A Collection of Resources that Might Get You Started in Your Search for an Inspiring STEM Professional:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Note that this collection has a search tool that allows you to search within the transcripts. This will be very useful.
Penn Reading Project 2019-2020 : Weapons of Math Destruction
Penn State Libraries created an excellent guide to Cathy O'Neil's book "Weapons of Math Destruction" to support their 2019-2020 Reading Project. There is a good chance you will find resources related to your "STEM Dilemma" there:
Penn Reading Project 2019-2020 : Weapons of Math Destruction
Big Data and Ethics
Chapters 1 and 2. "Bomb Parts: What is a Model" and "Shell Shocked: My Journey of Disillusionment"
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Chapter 3. Arms Race-Going to College
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Chapter 4. "Propaganda Machine: Online Advertising"
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Chapter 5. "Civilian Casualties: Justice in the Age of Big Data"
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Chapter 6. "Ineligible to Serve: Getting a Job"
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Chapter 7. "Sweating Bullets: On the Job"
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Chapter 8. "Collateral Damage: Landing Credit"
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Chapter 9. "No Safe Zone: Getting Insurance"
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Chapter 10. "The Targeted Citizen: Civic Life"
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush
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For example: Sea-Level Rise Adaptation and Risk Mitigation Measures for the City of Cape Town Resort
Some of the extensive and searchable newspaper collections available at Bates:
Below are links to examples of several of the extensive and searchable newspaper collections available at Bates.
Find even more from the "Online Collections" button on the library home page:
Historical Newspaper Collections:
Historical through Present Newspaper Collections:
Individual Newspapers:
Try Searching in An Article Index:
An article index is like Google Search if it only searched journal articles. Below you will find several article indexes that should help you find your primary scientific research article.
Try Searching in a Single Journal:
If Bates has access to a specific journal, you can search within it very easily!