As the Research Continues...

Blog Post #2...

The most interesting source I have found so far was also the first book I picked from the library.  It is exactly what I was looking for in the asect that it has a wide gaze on all the benefits of having pets, even though it largely focuses on the physical benefits.  In this book, it clearly explains and lays out certain studies and statistical facts that have been tested and proven about how pet owners fair better with certain social, emotional, and physical issues compared to people who do not own pets.  The physical aspect is what I find most interesting and is what I feel like will hit home for a lot of people will disabilities, disorders, diseases and certain health conditions.  As of right not, this source is where the majority of my information has come from.  This source is a book titled 'Between Pets and People' by Alan Beck and Aaron Katcher.

As my research continues, I find that I am more pleased with my research topic.  So far, I have NOT changed it at all in regards to narrowing it. I feel like if I narrowed my topic it might actually make it less powerful than if I kept it to the original 'width'.  I chose not to narrow my topic because my over all goal is to show the general population just how beneficial having pets are.  This means showing ALL the different aspects of why pets are a positive influence in lives of humans.  I am finding evience of ways that aminals help people socially, mentally, emotionally, and physically, which was the most suprising to me. Although allowing my topic to remain wide will give me a larger work load, it will also give me a considerable amount of more evidence to back up and support my claim.

I have not had any large complications with my research except to stay focused and try to avoid texts that are irrelevant, which there seem to be quite a few of.  Ill see something that looks promisingbut ends up being something at a little different angle thatn what I'm looking for.  A tip for fellow researchers would be to utilize the sources of the library.  I found an unexpected amount of supporting texts that I had no idea were there.  These sources have offered a tremendous amount of information that is helping to sculpt my research and make me paper stronger.

Sarah E...