Hi Nagat,
I commend you for asking! Many of the freshmen I live with don't even
know how to do that. I also commend Barbara Blakistone for giving you
some excellent leads. By all means go to the physical library, the
building with real books on real shelves. There you'll find the best
imaginable tools. They're called "Reference Librarians." Get to know
them.
Since you are probably doing research with a professor, I should let you
in on a very well kept secret. Researchers (including professors) are
information junkies. They like to use their own brains to sift through
amazing masses of information. That gives them a picture of what we
humans know, and some hints about things that no human knows. Somehow
that process gives them ideas and questions. Questions to guide their
research; questions to ask students on examinations.
It will be a good idea for you to think and act like a researcher. It
will help you on your project. In addition, it will help you to predict
the questions on any examinations you may take in the future. You'll
never need to be one of those students who say, "I can't figure out what
to expect on exams!"
To sum it up, students often think, "Let me zero in on the most important
stuff as quickly and efficiently as possible." In contrast, researchers
and instructors think, "I have a very challenging problem; let me find out
as much as I can about it. Then I'll at least have a starting point for
my searching."
Good luck!
George Chang (UC Berkeley)
PS: Let us know about your searching. When you get stumped by specific
questions, ask them on this mailing list. You'll find many generous
experts who'll volunteer to take time away from their paying jobs and help
you out.
Barbara Blakistone replies:
> You are doing research, and your first step is to ask others to do your
> work? Right? Get to the nearest university library and start looking.
> And go on the internet and type in foodborne disease, seafood as key
> words and see what pops up. Also the Center for Disease Control has
> great stuff. Go for it, man. You can do it.
> barb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On
> Behalf Of nag meslati
> Dear all
> I,m currently do research about food born disease in refering to seafood
> so
> please any one know about foodborn diseas outbreaks of seafood
> my e-mail nabames@hotmail.com
> nagat
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