Author Archives: Ling

Search Engine VS Database

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Ling

I have learned how to find information efficiently and accurately in different ways in this course. I used search engine mostly because it is simple and fast. I just type keywords in search box, it will pull out tons of … Continue reading →

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Journal 3

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ling

I am stuck on my annotation bibliography. I have hard time to cite sources even use citeseerx that professor provided to us. I guess have to keep working on it, so I can get partial credit.  I found many articles … Continue reading →

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Journal #2

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Ling

I guess my research goes well so far. I used Google Scholar to search for scholar sources. It pretty helpful. I just typed keywords in seach engine bar, and it pulled out many pretty useful articles. I found more articles … Continue reading →

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Journal

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Ling

I am doing pretty OK on my research parper proposal so far. I need to focus on one question on the topic instead of two, and working on my grammar. My research paper  topic is about online privacy. I mainly search  articles on the internet. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Ling

In chapter 3, Badke explained about how keywords and hierarchies using, advantages and disadvantages about them and how to find useful database. When we type words in search box, the search engine will pull out tons of articles that contain exact … Continue reading →

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Badke Ch2

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Ling

In Chapter 2, Badke told us what the purpose of doing research project and how to write a good research paper. He explained that purpose of doing research project is to gethering data and bring out the questions of topic, and use data … Continue reading →

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Metadata

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Ling

In reading of Metadata and the Power of Controlled Vocabularies, Badke explained how to find relevant information for research. There are two ways to search information: keyword and controlled vocabularies. When we want to search something, we usually type keyword in the search … Continue reading →

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Aaron Swartz

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Ling

Stop Online Piracy Act has retrained us from accessing to knowledge. Aaron Swartz againsted it and wanted to help us open up more access to knowledge. He downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR and being charged with 13 felony offenses from … Continue reading →

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Privacy

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Ling

In reading of Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck, boyd discussed that not every facebook user is happy about the News feed and how facebook expose user’s privacy. Anyone can see user’s status and profile. I believe that once we post things online, … Continue reading →

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Law That Choks Creativity

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Ling

Larry Lessig talks about how current technology gives young people creativity. It provides young people ideas and platform to present old stuff in a new different way. For an example, like remix music. When people recreate old stuff, they often … Continue reading →

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