LIB 1201 Fall 2011

I’ve really liked using Google Scholar to search for articles. I never knew about it before and I’ve have been finding some good journal articles that are relevant to my subject. At first I was getting a lot of information that wasn’t so good and some that was okay. But using more narrow search terms and boolean searching led me to find some better information as opposed to using broad keywords. Like Badke mentions in Chapter 5 you have to narrow down your topic when searching so you get more of the information you want and not be drowned in information that is of no value to your research. I haven’t tried searching the catalogs yet but after reading Badke’s explanation and suggestions I feel more confident to use them in the future.

Honestly it was very difficult to come up with a research topic propoasal. There were many options but I didnt want to be the person who just picked a topic and ended up being completely uninterested and wanting to change it mid research.(this has happened to me numerous times before). And after reading Badke it is clear that the individual’s interest in the topic is a large structural proportion of the success of the actual assignment and final product. After all of the readings, and videos assigned I noticed the works that caught and kept my attention most were the informative pieces on copyright. I also am an artist looking forward to entering the music industry so it would only be right to brush up on my copyright information laws and loopholes. In turn, the topic I chose was copyright plagarism. Hopefully it isnt too broad and if it is, it’s easy to chisel down into a more narrow and direct idea.

-Tarik

I was enlightened by the Badke appedix reading ( i use enlightened because i’m not supposed to enjoy the Badke readings, neither am i supposed to be entertained by them, i think they’re supposed to engage my attention though, and whatever else begins with en) It showed me what a true research paper ought to look like. What the guidelines were for posing an appropriate question and they type of mindset to have before embark on that lovely journey of researching for a paper. It also shows the importance of  having an outline. Similar to what we did in class for with the bubblr website.