Unit 4 Assignment 2: Research Log

1. Which database did you choose for your search?
The database I chose was the CSU East Bay Database.

2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
I entered "Earthquakes"

3. How many results did you retrieve?
I retrieved 50 Results.

4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I Only received 50 Results.

5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I determined that they were meaningful by clicking on the first article to see what relevance it had to do with what I typed in.

6. Which article did you choose?
Earthquakes, by Nicholas Hunter Heck


7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
I determined that these articles were meaningful by going on Google to search the book to read the description to see if it had anything to do with what I am looking for.

Unit 3 Part 2 Research Log

1)Which of your questions did you try to answer?

*What are wheel spacers?

2)What exact terms did you enter in the keyword search screen?

*At first I only typed in "wheel spacers." The results I got were the brand of wheels spacers. Then I typed in "What are wheel spacer." The results I got were actually spacer brands and what the wheel spacers do.

3)What subject heading did you choose to be sure your item was on target and the best option for your search?

*The subject heading I chose was reference books to make sure that my subject was on point because it had nothing to do with the other headings.

4)What item did you eventually choose? Why?

*The item I eventually chose was the encyclopedia because it gave more descriptive information about the topic.

5)Give the bibliographic information for the item you chose.

Automotive Service; Inspection, Maintenance,
Author: Tim Gilles
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning Date published: 2007-08-07
Edition: 3

6)When you looked at the reference work, what quote did you choose? Why?

*

7)What makes this a reference book as opposed to a regular book you might find in the book stacks?

*It would be more as a reference book because it is more of a guide than a regular book that you would read.

8)In looking at the material in the book and the publication date in the bibliographic information, what year do you think the information really comes from?

*The information probably came out about 5 to ten years ago since it't the 3rd edition.

Unit 3 Part 1 Library Catalog Research

Topic: Basketball Fundamentals

(1)Author: Scott, John (John Williams)
Title: Step-by-Step Basketball Fundamentals for the Player and Coach
Edition: Rev. ED
Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date of Publication: 1989'

(2)Location: Book Stacks
Call #: GV885 .S38 1989
Status: On The Shelf

(3)Edition: Rev. ed
Descript: xi, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Note: Includes index
Subject: Basketball Basketball -- Coaching
(5)
a)Do you have more or fewer entries with your subject heading search than with your keyword search?

I find more entries when I put in a keyword search. Putting in a keyword gave me many results to different books and topics.

b)As you examine these results, are they more on target than the results you retrieved from your keyword search?

The results are not much on target because they were just keywords. The results listed many topics from the keywords and since the keyword was not specific it didn't really give a specific topic.

c) Why?

Because the keyword was too general.

*The difference between a keyword search and a subject heading search is a keyword search is something much more general, and subject heading search is more specific and something that you really know what you are looking for/