blog #11

I'm glad that you assigned us the library ethnography project because before that i had no clue on how or where to go to look up a book. The project helped me out a lot and now i will know for future reference on how and what to do to find a book. I believe you should assign your next semester students this assignment because I'm sure i am not the only one who didn't know to look up and find a book in that huge library. I am a sophomore here and just learned about this so if you have freshmen students i definitely think you should assign this to help them adapt to the university better. I think you covered all of the information within enough time. Also all of the information you covered was very helpful and i will always reference back to this class. I have used the skills you taught us on how to use the library databases and catalog. I have also used the citation sheets that we filled out in class to help with a citation in another class and I will keep those papers until i have the format memorized. Also the research assignment we are currently working on has helped me so much. I have learned how to properly make a bibliography and how to properly conduct research from  using a research question.

in class blog

When using a book you are likely to find in depth inforamtion about a bunch of different topics. This is a good source to use because it will give reliable information and indepth information. You could use quotes out of the book as well as stats. When using a blog post you are likely to find opinionated information. This is not a good source because the information is bias and not crediable. You could use this when doing a persuasive topic or not use it at all. When using a scholarly journal you are likely to find crediable and peer reviewed in depth information. This is a very good source to use when doing researh because it is definitely reliable and crediable and most teachers recommend this. You could use this to prove something in your research. When using Wikipedia you can find basic inforamtion on a topic. This is not a good source because anyone can edit the information and it is not crediable. You can use this to get started doing research but not to cite information. When using a podcast you are likley to get opionated information from people. This is not a good source to use unless your know the person is reliable and has good credientials. You could quote the person if it helps with your research topic and you know for a fact it is crediable.

10/29 in class blog

To find the full text of the article provided I went to the UWG library home page and clicked on GALILEO & Databases and copied and pasted the title of the article in the basic search box and it went right to it. It was easier then i thought!

Annotated Bibilography Homework

An annotated bibliography is much like what i would call a "work cited page." It is a list of the sources you used in your work or research with a sumarization of some sort. It can be a list of books, articles, journals, or pictures but all of these must be cited in an annotated bibliography so your work is not considered plagiarism. An annotated bibliography is very helpful when doing a research project because it helps you learn more about your topic. It makes you read more carefully so you will be able to write a better summary. I believe you are requiring us to write one because these are extremely helpful when doing research projects and that is what we are working on in class. Also because we can understand what we are reading more if we have to summarize and tell whether it is a helpful/good source to use for our topics. Our annotated bibliography's could also help others if they are trying to understand our the research and why we used the sources we chose.

In class blog oct 24

Plagiarism, Paraphrasing correctly,  Copyright, Open content, Open access, and Licenses all have to do with library research because all of these are tools to help you research and cite correctly without getting in trouble with your professor or in severe cases the law. By doing any of these incorrectly it could result it a failing grade to expulsion for the University. The knowledge of each of these topics can help in any classes where a research assignment is assigned. It is crucial to follow all the rules and guidelines to properly cite a source when using it for any kind of research assignment in college or even in the work place. There are a very different set of rules for each of these topics/tools so it is very important everyone knows about each of these. Licenses and Copyright can get a bit confusing so if you don't know exactly what your doing with no question then you need to either look on the internet for the specific rules or omit the video, photo, or quote from your work.

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Elsevier is an academic scholarly publisher that is struggling with creating easier ways to access journals. Librarians were interviewed to input their views on how to make it easier, they stated it would be to costly to produce a hard copy and that an internet copy would be much more sufficient. Some professors have began to boycott for tax payers to be able to access it freely.
The New England Journal is an medical journal of past and present. It is known for being very accurate and giving precise information that you are asking for. It is free for tax payers and they are able to access it any time for free of charge.
The Changing Nature of Knowledge is about how knowledge as grown over time, from paper to books to now the internet. The internet is the basis of how the earth is run and allows the public to access it any time and we are about to pretty much find out anything about anyone or anything through the internet. The internet will only advance from this day forward!
The common thread throughout these articles is about the public can view these different things they are speaking about in each of the articles suck has journals, book, and the internet. I am very grateful for all of these tools. I use the internet on a daily basis and  i don't know what i would do without it. I use scholarly journals for my college classes when i am writing an academic paper or need source for my research.

In Class Blog 10-17-12

I think plagiarism is taking someone's work and passing it off as your own without citing or naming the original author. Plagiarism is different from copy righting because copyright is using someone elses song, lyrics, or art without getting permission and plagiarism is using written work and passing it off as your own without the proper citing format. An example of plagiarism that is not copyright is Taylor Swift buying the rights to a songwriters song and not giving them credit and passing them off as your own. An example of Copyright that is not plagiarism is the Ohio state marching band doing their own rendition of the song Gangnam Style and presenting it as a tribute. They still could get sued for using the song without permission.