With the completion of this class, LIBY 1210, I believe that I have genuinely learned a lot. First off, the one subject that I especially was happy with was that of citations. Until that time I had no idea of how to do one. I think that that section by far had the most impact on me. A lot of the internet research I already knew about however. I have been around computers my whole life and pretty much know all the ins and outs, however, it was nice to see the different ways you can search put out for me, because I would never have thought about them in the way that I did through this class. I would merely just had done the methods without thinking about it. One thing that I kept thinking thought the internet search sections is that if in google you can use | instead of or.
I believe that through this class that my ability to formulate search topics or key words has really improved. I now know that if I cannot find any information upon which the topic I am searching that I should wided my search, and I know how to do that now.
Overall, I learned a lot from this class. I believe that the class was well worth the effort that I put into it. The class not only taught me vital information for my collegiate career, but also touched upon information that I already knew, sort of like a refresher. I will definitely remember everything that I learned in the class, and put it to use on for the majority of my school career from this time on out.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Unit 6 Assignment Information Ethics
Research Log 1
1. Discuss how the author, the publisher, the faculty member, the library, and the students can be accommodated.
One way that they could increase profits would be to increase the price of the textbook and the course readers. The faculty members should be try to find the books for their students and themselves at a reasonable price, The students should be be allowed to access the material online for a small fee or something along those lines. Something cheaper than buying the entire book.
2. How can a fair arrangement be achieved?
If the author and publisher were to decide to only make it available online, as an E-Book, then they would not have to worry about losing money from the printing of x many copies. I believe that this would be a good way to go at the beginning, until they see if the book is something that would make them money.
3. What are the challenges in creating a fair arrangement for everyone?
Books are much more accessible to everyone than lets say the internet, so even though it may be more convenient for the author and publisher, it could cause problems for students trying to access the material with no internet access.
Research Log 2:
1. How can a balance be achieved between protecting privacy and meeting the needs of national security?
I do not know how this can be accomplished, however, I would like some way that the national government could identify individuals who were actually threats and only monitor them. However, seeing as this is some what problematic, I believe that it is alright how they monitor what we do online, but I personally believe that they have better things to do then worry about individuals lets say downloading a movie online.
2. How did you react to the list of challenged books (were you surprised, for example)? Do you think some books should be banned or should all books be freely available? Why?
I found the list of challenged books was interesting because I personally have read a few of them in my past years. And I do not know how you can ban a book from reading. Are we not in America with the freedom of speech promised to each and every one of us? How can we ban a book, because we have a problem with it? The author is making his or her voice heard, which is completely legal. And personally, whenever something like this comes up, it makes me curious, and more likely to read the material because I want to find out what is so bad about them. I find that a lot of people are like this, so challenging these books only make them more likely to be read.
3. How have your overall ideas about information ethics changed or not changed after completing this unit?
I cant say anything has really changed with me, I kind of knew a lot of this information going into this unit because about a year or so ago I did a lot of research on copyright things like this for a paper that I was writing.
1. Discuss how the author, the publisher, the faculty member, the library, and the students can be accommodated.
One way that they could increase profits would be to increase the price of the textbook and the course readers. The faculty members should be try to find the books for their students and themselves at a reasonable price, The students should be be allowed to access the material online for a small fee or something along those lines. Something cheaper than buying the entire book.
2. How can a fair arrangement be achieved?
If the author and publisher were to decide to only make it available online, as an E-Book, then they would not have to worry about losing money from the printing of x many copies. I believe that this would be a good way to go at the beginning, until they see if the book is something that would make them money.
3. What are the challenges in creating a fair arrangement for everyone?
Books are much more accessible to everyone than lets say the internet, so even though it may be more convenient for the author and publisher, it could cause problems for students trying to access the material with no internet access.
Research Log 2:
1. How can a balance be achieved between protecting privacy and meeting the needs of national security?
I do not know how this can be accomplished, however, I would like some way that the national government could identify individuals who were actually threats and only monitor them. However, seeing as this is some what problematic, I believe that it is alright how they monitor what we do online, but I personally believe that they have better things to do then worry about individuals lets say downloading a movie online.
2. How did you react to the list of challenged books (were you surprised, for example)? Do you think some books should be banned or should all books be freely available? Why?
I found the list of challenged books was interesting because I personally have read a few of them in my past years. And I do not know how you can ban a book from reading. Are we not in America with the freedom of speech promised to each and every one of us? How can we ban a book, because we have a problem with it? The author is making his or her voice heard, which is completely legal. And personally, whenever something like this comes up, it makes me curious, and more likely to read the material because I want to find out what is so bad about them. I find that a lot of people are like this, so challenging these books only make them more likely to be read.
