Keywords & Keyword Variations

Keywords: AIDS cure. Development. AIDS Research.
Keyword Variations: HIV health issues. Health developments. AIDS news. AIDS Blog. HIV programmes. STD. STD vaccines. Preventive measures.

Search Phrases: AIDS Therapies. Cure for AIDS. Development of AIDS. News on AIDS. AIDS Discussion Forums. Blogs on HIV. AIDS Research and Development. AIDS Research Centers. AIDS Research Strategy. AIDS Development and Evaluation. Preventive AIDS vaccines

Search Engine : Google

Keywords used: "AIDS" development

14,400,000 hits

Search Engine : Yahoo , http://www.yahoo.com/

Keywords used: "AIDS" development

132,000,000 hits

Meta Engine:Meta , http://www.metacrawler/

Keywords used : AIDS development

77 hits

Subject Directory : http://www.yahoo.com/

Keywords used: "AIDS" development

2016 hits

Practical 3

The first resource was Informational.
http://www.iasociety.org/

It was informational because it contains factual information and was about the International AIDS Society and the things that they do. More importantly, world AIDS news are posted up on the website for people to be aware of.


Another resource is of Personal category.
http://texasaidsblog.blogspot.com

This is a blog set up by two individuals, JakesMind and Carolyn. They had also given talks or policy briefings related to AIDS at conferences.


The last report is under the News category. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/hiv-aids/

The latest HIV News & AIDS News articles is published daily. News on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), awareness, preventive measures and treatment options are provided.

Practical 2

Activity 1

I have gone to personal websites as well as organisational websites.

One of the personal websites is that I went is
http://globalsociology.edublogs.org/ . The author of this webpage is SocProf and he produces blog posts on the blog with proper references to sites such as BBC.

One of the organisational website that I visited is http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/ . This is the official website of the National Institutes of Health that provides people with information on clinical studies as well as grants and contracts.


Activity 2

I used http://www.google.com/ , http://www.yahoo.com/ and http://www.mamma.com/ as search facilities. I used words such as "AIDS", "HIV Health issues", "HIV", "HIV prevention", "HIV development" and "HIV/AIDS Research".

Personal websites and organizational websites are different in many ways. Mainly, personal websites are more opinionated whereas organizational websites contains more facts. Organizational websites are usually broken up into many different categories such as news and events whereas personal websites like blogs usually have a main page for the main content.

The biblography of the resources where i obtained information from so far are as follows...

• Korin et al., Virology (2006) "Research Projects." Retrieved 15 May, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://www.aidsresearch.org/scientific_research/research_projects.html

Practical 1

Topic: Discuss the developments of AIDS research

1) Categories : Discussion Forum
2) Resource Name / My Post :
HealthBoards Health Message Boards -HIV/AIDS Message Board
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=600904

3) Resource Description: Queries and personal experience from members of the forum on HIV /AIDS. People also share information on HIV.

Upon seeing so many threads of posts of worries and complains, I feel that the people out there need to know or be reminded that it is not all over for them. So I started a new thread....

05-07-2008, 02:09 AM
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Stop fretting . There is Hope.
Hey all. According to what I have researched on.. There's still hope. There are drugs that can treat HIV and help people live longer. However the drugs do not stop people from spreading HIV. The main drug treatment for people with HIV is Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (also called HAART). HAART drugs help to slow the growth of HIV in your body.

1) Categories: Electronic journals and magazine
2) Resource Name / URL: http://www.fda.gov/womens/medicinecharts/hiv.html
3) Resource Description: An article on Drugs that can treat HIV and help people live longer.


1) Categories: WWW site
2) Resource Name / URL : http://www.aidsresearch.org/scientific_research/research_projects.html
3) Resource Description:

Prostratin: A new therapeutic agent targeting viral reservoirs

Microbicides: An essential new HIV prevention strategy