Finding the Information

So for this unit in class, we needed to read up on how to select our information for our research. And provide what sources we think we should use for not only five practice questions, but also the three research questions we asked in our blogs for our previous unit, (rodli-blog-3.blogspot.com), as well as what we expect to find information wise by using those resources. So here are my answers to the eight total questions:
Practice Questions:
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
  ~ I would use the world wide web to find reliable sources/websites that focus on the health benefits and risks of both of these types of diets.
2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is that censorship?
  ~ I would again use the world wide web to not only define the term "censorship" but also to find more in depth information on which bands in particular have been forced to alter their lyrics.
3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?
  ~ To find the information that would aid me in answering this question, I would turn to newspapers, web-based news, and broadcast media to find local up to date information on the areas current wages (and demand) for someone with a degree from college versus someone with only a high school diploma.
4) Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism?
  ~ I think using scholarly journals to find what the scholars think about how plagiarism should be combated, would be best.
5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?
  ~ For this, I would use both books and the world wide web. I would use books to review how previous sunspot activities (or lack thereof) have affected things in the past, and compare that information to what is available on the Internet as far as information on how "global warming" has become today.

My own research questions:
1) What was the original definition of profanity and how has it changed over the years?
  ~ First I would use a dictionary to define the term "profanity" in its present form, and then I would follow up with scholarly journals to research the known history of how profanity originally began.
2) What are the most used "swear words"?
  ~ Now obviously the answer to this question would totally vary depending on the culture you are in. But I think it would actually be best to use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc..., to ask your friends and family about what they think the most used "swear words" would be, and maybe even take your own poll on which curse words they use most often and how often they use them during a specific time period.
3) Who is in charge of deciding which words are considered obscene?
  ~First off, I would actually check the scholarly journals that were previously used to research the known history of profanity in case the agency in charge of deciding what is to actually be considered a swear word was mentioned. If not, then I would check out the different government websites to see if there is any sort of information available on who is in charge there.