The following links provide information on writing summaries:

http://wwwfac.worcester.edu/owl/teacher/writing_summaries.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/summary.html

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/summariesTOC.html

http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Summary.html

The following links address content addressed in the sample readings of this chapter. You may find the short selections bring up topics of interest to you that you would like to explore further. These websites may get you started in that direction.

http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
The mission of the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is to identify and promote strategies that prevent young child poverty in the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.

http://www.drought.unl.edu/index.htm
The National Drought Mitigation Center
The National Drought Mitigation Center helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought. The NDMC, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, stresses preparation and risk management rather than crisis management.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/factsht_trichinosis.htm
What is Trichinosis?
A fact sheet on Trichinosis.