3. How have your overall ideas about information ethics changed or not changed after completing this unit?
I cant say anything has really changed with me, I kind of knew a lot of this information going into this unit because about a year or so ago I did a lot of research on copyright things like this for a paper that I was writing.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Unit 4 Part 2- Subject or Discipline-Based Databases
1. What is the main subject of your question?
Hurricane Katrina
2. What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
Geology and Environmental Studies
Research Entry #1
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
JSTOR
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina economic impact
3. How many results did you retrieve?
109 results
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I had roughly 100 results so I did not need to refine my search.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles for the most part were all relevant to my topic, and, as you said in the module, the JSTOR database has only scholarly journals.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Title: A Preliminary Assessment of Social and Economic Impacts Associated with Hurricane Katrina
Authors: John S. Petterson, Laura D. Stanley, Edward Glazier and James Philipp
Publisher: American Anthropologist
Publish Date: Dec 2006
Edition: Vol. 108, No. 4
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
The artical touched upon the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina, and came from a reliable source.
Research Entry #2
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
Science Citation Index
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina economic impact
3. How many results did you retrieve?
16
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A, only had 16 results
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles for the most part were all relevant to my topic.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Title: Estimating the economic impact of natural and social disasters, with an application to Hurricane Katrina
Author:Baade RA, Baumann R, Matheson V
Publisher: URBAN STUDIES
Publish Date: 2007
Edition: Vol. 44, Iss. 11
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
This article touched upon the economic impact of all natural disasters, mainly touching upon the impact of Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina
2. What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
Geology and Environmental Studies
Research Entry #1
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
JSTOR
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina economic impact
3. How many results did you retrieve?
109 results
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I had roughly 100 results so I did not need to refine my search.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles for the most part were all relevant to my topic, and, as you said in the module, the JSTOR database has only scholarly journals.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Title: A Preliminary Assessment of Social and Economic Impacts Associated with Hurricane Katrina
Authors: John S. Petterson, Laura D. Stanley, Edward Glazier and James Philipp
Publisher: American Anthropologist
Publish Date: Dec 2006
Edition: Vol. 108, No. 4
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
The artical touched upon the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina, and came from a reliable source.
Research Entry #2
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
Science Citation Index
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina economic impact
3. How many results did you retrieve?
16
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A, only had 16 results
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles for the most part were all relevant to my topic.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Title: Estimating the economic impact of natural and social disasters, with an application to Hurricane Katrina
Author:Baade RA, Baumann R, Matheson V
Publisher: URBAN STUDIES
Publish Date: 2007
Edition: Vol. 44, Iss. 11
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
This article touched upon the economic impact of all natural disasters, mainly touching upon the impact of Katrina.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Unit 4 Part 2 - Periodicals and General Databases
Research Log Entry 1
1. What three periodicals did you choose?
I chose, Time, American Bar Association, and Journal of Comparative Psychology for my three periodicals.
2. Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
The three articles that I chose were: "The Trouble With Talking to Iran" in Time, "What's New in the Law" from American Bar Association, and "Standardizing Electric Shocks for Rats" in Journal of Comparative Psychology.
3. What are the major differences among these articles?
The difference that I noticed in the articles were that article from the Journal of Comparative Psychology was an article based off of an actual lab experiment, while the other were more like magazine articles that I am accustom to seeing.
4. What are the major differences among these periodicals?
One major difference that I noticed in the three periodicals was the way that the articles were written. Time magazine was more directed at the general public, and was written so that most anyone could understand it. The American Bar Association was written more oriented for adults, or mature readers, and the Journal of Comparative Psychology was more written for individuals who were either psychologists, or pursuing a degree in psychology.
Research Log Entry 2
For your first database:
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
High Wire Press
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina
3. How many results did you retrieve?
1821
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
Hurricane Katrina affect on the economy in United States 2008
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles were more closely linked to my topic than those in my first search.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
The Political Economy of ``Natural'' Disasters
Authors: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
Publisher: Harvard Business School Harvard University
Published: Dec 2008
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
It not only touched upon the economic problems caused by Hurricane Katrina, but also discusses the economic problems caused by all natural disasters.
For your search in Academic Search Premier
1. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina Impact
2. How many results did you retrieve?
16
3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A
4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database?
This database lets you do things such as choose between if you want magazine articles or academic journals
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
N/A, I only had 16 results to begin with
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Trauma and Stress Response Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
Author: Mills, Mary Alice; Edmondson, Donald; Park, Crystal L
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Edition: Vol 97
Published: Apr 2007
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
This article touches upon the impact of hurricane Katrina on the individuals who were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses and such.
