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Research Journal #2

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Michael.M

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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Notes from today, and reading & blogging homework for Wednesday, March 14

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed the mechanics of searching, including how search engines work, various alternative specialized search engines, and advanced search strategies such as Boolean operators, nesting, phrase searching, and truncation. For Wednesday, March 14, please read Badke, chapter 2, and … Continue reading →

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Search Engines

Posted on March 11, 2012 by itohanedoloyi

It seems as if these search engines determines what our search results look like, considering that if someone were to search for networking sites, their result would be based upon sites frequently visited such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.  And in … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignments for Monday, March 12

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we talked about metadata – data about data, including folksonomies, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. We ran out of time before we had a chance to thoroughly discuss issues around metadata for non-text media, … Continue reading →

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