4a Finding Reference Articles

The first reference site I found was http://www.encyclopedia.com/. There were articles related to my topic but I was not able to access them without signing up for a free trial of HighBeam Research. I did not want to sign up with the fear I would be getting a paid subscription after the trial. It offered “A Dictionary of Food Nutrition” but I could not find how to access it. No hits, I may need to retry this one.
http://www.encarta.msn.com/ was easy to navigate with tabs at the top for dictionary and encyclopedia, I found many good definition articles in the website on childhood obesity that I might be able to use for my research paper. I received about 5 hits and I rate them as 5 (best) in relevance.
http://www.refdesk.com/. This site offered multiple search websites on its page to choose from. After trying a couple of these, the one that gave the best result was the Google search box. It led me to articles at reputable sites such as Mayoclinic.com. Cdc.gov. and surgeongeneral.gov. This site had an abundance of articles on my subject that will be very useful in my research. For this site I received about 15 hits and I rate them as 5 for best in relevance.
Here are three articles I found:
Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference site: www.encarta.msn.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Obesity
Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD
Website: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=childhood+obesity
Contributed by: Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD.Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference website: www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
The Future of Children
Princeton – Brookings
Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 2006
Title: Fighting Obesity in the Public Schools
Ron Haskins, Christina Paxson, and Elisabeth Donahue
Website: http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=349724

Retrieved: 2/22/09
Reference website www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Overweight and Obesity
No author, article on webpage of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/state_programs/about_us.htm