Introduction
Vaccinations should never be compulsory! (Image - Myths and Realities: Responding to arguments against vaccination)
The quality of your finished assignment will depend on the quality of your research.
Reading extensively and relying on a wide range of sources will allow you to write with confidence - avoid taking shortcuts ... it will show.
Database Passwords
Sweet Search
Sweet Search "searches only the 35,000 Web sites that our staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved. We constantly evaluate our search results and "fine-tune" them, by increasing the ranking of Web sites from organizations such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, PBS and university Web sites.
SweetSearch helps students find outstanding information, faster. It enables them to determine the most relevant results from a list of credible resources, and makes it much easier for them to find primary sources. We exclude not only obvious spam sites, but also marginal sites that read well, but lack academic or journalistic rigour. As importantly, the very best Web sites that are often buried on other search engines appear on the first page of SweetSearch results."
SEARCH: vaccine argument
Bibliographies & In-Text Citations
Science in Context
- Science in Context This link opens in a new window
Science in Context is an online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
Vaccines are a topic in this database. Once you have logged in click on the Browse Topics option at the top right-hand side of the window, see image below.
Kidz Search Search Engine
Kidz Search "is a great tool to teach children (and adults too!) how to properly use a search engine. Finding content using search is a very important skill to learn."
Drag the commands onto the search area to tailor your search. See the image below for the suggested combinations. All the results will be about vaccinations with the word argument in the title of the page. Each result will be a .org site which represent non-profit organisations. Try the same search string but substitute gov for org.
How to ... Evaluate Information
Points of View Database
- Points of View Database This link opens in a new window
Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
This video is a tutorial on how to search the Points of View Database for information.
This next tutorial explains how you can use this database to find information for or against an issue. Ignore the first part of the video, so start at 0.30.
Once you have logged in, scroll to the Browse by Category section. Click on More in the Health & Medicine section, choose vaccination.
This database supplies you with the argument for and against. It is important you watch the tutorial video above to understand the best way to use this database.