paste them. 3.
Using ‘infind”
(http://www.gogettem.com) type in Medical Ethics.
Infind is a meta search engine and highlights topics
rather than sites. Find out
information on a central issue of Bio ethics from the Roman Catholic
Church and at least one medical centre. Select the main points and type them up as bullet points. Keep the information clear and brief.
4.
Now you should be able to find some details about
the following:- Find
out who they were, when they lived, why they are important,
then quote some they said. Try to copy and paste information but every site must be stated and acknowledged. 5.
One of your topics will concern the origins of the
universe. Find at least one good, well laid out site of information that
is up to date and user friendly about the beginning of the Universe.
Contrast this with one that does not give good information or
which is too technical for the average person.
Print both for comparison if you can. Time the exercise. You
should find all you need to know in less than 10 minutes
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