#1 identify and develop your topic
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The Seven Steps of the Research Process. #1 Identify and Develop Your Topic. View of Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, Massachusetts . 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file. Found my topic while on vacation. Walden Pond State Reservation, MA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
#1 Identify and Develop Your Topic
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
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Found my topic while on vacation
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Energy-related topic?
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Visiting Massachusetts:MA seems to have a lot of WATERLESS TOILETS!
What happens to the waste?
How does the environment benefit?
How expensive would it be to put a waterless toilet in my house?
How much energy is saved by conserving water?
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pic
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How do waterlesstoilets work &how are they odorless?
#2 Find Background Information
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Background Info
Sign in the bathroom at Walden Pond
Watt Now. 2011. Photograph. Recycling. Clivus New England. Web. 18 July 2012.
#3 Use Catalogs to find Books and Media (like DVDs)
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Use Catalogs like Carnegie Library to find Books and Media
#4 Use Indexes to Find Periodical Articles
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Use Indexes to find periodical articles
What does this mean?
Magazine & journal & newspaper articles
find them in RESEARCH DATABASES
• Academic OneFile• GreenFILE
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recycle human waste plumbing
sewage disposal
water conservation
TOILETcomposting toilet
wastewater treatment system
urinal
waterless latrine
biological decomposition
sanitation
futurist toilets
#5 Find Internet Resources
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Internet ResourcesSearch box: How do waterless toilets work?
Try searching Scirus
Watt Now blog
Composting toilet blog
# 6 Evaluate What You Find
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Wouldyou wear this dress?
Would you use thatwebsite?
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# 7 Cite what you find using a standard format
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Works Cited Mannequin at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston. 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file.
Poopin’ Around Town. 2007. Photograph. Walden Pond toilet. Web. 18 July 2012.
Trees at Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, Massachusetts. 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file.
View of Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, Massachusetts. 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file.
Watt Now. 2011. Photograph. Recycling. Clivus New England. Web. 18 July 2012.