1. What three periodicals did you choose?
I chose, Time, American Bar Association, and Journal of Comparative Psychology for my three periodicals.
2. Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
The three articles that I chose were: "The Trouble With Talking to Iran" in Time, "What's New in the Law" from American Bar Association, and "Standardizing Electric Shocks for Rats" in Journal of Comparative Psychology.
3. What are the major differences among these articles?
The difference that I noticed in the articles were that article from the Journal of Comparative Psychology was an article based off of an actual lab experiment, while the other were more like magazine articles that I am accustom to seeing.
4. What are the major differences among these periodicals?
One major difference that I noticed in the three periodicals was the way that the articles were written. Time magazine was more directed at the general public, and was written so that most anyone could understand it. The American Bar Association was written more oriented for adults, or mature readers, and the Journal of Comparative Psychology was more written for individuals who were either psychologists, or pursuing a degree in psychology.
Research Log Entry 2
For your first database:
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
High Wire Press
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina
3. How many results did you retrieve?
1821
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
Hurricane Katrina affect on the economy in United States 2008
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The articles were more closely linked to my topic than those in my first search.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
The Political Economy of ``Natural'' Disasters
Authors: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
Publisher: Harvard Business School Harvard University
Published: Dec 2008
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
It not only touched upon the economic problems caused by Hurricane Katrina, but also discusses the economic problems caused by all natural disasters.
For your search in Academic Search Premier
1. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Hurricane Katrina Impact
2. How many results did you retrieve?
16
3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A
4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database?
This database lets you do things such as choose between if you want magazine articles or academic journals
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
N/A, I only had 16 results to begin with
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Trauma and Stress Response Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
Author: Mills, Mary Alice; Edmondson, Donald; Park, Crystal L
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Edition: Vol 97
Published: Apr 2007
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
This article touches upon the impact of hurricane Katrina on the individuals who were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses and such.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Unit 3 Assignment 2
1. Which of your questions did you try to answer?
How much financial damage was caused by Hurricane Katrina?
2. What EXACT terms did you enter into the keyword search screen?
I entered the terms "Hurricane Katrina" into the keyword search.
3.What subject heading did you choose to be sure your item was on target and the best option for your search?
I used the subject heading of "Hurricane Katrina 2005 Economic Aspect."
4. What item did you eventually choose? Why?
I chose the item The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the labor market outcomes of evacuees because I believed that this item would give me the most relevant information to my question out of the three offered to me.
5. Give the bibliographic information for the item you chose.
Author – Groen, Jeffrey A
Title – The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the labor market outcomes of evacuees
Edition – (not specified)
Place of Publication – Washington D.C.
Publisher – U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Date of Publication – 2008
6. When you looked at the reference work, what quote did you choose? Why?
"However, even when these differences are taken into account, non-returnees’
unemployment rate was 18.8 percentage points higher and their employment-population ratio 18.6 percentage points lower than returnees’ over the 13-month period following Katrina. More than one year after the storm (in October 2006), the unemployment rate of non-returnees was still 9.9 percentage points higher than that of comparable returnees." (Groen 19).
7. What makes this a reference book as opposed to a regular book you might find in the book stacks?
This, Although it was not a book, but an article, was published by the United States government, making it a reference because it has official statistics and gives the reader the straight facts.
8. In looking at the material in the book and the publication date in the bibliographic information, what year do you think the information really comes from?
I believe that this information has to come from between 2005 and 2008, the date of the event and the date of the article publication. the information was probably being compiled during the gap of time between the event and the publication.
How much financial damage was caused by Hurricane Katrina?
2. What EXACT terms did you enter into the keyword search screen?
I entered the terms "Hurricane Katrina" into the keyword search.
3.What subject heading did you choose to be sure your item was on target and the best option for your search?
I used the subject heading of "Hurricane Katrina 2005 Economic Aspect."
4. What item did you eventually choose? Why?
I chose the item The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the labor market outcomes of evacuees because I believed that this item would give me the most relevant information to my question out of the three offered to me.
5. Give the bibliographic information for the item you chose.
Author – Groen, Jeffrey A
Title – The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the labor market outcomes of evacuees
Edition – (not specified)
Place of Publication – Washington D.C.
