4/2

The dangers of plastic surgery  :

Fu-hua Liu, et al. "[Clinically Analyzing The Possible Side-Effects After Injecting Hydrophilic Polyacrylamide Gel As A Soft-Tissue Filler]." Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi = Zhonghua Zhengxing Waike Zazhi = Chinese Journal Of Plastic Surgery 19.5 (2003): 328-330. MEDLINE. Web. 2 Apr. 2013.

Milojevic, B. "Complications After Silicone Injection Therapy In Aesthetic Plastic Surgery." Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 6.4 (1982): 203-206. MEDLINE. Web. 2 Apr. 2013.

3/14

Today in class I took a completely different approach when doing my research. Usually I stick with Galileo and Academic resources. Today when doing my research I went to a database called Alt health Watch. Using this helped me out a lot. Because my topic is a more medical issue searching things in the Alt Health Watch brought things more on the health point of view.  Usually when I search for information I use danger or issues on plastic surgery but today I tried problems and plastic surgery and I got a lot of different responses. I did find new material all of the other information that I found only talked about the danger of putting foreign objects in your body but this one talks about the danger of move fat from one part of your body to the other.    

3/4

I used Facebook.com, Twittwer.com and Reddit.com as my tools for today’s research. When using these tools I did find them to be helpful. When you hear social networking we usually think of ways of meeting people but today I was able to use it in a different way. I feel using the social networking sites were helpful because unlike other places that I get my information from I can see what other people find interesting about my topic and also what they find important. I personally use social networking to stay in touch with friends and family. Being an army brat requires you to meet a lot of people but the moving around also makes is hard for you to keep in touch. With social networking I am able to see and talk to people whom I have met all over the world. 

2/26

1.       The article I picked name is “Cut calories with the 250/250 plan” http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21349420/cut-calories-with-the-250250-plan.

2. In the article says that if you cut out 250 calories out of your daily diet and work out and burn 250 calories there should be higher chances of weight loss.  This is an example of an argument. The argument that they use is from the American Heart Association as their evidence. Yes there was a little use of emotional aspect in this the author mentions that only 1 percent of Americans are considered to be cardiovascular healthy.

2/14

During my presearch process I came to the conclusion that my first topic (cosmetic surgery fraud) did not have a lot of information on it. I reworded my keywords and I learned that there was more information on the dangers of plastic surgery in general oppose cosmetic surgery fraud. When I first searched for a book to fit my new topic I did not get any feedback, but after rewording my topic so that it was not as specific I was able to find a book in print. The book that I was able to find is Reshaping the female body: the dilemma of cosmetic surgery call number: RD119 D385 1195.

2/12

The process that we use in class is very different to what I am accustoming to doing during research. I am the type of person that puts the whole entire question into the search engine. I never knew about the Boolean operators until this class and I have learned that they are a huge help. I am not really confused about anything that we are learning as of now. I also feel though  we are on a good track on learning information. 

special collections

I loved the special collections presentation. I fell that it is really cool that Carrollton still has remains from several decades ago. Before this presentation or this class I was completely in the dark about special collections. I always know there was something down stairs in the library but I wasn't exactly sure what it was. I don’t really think that I will be able to utilize this for any of my classes. Unfortunately I no longer take history classes because I have already taken my required amount and my research topic is more of a current issue.