Monthly Archives: April 2013

Journal entry 3

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Jessica

I used both Google Scholar and EBSCO to search my topic. Initially Google Scholar was an easier interface to understand. I could type with natural language and the search engine provided various articles that could be related to my topic. … Continue reading →

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Research Journal 3

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Harpreet Kaur

I used Google Scholar search engine and EBSCO database to find article and book for my research paper. While searching for any article or book, I didn’t find much difference between these two. When I tried to get full article, … Continue reading →

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Research journal

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Jovi

For my research topic, I chose EBSCO and Google. For EBSCO, I just typed in the phrase “zines”.  For Google, I typed in the phrases “zines and distribution”.  The results from EBSCO and Google were both articles.  The author or … Continue reading →

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Research journal 3

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Robert Taylor

What words or phrases did you use to search? Some the keyword and phrases I used during my research are: Abuse of USA Patriot Act, Patriot Act privacy concern, patriot act civil liberties violation, national security letter abuse or overuse, … Continue reading →

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Research Journal Entry 3

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Chito2500

Dear Journal, Today, I have continued my research on my topic: copyright and fair use. When I started searching, I first type in specific keywords. Obviously, they are “copyright” and “fair use”. The databases I’ve used provided some promising results, … Continue reading →

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Notes from today (4/9) and reading/blogging homework for Thursday 4/11

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today we wrapped up the Finding Information and Media section of the course with a discussion on finding articles in library databases. Slides from today are available here. Some library databases that I recommend (some of which we searched in … Continue reading →

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Research Journal 2

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Bryan

Whenever searching for scholarly journal articles online, often I would use Google and Google Scholar in order to look for them.  For Thursday’s class, we did experiment using the laptops to find online sources for our research papers.  I did … Continue reading →

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Notes from today (4/4) and reading and writing assignments for Tuesday, April 9

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed how to find information in library catalogs. Your searches in class should have produced some results — be sure you document your findings somehow, in EasyBib or another citation manager, by email or text message, or by … Continue reading →

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Research Journal Blog Post 2

Posted on April 4, 2013 by erica gordillo

 I used Google Scholar to start finding scholarly sources that relate to my research topic question. I did find a few scholarly sources that I will be using for my research, but compared to a regular internet search I did … Continue reading →

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Research Journal 2

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Harpreet Kaur

My research paper is about computer technology. I got to find so much useful information while researching about this topic. For example I got to know many websites which can be used for extra useful knowledge or can help in … Continue reading →

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