Cabrillo College Library

Dental Hygiene at Cabrillo College

Hints for EXERCISE 1 -- Topic A || Topic B

Topic A -- To get oriented to the topic, you'd like to find something at the American Dental Association Web site (ada.org) about dental problems associated with methamphetamine use. What are the oral effects of methamphetamine?

1. Finding the document   Here's what you know

  • Keywords are oral effects and methamphetamine
  • You want the informaiton to come from the American Dental Association -- i.e., ada.org is the domain name

You'll want to use Google in the Advanced Search mode. To get to Google, type google.com as the address at the top of your browser, or go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage, click on Search the Internet, and select Google. Once you are in Google, click to go to the Advanced Search mode (over on right).

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The keyword methamphetamine is typed into the first search box, and oral effects is the exact phrase you want. Where it says Domain you restrict your search to ada.org.

You can do this as a regular Google search with this search statement

methamphetamine "oral effects" site:ada.org

NOTE: you could do a similar search in Yahoo! in its Advanced Search mode. But, Yahoo! covers less of the Web than Google does.

2. Finding what is said about oral effects in the document
Once you have the document on your screen, use the scroll bar to quickly review its contents. You can find a particular word on a page by using the Find command (Ctrl F).

3. Go to your Word document and summarize what you learned.

Return to Dental Hygiene Research exercise.

Topic B -- You have heard that there are disparities in dental care for Latino preschoolers compared to other ethnic groups. You're told this information is a pdf file on the Web. By what proportion do Latino preschoolers experience tooth decay compared to white children?

1. Finding the document   Here's what you know

  • Keywords are latino preschoolers and disparities and dental care
  • You know it's a pdf file

You can do this as a regular Google search with this search statement

disparities dental care "latino preschoolers" filetype:pdf

NOTE: you could do a similar search in Yahoo! in its Advanced Search mode. But, Yahoo! covers less of the Web than Google does.

2. Finding what is said about Latino preschoolers in the document
Once you have the document on your screen, use the scroll bar to quickly review its contents. You can find particular words on a page by using the Find command (Ctrl F).

3. Go to your Word document and summarize what you learned.

 

Return to Dental Hygiene Research exercise.