Sunday, October 3, 2010

Research Journl Part 1

Topic, Tool and search terms identifiedTopic: InternetTools: Gale Virtual Reference

  • LibraryWikipediamaybe Yahoo or GoogleKeywords/Idea List
    Internet
    Politics
    Internets impact on politics
    children
    youth
    dangers of internet on children
    Internet culture
    Internet language
    efects on schools
    efects on social life
    Benifits on the world
    communication
    uses
    world wide web
    history of internet
    Internet standereds
GVRL Citation 1
Title: Schools
Source: Encyclopedia of Community. Ed. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 3. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2003. p1202-1208.
Author: Patricia N. Chrosniak

GVRL Citation 2
Title: Youth and Youth Groups
Source: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America. Ed. Marc Stein. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. p300-303
Author: Cheryl L. Coward

Wikipedia Citation
Search Questions
How has the internet changed since its instatement?
Who has the internet affected each generation? (ie. those who grow up using it versis those who didn't)
Had the internet really begun to control peoples lives?

Summary
When i was trying to think of a topic it was sort of hard because i had something in mind but when i went to go research it i wasn't able to find anything on the topic so i changed from dogs on the internet to the effects of the internet. After i changed to this new topic i was then able to find an abundance of articles. When i was useing GVRL it was much easyer to find related articles because it was b rolen up between the articles where as Wikipedia was just a whole long parigraph with headings to break it up.

1 comment:

  1. Christina, What a pretty blog!

    I see a few things you can work on here, though overall you seemed to have gotten the point of the assignment.
    1. Follow the directions step by step and use the grading sheet to double check your work. You could label each section, I didn't quite know what your topic was until I got to the questions. Also, you didn't really say anything about Wikipedia. Oops.

    2. Use spell check or proof read before you submit an assignment. It detracts from what you have to say if the spelling is wonky.

    Good citations and good questions. Keep up the good work.

    Sue

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