Blog #6: Five Scholarly Sources and Research Question

My five scholarly sources:


R. Khachatryan, et al. "P03-302 - Evaluation Of Suicidal Behaviour And Depression Among Nursing   


         Students In Northern Greece." European Psychiatry 25.(2010): 1370. Academic Search Premier.          
     
         Web. 28 Feb. 2012.


Whitaker, Leighton C., and Richard E. Slimak. College Student Suicide. New York: Haworth, 1990. 
           Print.
Humphrey, James Harry. A Textbook of Stress for College Students. Springfield, IL: Thomas, 1982. Print.


Vye, Christopher, Kathlene Scholljegerdes, and I. David Welch. Under Pressure and Overwhelmed: 
          Coping with Anxiety in College. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007. Print.


Lees, John, and Alison Vaspe. Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education. London: 
           Routledge, 1999. Print.


My potential research question:


Are students who are involved with professional areas of study (i.e nursing) more prone to suicide? And if so, why? How can they be helped?

Research Blog #5

Rutgers RIOT was a great experience. The website is a good way to keep students interested. I feel this animation is a lot more attention grabbing as opposed to reading a handout. While exploring Rutgers RIOT I chose assignments that would be appropriate for certain topics. After doing this, I now realize why I need to analyze a certain aspect of Nursing students, for example suicide rates. Certain topics are just too broad and are unable to be written about by themselves. Finding sources was deffinately my favorite part. I always have difficulty with this, so therefore it helped me out a lot in preparation for my research paper. I never realize all the opportunities I have for finding research. For example, newspaper articles usually contain valuable information, and it is always current. Alexander library will be very beneficial when writing my research paper. I plan on looking through various books, as well as other sources before I make my final selection of references. Overall after meeting with Peggy and reviewing Rutgers RIOT I feel a lot more confident in beggining my paper.

Research Blog #4

At this point I am unsure if I still want to write about how competitive the nursing program is here at Rutgers. However, regardless of what my topic will focus on, privitization will still be relevant. For example, if I do write about the nursing program I can say that the lack of professors teaching this nursing courses is limited due to privitization since funding such programs is serious. Also, although Rutgers School of Nursing puts an emphasis on the EOF program, not all students qualify for this. Therefore students still need a way to pay their tuitions. Perhaps instead of writing about how competitive it is to get into the program, I can write about the amount of stress nursing students have in general such as competitiveness, studying, money, etc. It may also be interesting to focus my paper on why society claims that the nation is in a high demand for nurses if there are so many students willing to pursue a career in this field. In this day and age privitization relates to practically anything associated with colleges and universities.

Research Blog #3: Questions for the Librarian

Question #1: What are the biggest mistakes that students tend to make as they are doing research?
I would like to know this because majority of the mistakes made tend to be repeated by a lot of students. Accurate research is the key to a successful paper.

Question #2: Since my topic regards the pressure on Nursing students, I would like to find out which sites have the most accurate statistics. For example, where can I find an accurate statistic about the suicide rate among Nursing students?

Question #3: I enjoy finding my research through using books as opposed to the internet, which books can help me the most to find out accurate information on all the stress components that Nursing students feel?