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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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Notes from today (3/21) and reading and blogging assignments for Thursday, April 4

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today’s topic was advanced internet searching. You all had the opportunity to search for (and hopefully find!) scholarly information sources on your research topics. You may have used Google scholar, or perhaps tried another online archive of scholarly sources; Badke … Continue reading →

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Journal post 1

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Robert Taylor

What difficulties (if any) have you encountered as you work on your research proposal? So far I have only had two major issues. The first being which topic should I write about, I was torn between copyright laws, privacy and … 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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optiminize web search

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Robert Taylor

What this article clearly emphasis is, if you want your brand to be successful online as well as offline in a local or international market, you need to a optimize the search results generated by search engines. You have to take into account whether or … Continue reading →

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Rising Folksonomies

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Bryan

Folksonomy is frequently prevalent nowadays, considering masses of people are on social media websites. The classic use, basically, of folksonomy, is for users create their own set of tags to classify their entries or photos. ‘Facebook’ is the most trending … Continue reading →

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Notes from today (3/7) and reading/blogging assignments for Tuesday, March 12

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed metadata – data about data – as well as taxonomies and folksonomies. Slides from today are available here. If you’re still slightly puzzled by the concepts of metadata and controlled vocabularies, review Badke chapter 4 — it … Continue reading →

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folksonomy

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Robert Taylor

Taxonomy refers to a standard search engine such as Google, which uses search-bots to look for preloaded classification. It uses a more rigid structure when trying acquire the user requested search. It is conindered a more vocabulary base search option. … 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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