1.discuss how the author, the publisher, the faculty member, the library, and the students can be accommodated
* The author, publisher, faculty member, the library, and students can be accommodated by being able to have access to the materials, of course it wouldn't be free, but students, faculty members should be free. The author is paying the publisher to publish the materials so either way it goes they are both getting paid and the library should have access to the materials for people to view.
2.How can a fair arrangement be achieved?
* Fair arrangement can be achieved by making an agreement between the parties so it can be settled on who has to pay. Authors and publishers should make a certain amount of pay from libraries and authors should give a certain discount for libraries because libraries are letting people check out the publishing for free.
3.What are the challenges in creating a fair arrangement for everyone?
* The challenges of creating a "fair arrangement" is that something might be fair to one party, but not the other. There will be disagreements and both parties have to do a compromise that whether one party doesn't like it or not.
1.How can a balance be achieved between protecting privacy and meeting the needs of national security?
* Library has all the rights it needs to have books on the shelves. Their are public notices for people's rights.
2.How did you react to the list of challenged books (were you surprised, for example)? Do you think some books should be banned or should all books be freely available? Why?
* It was shocking to view through the list of challenged books. I am familiar with many of the titles and have read some of them in junior high and high school. I don't think all books should be banned because it doesn't have to be in someone's interest. Books should all be freely available because if most books had the almost the same reasons for the challenged books then their wouldn't be many books on the shelves.
3.How have your overall ideas about information ethics changed or not changed after completing this unit?
* My overall ideas about ethnics changed after completing this assignment because it was a lot of information that I didn't know about and it really help as I went along this assignment.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Unit 4, Part 2 Assignment: Subject or Discipline-Based Databases
Criminal Justice
1.What is the main subject of your question?
* The main subject of my quest is what Jobs or career are in the criminal justice field?
2.What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
* I used police activities to identify the databases.
For each database you chose:
1.Which database did you choose for your search?
* The database I chose for my search was Academic Search Premier
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* I searched Criminal Justice Careers
3. How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 2 Results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* N/A
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined it was meaningful because I looked at the description to see if any of the book had anything to do with the career fields of the criminal justice system.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article
* The article I chose was Preparing students for criminal justice careers.
* Johnson, Louis
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; Sep98, Vol. 67 Issue 9, p21, 4p, 2 bw
ISSN:
00145688
Accession Number:
1080375
7.How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
* The article was meaningful because it did list the jobs that are open with the criminal justice system and it had some relevance to what I was looking for.
Civil Engineering
1.What is the main subject of your question?
* The main subject of my question is the background and projects that had to do with civil engineering.
2.What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
* The subject I used were Civil Engineering Projects
For each database you chose:
1.Which database did you choose for your search?
* i chose Britannica Online
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The terms I entered were Civil Engineering Projects
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 91 results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* N/A
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I chose that they were meaningful by looking for the keywords I typed in.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article
* The article I chose is Architecture and Civil Engineering
Year in Review 1999Workspace
7.How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
* I determined that the article was meaningful by reading the article to see if it had what I was looking for.
1.What is the main subject of your question?
* The main subject of my quest is what Jobs or career are in the criminal justice field?
2.What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
* I used police activities to identify the databases.
For each database you chose:
1.Which database did you choose for your search?
* The database I chose for my search was Academic Search Premier
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* I searched Criminal Justice Careers
3. How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 2 Results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* N/A
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined it was meaningful because I looked at the description to see if any of the book had anything to do with the career fields of the criminal justice system.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article
* The article I chose was Preparing students for criminal justice careers.
* Johnson, Louis
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; Sep98, Vol. 67 Issue 9, p21, 4p, 2 bw
ISSN:
00145688
Accession Number:
1080375
7.How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
* The article was meaningful because it did list the jobs that are open with the criminal justice system and it had some relevance to what I was looking for.
Civil Engineering
1.What is the main subject of your question?
* The main subject of my question is the background and projects that had to do with civil engineering.
2.What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
* The subject I used were Civil Engineering Projects
For each database you chose:
1.Which database did you choose for your search?
