UIR Practical 3

Topic : Developments of alcoholism amongst youths

Resource 1:
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/20
Purpose of resource: Information
Reasons :

The reason of the website is to provide ample information to the public about health related issues. In the website actual information is found and it provides many articles about the topic chosen-Alcoholism amongst youths. Furthermore the source is reliable as it’s from the National Institute Of Health.

Resource 2:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/08/health/main641832.shtml
Purpose of resource : News
Reasons :

News on the latest search related topic is provided. In my case, regarding alcoholism among youths. The latest news is provided of its major effect, for example, in this particular webby, news has been provided that the scientist has been able to find a particular gene that is related to alcoholism and depression. In this website, links are also provided to provide with the latest up-to-date news on alcoholism.

Resource 3: http://www.youthinformation.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90278
Purpose of resource: Information
Reasons :

Shows information on the bad effects of alcohol on the life of youths. Many of the information provided shows the ways on how to overcome this serious problems and the step by step action to take in order to stop the habit. Also provide information on the amount safe to drink.

Resource 4: http://www.alcoholpolicymd.com/alcohol_and_health/alcohol_and_youth.htm
Purpose of resource : Information
Reasons :

A website that provides statistics (US) on alcoholism among youth. The statistics showed an alarming rate of youths abusing alcohol. And also to let internet users and parents know the rate of alcoholism among youth, as to serve a warning to them to have better care to their children.

Reflections

Using google to search for resources was quite a breeze. Alcoholism was a term that was used quite often on the internet. And most of the searched results shown were mainly from US as the problem seems to be quite serious over their side. As I browse through the result, it mainly cover the following theme, “news, databases, electronic magazines/journals.” As for multimedia and RSS feeds, I would require to put this term in "Images, video or RSS" to the search in order to get a better results. RSS feeds was the toughest and I had to search though more than 200 results to get a RSS feed, but it was not base on alcoholism but on health issues in US. The RSS feed was showing article links to health reports over US but not only concentrating on alcoholism. Database, news, electronic magazines and journals were the easiest to search. After a few search, I learnt that, by attaching a term like “news” or “database” to the “alcoholism+youth” I would get the lesser but my results will be more accurate to what I want to research on. Thus what I felt is that by using the correct terms, the search results will prove to be a lot easier than search on a simpler term.