Research Journal, Part 4: Types of Information The

1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
I would look for comparison studies through trade publications and scholarly works. Opinion articles from magazines seem like a poor choice because they might not be as in depth or reliable when compared to a study that tests the differences over a period of time; the longer being the better.

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have
their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
being a very open-ended question i would use opinion articles from both sides and find interviews of people who had to do this and their own thoughts about it. I would use Scholarly Journal articles to find a general history about the topic itself and how it was viewed in similar situations in the past.

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
i would find statistics showing the comparison of each from trade publications and articles from trusted/reliable groups such as a government agency or even a book/academic encyclopedia since this topic has been a popular topic throughout history to promote getting a education beyond high school, and to know the proportional differences (if any) between the 2 from past to present.


4) Should educators use commercial services to combat
plagiarism?
also being an open-ended topic, opinion articles would be good as well as books too; as plagiarism has been a controversial topic for a very long time.  i would also try to find out if this has been done before and if it has, what were the results?

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global
warming?
i would use scholarly and/or reliable sources since this is a very controversial topic and as a result: bias about it is very common. anything that has been verified as reliable (Scholarly Journals being the best example) would be good. i would try to find  information on sunspots themselves as well as global warming, in addition to whether sunspots affect global warming or not.

1.  how has online online piracy affected the way products are sold both on the web and in physical stores?

i would try to find information on how online stores/purchasing has evolved in recent years and how products were sold before online stores, when they first become popular and in present to make a comparison.  i would use trade publications to learn more about piracy itself and books to help make the comparison between digital and physical products sold in both online stores and regular ones and the differences in methods  sale and protections from before online stores and present day.

2. how has the flow of information  changed from the way it was 30 years ago?

academic encyclopedias and books would be my first choice in order to compare it.  i would look how long it took for information to travel across various distances and and how the methods of doing so have changed over time.

3. how has the rate of growth of the internet changes over time, and how has that affected things that do (or did) not use the internet right now, e.g. a physical newspaper, telephones, etc.