Tag Archives: databases

Journal Entry 3

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Alae Mito

Well completing a search on my research topic I mainly used Google Scholar, Google Engine, and the library database. The keywords that I had used was, privacy, third-party, cookies, social networks and social net*. The differences between an internet search … 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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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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Group Discussion: Metadata

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Chito2500

Folksonomy is a term invented by information architect, Thomas Vander Wal , who combined the words taxonomy and folk. Basically, it describes the growing population of users generating metadata by tagging digital information with their own searchable keywords. Internet commerce … Continue reading →

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