At the start of the lecture today we were asked to answer the following questions:
1. what are online librarys and databases?
An online library and database is a place to go and find books journals and references.
2. What would you use online librarys and databases for?
You would use the online librarys and databases to locate books and to see what library they are stored at and where in the library they are stored.
3. what are the advantages and disadvantages of online librarys and databases?
advantages
* less time consuming than walking around searching for books without knowing where they are
* open 24 hours a day 7 days a aweek
* always updated / very current
* convienent
* electronic format journals allow for easy cut and paste.
disadvantages
*makes you lazy
* the book may not always be in your area.
* some databases are subscription only.
* most web search engines do not access database and library indexs so you have to know how to find them and have the password to access them.
throught the lecture we discussed the ins and outs of the online librarys and databases. there are diffrent types of online librarys they are:
* online text respositorys
* online journals
* electronic books
* Music
* artworks
to refrence online librarys is always difficult, accurate referencing is vital as marks will be deducted for incorrect referencing. Edith Cowan University uses the APA referencing system. Through the use of a program called EndNote you can create references to the correct ECU standards.
Summary of the workshop
Some of the functions of the ECU online library are:
* academic tip sheets are all located on here
* journals database
* books cds and more database
* library pod casts and tip sheets
* a link to many diffrent databases from all over the internet
* ask the library link
* the ECU referencing guide
* tips to getting started in the library
* A link to liberty: learning to find information
* a list of library workshops and tools
We had to use the online database to find a journal that related to global warming and the impact on businesses. Here is the screen shot of the journal i found through proquest.
and here is the link to view the journal in full.journal full view
after we had finished with finding the journals we were asked to go the the mediplus website and search for information about a disease or condition that intereasted us. i searched alopeica.
here is a screen shot of the results.
alopeica at mediplus
here is a link the results from mediplus
mediplus
the mediplus website would be used mainly by people either studying medicine or nursing or people who are affected by illness and those close to them. the mediplus tutorials offer information on diffrent diseases and conditions.
Summary of article 'finding what you want on the web'
the article 'finding what you want on the web' describes one mans new years resolution not to use google and how he overcame the difficulty by creating his own non-self intrest powered web searcher that searches for all academic websites. He finds that google is un-reliable as
link to the article finding what you want on the web
Evaluation of Basic Bones Lesson 7: Finding What You Want On The Web
This article provides great help in the struggle to conqer the search engine results page. It provides useful tips for those that always find they get search results for things they didnt want. Here are some of the tips contained in the article.
* use the plus and minus sign on your keyboard to make sure you get the inclusion you want and waht you dont want is left out. for example : +chicken -pork - make sure that there are no spaces between the sign and the word.
* use quotation marks to get results with a specififcally worded quote on the page. for example "i have a dream" this would ensure that in your results you would only get pages with those exact words on.
* Try all search terms in both lower and upper case letters as you can sometimes get diffrent results.
* You can use the astrix to indicate that you would like diffrent variations in the spelling of a word for example color*
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