In class 10/31

Review of types of sources

For each of the types of sources listed below, explain: 

1. What kind of information will you likely find there?
2. Is this a good or bad source to use in a research paper? Why?
3. How could you use this source for your research?

Types of sources:

1. Book
2. Blog post
3. Scholarly journal article
4. Wikipedia
5. Podcast

The type of information that you would normally find in a book is . A book would be a good source to use in a research paper. Because If someone knows enough to get a book published then the information is probably worthy to be in your research paper. I could use a book for my research to find concert information about how the government is involved with helping prevent childhood obesity. The kind of information I would likely find in a blog post would most likely be informal and more opinionated information. This would not be a good source for a research paper unless it was for a very reliable person. If it was a reliable source I could use up to date information of someones blog in my paper. In a scholarly journal you would find good and trust worthy information for a research paper. This would be a great source to use in the research project. These are written by someone with expertise. I could find scholarly journals written by law students about the government and childhood obesity. On wikipedia you would just find a collage of websites information put into one. This would not be a good source for a research paper because you do not know if the person knows anything about the subject or is just making it up. I could use this source to find more creditable websites. In a podcast you would just find people talking about subjects. This could be a good source if the person was well known and qualified. I could find a podcast from congress or some other government entity and use it for my project.  

In class 10/29

1. Post the steps you took to find the article on your blog. No word count requirements this time, just make sure I can understand the steps and that I'll find the article if I follow them exactly

Well the first step and the hardest was to get the school website working. then after that I went to the librarys page. I then proceeded to click on Galileo. I typed in "Medical students' use of Facebook to support learning", It was the first result. I clicked on it then emailed it to my wonderful teacher. 

Homework annotated bibliography 10/24

1. What is an annotated bibliography?
2. Why am I requiring you to write one in this class?

Annotated bibliography is a list of books, articles, websites or periodicals with notes. They contain three things, a citation, a summery and a annotation. The summary s just one to two sentences about what it ia about. The annotation tells why the source is great and how it will tie into your final project. The annotation contants a summary, access or evaluate the source, then reflect on how the source ties into your research paper. An annotated bibliography helps us gather information about our sources and it also helps future researchers learn information about sources. 

I think the main reason you are having us write a annotated bibliography for class is so that we actually look and the sources and become more familiar with the sources before a couple of days before the research paper is due. Another reason is it is probably a lot easier to write a research paper after you already have all the info in the annotated bibliography. Then it would basically just be transferring information. 

In class 10/24

• Plagiarism
• Paraphrasing correctly (tutorial homework)
• Copyright vs. Plagiarism
• Open Content, Open Access, & Creative Commons licenses
• Other types of sources, like blogs & podcasts

What do these topics have to do with library research?

How can you apply this knowledge in your other classes?

What questions do you still have about any of the topics we've covered so far?

These  topics go hand and hand with library research. It is very  important not to plagiarize or copy someone else work while working on library research. Doing so could result in getting a zero on a research paper or if it is a copyright I can use this information in order to paraphrase my next research paper, now that I know how to do it properly I will not have to worry about plagiarising so much. Also with the different licenses I now know what they mean and I know how they can be used. I had always wondered what the different licenses had meant. Also before this class I had no experience with blogs or had no idea how they work, Now everyday I am getting better and better at blogging.

In class 10/22

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

The link tells me that this picture is not copyrighted. The people waved its rights to the picture so it can be used anyway one sees fit. You can even use it for commercial use without asking for information which I thought was pretty need.

Nemo. "Drawing Van Car Police Cartoon Transportation" Pixabay. 2012. Web.

1017 Homework burr

1. Briefly describe what each segment was about.
2. What do these three segments have to do with one another? What is the common theme?
3. What are your reactions to these stories? 
4. What do these stories have to do with you? How do they affect you as an undergraduate researcher? (In other words, why on earth did I want you to listen to these stories?!)

