Water in the Law and Environmental Sciences in Six Weeks or More
Step Three: Collecting Background Information
Summit is a beautiful thing. This catalog allows you to use books and government documents to some thirty schools around the Pacific Northwest.
When you look at a Summit reference look for these things and write them in your research log if they interest you:
- author
- library of congress subject heading
- date published
- publisher
Why? You can use these pieces of information to find more. It's the start of your paper trail.
Here are some keywords that I tried in Summit:
- Cattle water
- Cattle water Washington
- Livestock water pollution
- Livestock water pollution
- Livestock water pollution
- Nonpoint source pollution
- Nonpoint source pollution livestock
- Nonpoint source pollution Washington
- Nonpoint source pollution cattle
- Nonpoint source pollution dairy
To see how this list evolved and to look at a sample reference log, click here
At this point, I am now able to narrow my search to dairy cattle and their effect on water quality.
I also know that I can focus on Whatcom County in Washington to fit my prompt.
I have a preliminary list of articles and reports I want to read, and I have a question I want to answer:
How are Whatcom County dairy farms coping with water quality management?
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