Computer Applications – Research

1- Select a topic that you might want to use for a term paper.

1. Using your favorite search engine, search for information on this topic. If you don’t have a favorite, Google is a good choice.
2. Select one of the results and take some notes on the content.
3. Save a screen shot of this website and paste it into a new Word document. The screen shot should show the top of your screen.
4. Below the screen shot, type in the name of your topic as the title.
5. Below the title, in one or two paragraphs, describe the information that you found.

2- Pretend that you are a travel consultant for The International Travel Company located in Denver, Colorado. You will be creating documents pertaining to a travel package to be presented in March or October. Decide on a travel destination. It should be city but can be anywhere in the world. The more exotic, the better! Once you have selected your destination, use the internet, electronic databases, and/or print resources, to gather the information listed below:

• Average temperatures for the months of March and October.
• A hotel with a short description.
• Two tourist spots or points of interest for a vacationer and short descriptions of each.
• A restaurant for fine dining and a short description of the menu items.
• An “exciting fact” about your destination.

1. Once you have selected a topic for your travel project, run a WWW search on it and select a website that gives you good information on your topic. Take a screen shot of the site itself. Paste that screen shot into a Word document.
2. Under the screen shot, explain how this will help you to complete your project.