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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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Guidelines for the research paper outline are now on the course site

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Anne Leonard

hi everyone, Hope that spring break is off to a great start for you all. The guidelines for the research paper outline are now on the course site; I’ll distribute them on paper when we meet again on April 4. … Continue reading →

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4 important parts of a search engine

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Bryan

If we want to find specified information in a database, the most common method to use would be the search engine, otherwise known as an information retrieval (IR) system. Examples of search engines include Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Blekko, and many … Continue reading →

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Notes from today (3/14) and reading and blogging assignments for Tuesday 3/19

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed the research process, including how to generate a focused research question that addresses a problem or issue that needs to be solved. Slides from today are available here. On Tuesday we’ll continue our discussion of the research … Continue reading →

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Notes from today (3/5) and reading and blogging assignments for Thursday, March 7

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed access: its personal and institutional aspects, and the digital divide. We also briefly discussed open access and open educational resources. Slides from today are available here. On Thursday 3/7 we will discuss metadata, including taxonomies, folksonomies and … Continue reading →

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Free access to knowledge?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Bryan

After the creation of the Internet, information was much easier to obtain now than in the past. However, not every information source is free as shown by the JSTOR articles where users must pay a fee to access them. What … Continue reading →

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Reason for Copyright laws

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Bryan

“Copyright” is deemed as something of wrongdoing and breaking the law; however, people never actually see more to what the word really means. It is a legal concept, which is enacted by most governments, thus giving the creator of an … Continue reading →

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Benefits and Disadvantages of Wikipedia

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Bryan

‘Wikipedia’ is a search engine and an internet encyclopedia supported by the Wikipedia foundation. It is evidently an affinity for many because almost every information people week can be found on Wikipedia. The advantages are: finding information in a concise, … Continue reading →

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Blog 6 – Copyright – Reading Response

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Julissa <3

Greys “Copyright: F0rever Less One Day” is an informative video on the law on copyright. As explained in the video the law stood up for copyrighting for up to 28years but people felt this wasn’t a long enough time and … Continue reading →

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