* i chose Britannica Online
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The terms I entered were Civil Engineering Projects
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 91 results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* N/A
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I chose that they were meaningful by looking for the keywords I typed in.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article
* The article I chose is Architecture and Civil Engineering
Year in Review 1999Workspace
7.How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
* I determined that the article was meaningful by reading the article to see if it had what I was looking for.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Unit 4 Assignment : Periodicals (Make- Up)
Periodical Assignment (Make- Up)
Answer questions 2&4
2) Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
*Time, C+E News, and Comparative psychology.
4) What are the major differences among these periodicals?
* the difference among these periodical is they can be:
* Scholarly/Research Journals
* Trade/Professional Magazines
* Popular Magazines
*The two general database I chose were ProQuest Newspapers and Directory of Open Access Journals.
* Create a Research Log Entry to answer the following questions:
For your first database:
1.Which database did you choose for your first search?
* The database I chose was the Criminal Justice abstract.
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The term I entered is Police Activities
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 91 results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* I just retrieved 91 results.
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined that they we meaningful by seeing if the words matched with what i specifically typed.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article.
* The article I chose is The criminal career of the Ybor City Historical District: A longitudinal case study of changing routine activities in an urban setting
*Publication Year: 2000
Publication Type: Book
Identifiers: Crime Patterns; Economic Development; Crime Rates
Accession Number: CJA0370040004802
7.How did you determine this article was meaningful?
* I determined that the article was meaningful by reading the book overview and reading to see if it had anything to do with anything I was looking for.
Academic Search Premier
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
* The database I chose for my first choice is academic search premier.
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The search terms I used were: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Jobs, and Civil Engineering Careers.
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 4 Results for Civil Engineering Careers.
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* I received more results with just Civil Engineering and I narrowed it down to making the title more specific by adding career.
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined they were meaningful by looking for the specific title and clicking on the first search and checking to see if it had any information about civil engineering (I went based on the title.)
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article.
* The article I chose was Civil engineering career management—the unwritten rules.
Civil Engineering (0965089X); 2006, Vol. 159 Issue 4, p152-153, 3p
7.How did you determine this article was meaningful?
* I determined the article was meaningful because it had to do with what I was searching for.
Answer questions 2&4
2) Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
*Time, C+E News, and Comparative psychology.
4) What are the major differences among these periodicals?
* the difference among these periodical is they can be:
* Scholarly/Research Journals
* Trade/Professional Magazines
* Popular Magazines
*The two general database I chose were ProQuest Newspapers and Directory of Open Access Journals.
* Create a Research Log Entry to answer the following questions:
For your first database:
1.Which database did you choose for your first search?
* The database I chose was the Criminal Justice abstract.
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The term I entered is Police Activities
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 91 results
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* I just retrieved 91 results.
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined that they we meaningful by seeing if the words matched with what i specifically typed.
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article.
* The article I chose is The criminal career of the Ybor City Historical District: A longitudinal case study of changing routine activities in an urban setting
*Publication Year: 2000
Publication Type: Book
Identifiers: Crime Patterns; Economic Development; Crime Rates
Accession Number: CJA0370040004802
7.How did you determine this article was meaningful?
* I determined that the article was meaningful by reading the book overview and reading to see if it had anything to do with anything I was looking for.
Academic Search Premier
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
* The database I chose for my first choice is academic search premier.
2.What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
* The search terms I used were: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Jobs, and Civil Engineering Careers.
3.How many results did you retrieve?
* I retrieved 4 Results for Civil Engineering Careers.
4.If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
* I received more results with just Civil Engineering and I narrowed it down to making the title more specific by adding career.
5.Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
* I determined they were meaningful by looking for the specific title and clicking on the first search and checking to see if it had any information about civil engineering (I went based on the title.)
6.Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article.
* The article I chose was Civil engineering career management—the unwritten rules.
Civil Engineering (0965089X); 2006, Vol. 159 Issue 4, p152-153, 3p
7.How did you determine this article was meaningful?
* I determined the article was meaningful because it had to do with what I was searching for.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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.
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.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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.
*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.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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/
(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/
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