Blog #3

While looking for sources it is important to use key words associated with my topic. Using the word pregnancy does not really help because it is too broad and does not go into depth with my topic which is the effects of drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy. During our library session the instructor suggested I use the specific database named Sage because it covers subjects that have to do with health sciences, such as mine. Along with the Sage database I tried Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition which was very helpful and gave me various articles on pregnancy and alcohol abuse. I clicked on a few articles and just read the abstract to get a gist of the article and whether it would be a useful source for my research project. On one of the articles I clicked on it talked about the ages when alcohol abuse is likely to happen ranging from teenagers to women around their thirties. Another article explains that alcohol abuse during pregnancy is likely to be associated with women whom have symptoms of depression. I learned from the couple of sources I sorted through that there may be certain causes leading women to drug and/or alcohol abuse during pregnancy and that there are several effects to the women and embryo or fetus.