Publisher – U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Date of Publication – 2008
6. When you looked at the reference work, what quote did you choose? Why?
"However, even when these differences are taken into account, non-returnees’
unemployment rate was 18.8 percentage points higher and their employment-population ratio 18.6 percentage points lower than returnees’ over the 13-month period following Katrina. More than one year after the storm (in October 2006), the unemployment rate of non-returnees was still 9.9 percentage points higher than that of comparable returnees." (Groen 19).
7. What makes this a reference book as opposed to a regular book you might find in the book stacks?
This, Although it was not a book, but an article, was published by the United States government, making it a reference because it has official statistics and gives the reader the straight facts.
8. In looking at the material in the book and the publication date in the bibliographic information, what year do you think the information really comes from?
I believe that this information has to come from between 2005 and 2008, the date of the event and the date of the article publication. the information was probably being compiled during the gap of time between the event and the publication.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Unit 3 Assignment 1
"Hurricane" and "Fredrick" did not provided any hits for me under the school's library catalog. So I would like to change my search to Hurricane Katrina since it was also a gulf coast hurricane, so I used the terms "Hurricane" and "Katrina" to see if i could find anything that would touch upon my topic. These terms provided 112 hits.
bibliographic information:
1.
a. Seeking higher ground : the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader
b. 1st edition
c. Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke
d. New York
e. Palgrave Macmillan
f. 2008
2.
Location: Book Stacks
Call Number: HV636 2005.N4 S44 2008
Status: On Shelf
3.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
Disasters -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Marginality, Social -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
African Americans -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
4.
I chose the subject heading Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects because I thought that it was the closest to my topic because of the fact that it was actually about hurricane Katrina while the others were not. After clicking on this subject title I was presented with between 40 and 50 items relating to it in the index.
5.
a. Using these Subject headings to look for information on hurricane Katrina, I have much fewer results presented to me than when I was operating off of the keyword search. 112 results for keyword, and about 50 for the subject headings search.
b. These results are much more related to my topic than those of the keyword search. They are much closer to what I was searching for than the keyword ones.
c. This is because the keyword search is merely searching for the string of word that I typed, where as the subject titles searching using structured language programed by humans. Keyword searches are completely computer operated.
Research Log Entry
Keyword searches are searches that search for a specific string of words that you enter. They are programed through coding and are run completely by computer software. They have no human intervention what so ever. Heading searches on the other hand, even though still are programed by coding, use structured language and are based off of human intervention. People link certain documents to a related topic so that they will show up when the certain topic is searched. Heading searches provide much more relevant information to your searches.
bibliographic information:
1.
a. Seeking higher ground : the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader
b. 1st edition
c. Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke
d. New York
e. Palgrave Macmillan
f. 2008
2.
Location: Book Stacks
Call Number: HV636 2005.N4 S44 2008
Status: On Shelf
3.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
Disasters -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Marginality, Social -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
African Americans -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
4.
I chose the subject heading Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects because I thought that it was the closest to my topic because of the fact that it was actually about hurricane Katrina while the others were not. After clicking on this subject title I was presented with between 40 and 50 items relating to it in the index.
5.
a. Using these Subject headings to look for information on hurricane Katrina, I have much fewer results presented to me than when I was operating off of the keyword search. 112 results for keyword, and about 50 for the subject headings search.
b. These results are much more related to my topic than those of the keyword search. They are much closer to what I was searching for than the keyword ones.
c. This is because the keyword search is merely searching for the string of word that I typed, where as the subject titles searching using structured language programed by humans. Keyword searches are completely computer operated.
Research Log Entry
Keyword searches are searches that search for a specific string of words that you enter. They are programed through coding and are run completely by computer software. They have no human intervention what so ever. Heading searches on the other hand, even though still are programed by coding, use structured language and are based off of human intervention. People link certain documents to a related topic so that they will show up when the certain topic is searched. Heading searches provide much more relevant information to your searches.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Research Log Entry - Unit 2, Assignment 2
1. Your topic string
a. Your broadest topic
Hurricanes
b.Your next broad topic
Hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico
c. Your starting topic
Hurricanes in the United States
d. Your narrower topic
Hurricanes in Alabama
e. Your even narrower topic
Hurricane Frederic of 1979
2. Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic
a. How many people were killed or injured by Hurricane Frederic?
b. How much financial damage was caused by Hurricane Frederic?
a. Your broadest topic
Hurricanes
b.Your next broad topic
Hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico
c. Your starting topic
Hurricanes in the United States
d. Your narrower topic
Hurricanes in Alabama
e. Your even narrower topic
Hurricane Frederic of 1979
2. Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic
a. How many people were killed or injured by Hurricane Frederic?
b. How much financial damage was caused by Hurricane Frederic?
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