The three segments were all about how technology has changed over the last couple of years. The segments were about academic journals and the internet. The videos talk about how the internet has made information more widely available that might not have been available a couple of years ago. Also from the videos I thought is was interesting how if someone has enough power or money they can choose what we here or what information becomes available first. The article Trouble For Elsevier is about people boycotting a major article publisher because they felt that the were making way to much money of colleges work. Now they have started their own online database. The New England Journal is an interesting journal that has been around a long time. The segment talks about how things have changed so much over the 200 years it has been around. The Changing Nature is about how the internet is changing nature to reflect a new medium. It also talks about how peoples way of thinking and the way we connect is changing. I think these articles are great. I enjoy change and technology. I think the technology helps use to be better informed. I enjoyed the New England Journal the most. I think that it is awesome that they have been around so long. I thank that the article Trouble For Elsevier is awesome, I like when people stand up against something that is bigger than them that they feel is wrong. These stories affect me because this is the time I live in and technology is becoming more and more advanced everyday. 

In class 1017 burrr

1. In your own words, what is plagiarism?
2. How is plagiarism different from copyright violation?
3. Describe an example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation.
4. Describe an example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism.

I think that plagiarism is when someone takes someone else's work and tries to pass it as their own. And the person that uses the work does not give the person who came up with it any credit. Plagiarism most likely happens more around college campuses than most other places. Plagiarism is using someone else's work without giving proper credit. A copyright violation is using someone else's creative work with out permission. An example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation would be copying another students paper at school and turning it in as your own. An example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism would be if someone copied someones art design and the person did not give them permission.  

In class october 10th

You are at a party and walk up to a couple of people you want to impress. They’re in the middle of a conversation about something you happen to know a lot about. How do you jump into that conversation? How do you show that you know what you’re talking about and that you’re not just some creeper making stuff up? Flipping that scene around -- when you're the one in the conversation and someone else tries to jump in, how do you evaluate whether they know what they're talking about and whether you should pay much attention to their opinions? The topic could be anything you know a lot about - something in your major that you've already done a research paper on, a sport that you follow closely, your favorite music artist, etc.

Well If I am going to just in to a conversation I try to make sure I know a little about what I am talking about. One thing I know a pretty good amount about is cars. If people were talking about cars I would listen and see if what they are saying is factual or not. If I heard something that I did not think was true I would jump in and correct them with the information that I believe to be true. I Would mostly just tell them things that I had read from creditable sources or heard from people who knew what they were talking about. When I am having a conversation and someone tries to jump in I usually just judge the person on how truthful what they normal say is. If I thought they knew what they were saying I would listen. If I was at a party I would probably not listen to them If they were drinking. Everyone tends to stretch the truth while under the influence. And I dont think going to a party and picking up factual information go to well together. When it comes to cars most people do not tell the truth or tend to be bais. 

In class Oct 3rd

Think about the filter bubble video from last week. That talked about google and we're in library databases, but could the basic idea of a filter bubble apply to the different databases? Why or why not? Include which databases you searched and any differences you noticed in the results you got. What, if any, differences did you notice in the types of topics covered in each?

I think that the idea of bubble filters apply to most on online data bases. Bubble filter and tailored results are what made google so popular and the most visited website in the world. I think that other online search engines have tried to match their success. I know for a fact that microsoft based bing has tried to mock the tailored results. A couple years ago google filed a law suit against them because they were using googles results on their site and google caught them. I would think that the library based data bases always return the same information. When I have searched the libraries databases I have received the same results every time  I do not think that the library has filter bubbles. Hopefully soon google and other sites will give you the option to choose how you want the filter to work. The libraries databases has a lot more scholarly articles and words. It omits all the hearsay that google leaves in. I dont think that the filter bubble should apply to the other databases unless they become a lot bigger and finding results would be hard unless they have the filters. But if they did i would hope they would give you the option to filter what you wanted.