ting? What could we do to help? How long has this been going on? What was the start to the depletion? I could have mad a list forever but I had to come up with that one main question that was the most important. I thought that asking why it was happening and what caused it was the most important. By answering this question, I would also be able to answer what we can do to help. I could answer this by knowing what causes the depletion and then in turn, know what not to do. Now, I could start to do my research. First, I had to go to the library and use these “big red books” that are behind the reference desk. At first, I thought that this was stupid. I wanted to know why I had to find other topics to research that had to do with my research topic. Little to my knowledge at that time, the other topics came in handy during my research. At the time, I did not know that we would have to use a topic that was only related to our topic. I am now thankful that I had done this step of the process; this is where I found the topic that I would use later in the research process.I went to the library to do the first annotated bibliography and I felt so overwhelmed at what I had to do. I started to look up the ozone layer on the computer using many different databases to find articles that met the requirements listed in our packet. In addition, I looked up the ozone layer and its depletion in the online card catalog for books that are available here at IUP. For both the databases and the card catalog, I went through hundreds of key words. I looked up the ozone layer, depletion of the ozone layer, environment and ozone, CFC’s, and many more. I felt as if this step felt as if it was never going to end. I had to look through an endless amount of articles and books to see if they offered me any good information. Luckily, there is an immense amount of information on the ozone layer and I found good facts and statistics...
