Since the start of my research project I have found many useful and helpful resources. The top two resources that I have found so far is a video from CBS Evening news titled Vet’s Suicide Epidemic and the other was a chart from the SIRS database that showed the number of suicides over recent years. The CBS video has been very helpful to me because it gave reports and interviews of family members of soldiers that had committed suicide. This was helpful because it gave me a firsthand account of what kinds of issues soldiers go through when they have decided that they might commit suicide. Also, since this video was from an actual news report from the CBS news station, I knew that it was credible and contained valuable information. The chart showing suicide rates was helpful because it gave me a visual awareness of how drastically this threat is rising. I found this resource useful because I can now use it on my Netvibes page to show my viewers how bad this issue has become. I knew that this source was credible because it was from the SIRS database; also, its original source was from the McClatchy Washington Bureau in Washington D.C.
The research skill that I have learned from this research project is how to look for all different kinds of information sources as well as finding helpful ones. It has been a very interesting research process, and I have changed my research methods I the process. I believe that my new knowledge on looking at sources such as videos, database articles, pictures, and web searches has helped me through this research project. I believe that without this skill, I would not have found as much of a variety of sources as I did. Therefore, I would not have gained as much knowledge and information as I did by refining this skill and using it to my advantage.
