Use the background sources on this page (or you can search for your own!) to learn more about the following topic:
"How do environmental factors, such as pollution and climate change, contribute to the spread of antimicrobial resistance?"
STEP 1: BACKGROUND RESEARCH
Group 1: What is the definition of antimicrobial resistance? How does antimicrobial resistance happen?
Group 2: Examples of how climate change may contribute
Group 3: Examples of how pollution may contribute
Group 4: What are the outcomes or impacts of antimicrobial resistance?
We will use these notes to create a keyword search in a journal database later on.
Reference, news, magazine, and review sources are good places to start your research so you can get a general overview of your topic.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries: General or specific reference sources that will provide background details on your topic.
Science News Resources: Current research findings on your topic.
Review Articles, Books, and Magazine Articles: A higher level (yet still general) discussion of your topic.
Popular science magazines can be a good introduction to a topic, as they are easy to read but generally have information that is supported by peer-reviewed research. They may even be discussing a specific research article in popular language.
Remember you don't want to cite this type of source for your assignment. But it is useful for getting some ideas about your topic.
Here are some popular science magazines, try searching for your topic in each:
Gale Encyclopedia of Science