Information Literacy in the Sciences UNL 206x

Read this New York Times article written by Michael Chrichton under the title "Patenting life" Download file.

Write a paragraph that expresses your own opinion about this issue. Make sure to cover the following questions:

1. What are the implications of gene patenting on the health of certain individuals according to this article?

2. Do you think it is wrong to patent a newly-discovered gene? What if you are the one who discovered it? You can get a lot of money in royalties if somebody ran the analysis on this gene.

3. Should gene patenting be prevented or allowed and why?

Your answer should be written in a form of a paragraph and should contain 6-8 complex sentences ("Yeah, it should" would not do it).

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In Class 4 we discussed how to search the Web. This tutorial from the National Library of Medicine Evaluating Internet Health Information that can be reached from this URL http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html should help you to reiterate the major points discussed in class. View this tutorial (it's 16 minutes long) and answer the following questions:

1. List at least two benefits of using web sources when searching for health information.
2. List at least two potential risks, when trusting Internet health resources.
3. Why is it important to evaluate web resources in general and especially in regard to health information?

Your answers should be written in complete sentences, not just two-three words. You can write them as short paragraphs, 2-4 complex sentences.

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For this homework assignment you need to do the following:

1. Write 4-5 keywords that you might find useful in research on the topic chosen by your team.
2. Plan a strategy of narrowing down your topic. You can write a short paragraph or 3-4 questions that might help you to do so.
3. Write a preliminary thesis statement to be discussed with your team in class.

Use the handout given to you in class for useful tips on narrowing down the topic and writing a strong thesis statement.

This assignment is worth 25 points if completed on time.

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Hello class!

I'm happy to welcome you in the new Spring 2012 semester. I'm looking forward to working with all of you in my class!

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Hello class,

Below is the link to the Flu Hot line established by the University Health Center. If you experience the symptoms you should provide this self report.

http://www.albany.edu/its/flureport.htm

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Download file

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