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Homework_9 Database

Posted on October 16, 2012 by | 1 comment

While reading chapter 3 of Badke’s book I finally found the answer in how to do a better research while using certain databases. We all might use google, library databases and etc to find information for our research papers and may find our selves going through many given results until we find the right one. That is as Badke explained we type for example ” interact ” and we get many results that include the word interact. His insights were very helpful, to make sure we use the right keyword(s) to find the “better ” and close result to what we might be looking for.

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Chapter 1 (homework 1)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

After reading chapter one I’ve come to find we as a nation need to learn how to communicate better. Yeah we spend all of our time chatting on Facebook, acting all cool on Twitter, and even texting our friends but what happened to the simple way of just getting out of the house and experiencing our stories verbally and in person. In the chapter he mentioned that back in the day only source of communication was through talking to one another and passing each story down.

I do have to agree about how we pass information which is completely better then how it used to be. A person that can easily access a computer can get any piece of information just by typing it in on Google. As soon as something cool, interesting, informative, or something completely stupid is quickly uploaded to a computer and spread around quickly.

I believe that our communication should be handled differently, but our way to spread information has improved since the Printing Press and should continue to improve so that our information is accessed even easier then it is today

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Homework_1

Posted on August 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

While reading Badke’s book, I found it interesting to see the way he expresses his opinions and knowledge in the sources we use in our daily lives. That is finding any kind of information, by using the social web, books, electronic devices, and so on. Badke shared in the first chapter the beginning of information and how it was used, and passed from generation to generation. Not forgetting to mention “tradition” which for Badke is a way of seeing what knowledge is. For example going from verbally to print information to now being able to have information seen in electronic devices, like a kindle. Badke made it clear that not all information found or shared could be reliable, for instance the world of Internet where any individual can share freely. Going to chapter 8 is why Badke shares some tips on ways to make research comfortable for our future works, and to also know how to find correctly the  information we need.

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Welcome to LIB 1201, Fall 2012!

Posted on August 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Welcome to the Fall 2012 semester and to LIB 1201, section 9950! We meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 – 11:15 a.m. in A543 in the City Tech library.

There is one required textbook:

Badke, William. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog. iUniverse.com, 2011.
It is for sale at the City Tech bookstore, available for purchase as a print book or e-book, and on reserve in the City Tech library.
UPDATE: the course syllabus is now available – pdf or html. Enjoy!

~Prof. Leonard

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