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Future of Information

I honestly see the future of information changing drastically in the next five to ten years to come because there is something new being changed everyday. No matter how much we actually attempt to stay up to date with something, there is … Continue reading

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The Search and picking up the pieces

Spring break, many think of sun, fun and relaxation. Instead its books, research and frustration. I have to say this has definitely been a difficult time though rewarding. I am still tweaking the search engines to give me exactly what … Continue reading

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realizations

As this semester flies by in addition to continuing this research essay, I feel that I have learned a lot. Not just how to properly research, but time management when it comes to researching, media and what it has become, … Continue reading

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Search Engines. You choose.

Ok so when it comes to me researching a topic; I automatically type in google.com and start from there. I usually try to stick to the first page of results because I find those to actually be the best results … Continue reading

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The Research Continues

As I continue to research for information I begin to hit a wall.  Unfortunately, it is becoming a little more difficult than I thought it would be to find new information.  However, on average I do find at least one … Continue reading

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Research journal 2

During our last class session, we discussed about our finding scholarly sources for our research paper. In class I was searching on Google Scholar for sources on my paper. My findings were interesting.  They were different from search on a … Continue reading

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Research Journal #2

So on Wednesday we were trying out different ways to search for valid websites for information on our topics. We were more focused on using the advanced searches and searching through scholarly articles to do this as well and I … Continue reading

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Search Engines…Regular or High test

In looking about on the search engines of Yahoo, Google, Google Scholar and Refseek I found a distinct difference in the content shown. With the standard Yahoo and Google searches you will get mostly blogs, articles by anyone (usually duplicated … Continue reading

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Searching for Scholarly Research

In class we used many new search engines for scholarly information for our research projects.  One search engine I used was Google Scholar.  I’ll admit, it was very hard to find information using this search.  After typing in search keywords … Continue reading

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Research Topic

Creating and catering a research topic from a list of what the class has discussed over the past few weeks is a daunting task and intimidating knowing that I will be stuck with what I pick for the rest of … Continue reading

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