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Part 1: Looking up subject terms The first search term I entered into Academic Search Complete was Influenza epidemic 1918-1919. This search term brought up a nice list of possible subject terms after stating: “ The term(s) you entered could not be found. The list below is in alphabetical order. ” INFLUENZA Epidemic, 1918-1919 INFLUENZA Epidemic, 1918-1919—in literature Use INFLUENZA Epidemic, 1918-1919, in literature  INFLUENZA Epidemic, 1918-1919, in literature  INFLUENZA epidemiology   There are then possible subject terms related to influenza in birds and animals among several pages of other possible terms. Additional terms of interest to me included:   INFLUENZA Pandemic, 1918-1919 Use INFLUENZA Epidemic 1918-1919   The second search term I decided to enter was H1N1 Virus which brought up:   H1N1 virus Use INFLUENZA A virus, H1N1 subtype   I clicked on that just to see what details would come up and was delighted to discover great advice in the s

1) Electronic Reference:        This week, I am continuing to broaden my topic horizons by simply continuing the background research. My first task was to check out an electronic reference from the university library system. One quick look at all that our library had to offer could have proven quite overwhelming. (I can see that there are plenty of resources for serious research, although I will likely want to consult with a research librarian for help in making adequate use of it all.) Happily, a shorter resource suggestion list was provided for me. After checking out each of the suggested resources, I decided to utilize the Britannica Online reference source because it is actually just an online version of what I used for research when I was a kid. The familiarity was somehow comforting. 😊     In keeping with my chosen research topic, I entered Spanish Flu into the search bar and the heading "Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19" came up. Since this was actually one of the altern

 This week, I was asked to respond directly to questions, so I am including them in this post. Part One: Background Information from a Web Search   1.      What is your research topic? This should be a general area of interest at this point. It should NOT be a research question yet. Spanish Flu: The Corona Virus Pandemic is often compared to the 1918 Pandemic often known as the Spanish Flu   2.      Select an unfamiliar Search Engine or Metasearch Engine from the list linked in the lesson and run a search for your topic. DO NOT use Google or Wikipedia for this part of the assignment!   Wait!!! There are other ways to search for information???   a.        Tell me which search engine or metasearch engine you used.     Bing b.        What new ideas or information did you find about the topic?    Just browsing brought up actual number comparisons of the Covid-19 Pandemic to the 1918 Spanish Flu; how it began and ended; three plus waves of the pandemic with the second

PART 1        It is strange how confusing living in the information age can be. Real news, fake news. How is it even possible to tell the difference? This week's instruction was centered on just this dilemma. I was pretty excited to learn that there are some specific techniques that can be used to help determine what is reliable information and what is not. My first assignment was to read a fact-check page from the DigiPro project. The topic that caught my attention was, "When did we begin standing for the national anthem?" I am not certain why I expected this article to simply be a history lesson. I was reminded in the introduction that the tradition of standing for the national anthem has a much more political context in US sports, particularly the NFL. Much of this article was primarily informational in nature, and I found it to be quite interesting. However, most of the embedded links led to a page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine stating that the URL had no