Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Final Exam

went to library, find, iris and other tutorials, Academic Search, brought me to Ebsco host, typed in title, first article, then find it, then clicked on link for deep

For open web, simply typed in title with Wall Street Journal in google which brought me to directly to the article on the Wall Street Journal website.
Authority:
Clay didn't appear to have any degrees to give him academic authority and did not cite anyone. It appeared to be a comment piece with a little well known info about the Gutenberg press thrown in with lots of personal opinions
Source:
while I was able to find it in ProQuest and it was in the Wall Street Journal, which are reputable, I didn't find anything else that would show me this was authoritative. I did a search on him as well and couldn't really find anything.

Purpose:
The purpose was to make the reader think about how information sharing is affecting society. His opinion seems to be maybe too many people thought it would be bad and likens it to when the press first came on the scene some people wrote things that were not edifying and leaned toward pornography

Evenness:
It was a comment that didn't really seem to lean to too many people thought it would be bad (the internet). Written in June 4, 2010

Coverage:
Since it was 1283 words, it didn't go terribly deep. Just an overview of his opinion.

Timeliness: The way it was written, it could have been written today or a couple of years ago. It is still relevant.

He gives an opinion that the past was not golden or the present as tawdry as the pessimist think. He feels the internet has actually restored us to reading and writing because we were just watching different strokes before. For myself, I find that untrue. I actually read more, but again, I feel what he had to say was an opinion with a little well known fact.
He also claims that people think every time we make any strides in new media it will make young people stupid. I guess it depends on if they were stupid before, so maybe what it really does is bring their stupidity to the forefront, or their intelligence, for the world to see. The question would be, what are they doing with it?
He says that we had erotic novels 100 years before scientific journals. I don't know what that was based on because there are no citings. Personally, I thought there were philosophers writing away on ideas that bordered on the scientific, but due to limited time, I can't research it.
Personally, he sounds like he thinks the majority of society thinks this internet thing is bad. I really don't understand where he gets that from. Being older, I know very few people that think that way, but maybe it depends on who you hang out with and what they do with it.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

unit 9

http://www.twoplayfulotters.com/students/Khiland.html

Here is mine. I changed some color fonts and put my name in the title. I also put things on the list. As far as my understanding goes, I don't know. It was a little confusing and I had to keep trying and trying to get it to upload. Its hard for me to get much out of it when I couldn't figure it out. I don't know what I would use it for but I suppose if I had to, I would maybe recognize it enough to upload it.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

AB K.hiland, unit 9

I am finding the directions for this confusing and do not see the example I thought were supposed to be posted.
However I looked at About.com written by Alison Doyle who appears to be an authority who has written books and worked in the field for many years. Alison holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and has completed several years of employee benefit and information technology coursework. It is a 28 page article and appears to have plenty of coverage. I do not see any advertisements and the purpose seems to be solely to help people find jobs on the internet. I used google  and entered "jobs and searching online"

In ProQuest, I found and article Finding a job in the Internet Age put out by the University of North Carolina press. There are charts and graphs and a lot of footnotes. It was written by Christine Fountain from the University of Washington. While it was written in 2005, much of the info came from sources like Harvard, and the American Journal of Sociology and appear to be relevant. The purpose is to inform readers on finding jobs via the internet. Here again, plenty of coverage

The .gov was http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco20042.htm on job search methods. I used the same search words. It was written by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was last updated December 17, 2009. The main purpose is to inform on job searching and has a mission and vision statement. I can't find who the actual author was or any citations. There are no advertisements. There was minimal coverage and seemed to be the least helpful.


.org was http://www.job-hunt.org/ with links to 18375 websites, so it certainly has no shortage of coverage, employers and resources. The purpose of the Job-Hunt.Org Web site is to provide the most comprehensive listing of employer recruiting page links, the best Internet-accessible legitimate job-search resources and services on the Web, and the best and most up-to-date advice from genuine job search and career experts.  From the beginning in 1998, the focus is on avoiding scams and protecting job seeker privacy. It was last updated 28 November 2011and has no advertising. It has the obvious purpose of helping people find work. It had the following markings to look for:

This last one seemed to be like a one stop shopping place for all your job searching needs although, the first one looks like a good article to read as well.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

reasearch journal, Part 8

AltaVista is the first search tool that I tried.This particular one has boxes that you can enter what words you want to use that take the place of boolean operators, truncating, and phrases.



You can then choose what type of domain you want. .com, or only .edu, etc.
You can also choose what site you would like, as well as what file format and finally, you can filter out adult web sites


Metacrawler is set up with the same boxes for choices as AltaVista. You also can choose language and whether or not to include a domain. You can also use preferences to to set filters and bold search teerms. You can also track and search the 15 most recent searchs

Infomine, is the last one I choose. In the search tips, it shows all the different ways of fine tuning:




This is a partial list.
You can also do an advanced search options:



They also have canned_search where you can use an interactive form  to set complex query terms and search options, then generates an URL to perform it. You will find this under customize on the dark blu ribbon. You can also query by a pull-down menu by subject under customize and publications on the dark blue ribbon. Finally, at the bottom under other search tools, it gives more hints of using quotaion marks and the + and - signs. You can also hop to google, altavista, all the web and hotbot

Thursday, November 10, 2011

ctec 115 part 7

After entering the original search statement 2837 documents found for: ((job or "employment") ) AND (internet) AND ((search* or look*)) is what came back. There was a box at the bottom with suggestions, so I chose Internet AND Employment. What came back was:
127 documents found for: Internet AND Employment
The first is from a scholarly journal. It is from the Black Collegian and a no nonsense article with a lot of facts. Bruce is a frequent contributor who worked for a dot-com employment firm and is a member of the Association of Internet Recruiting.

Calvin Bruce.  "The Internet: the Indispensable Tool for Job Hunting. " Black Collegian  1 Feb. 2004: Research Library, ProQuest. Web.  10 Nov. 2011.

This is another one that I found that came from a newspaper
 Jill Rachlin Marbaix.  "Job Search 2.OH!; There are some new rules of the road for searching the Web for work. " U.S. News & World Report  8 Mar. 2004: Research Library, ProQuest. Web.  10 Nov. 2011.


 Finally, I found this one from a magazine:

Calcari, Susan, and Solock, Jack. "What Color Is Your Parachute: The Net Guide / Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet. " Choice  1 Jan. 1997: Research Library, ProQuest. Web.  10 Nov. 2011.

The reason I chose this article was because I thought enough people had heard of it and in the abstract it says that "Two online reference guides for job seekers and career changers are discussed" It is 30 pages which should give enough information without having to go out and get the book, a person could glean plenty of information. I would have to order it, though. I was unable to find it anywhere after checking google scholar as well as online in general. I still think it would be interesting to read.

As I mentioned before, I did change my search statement. The first search came back with far too much so I did find the suggestion box at the bottom and tried it. It worked much better, coming back with 127, which was a far more reasonable amount. I didn't feel that I needed to look at any other sites and that 127 was plenty to pick from. I would have to order a couple of these but they did seem worthy of the time and effort to do that after reading the abstracts. I feel that I have a much better understanding after doing this exercise.

Monday, October 31, 2011

reasearch journal, Part 6

Part 1:

1. president* elect* reform (issues or problems or chaleng*) ("electoral college" and "popular vote"
2. tv* ad* ("pharmaceutical" or drug or "prescription") abuse
3. college grad* "earn*" (over or more) HS* (grad* or diploma)
4.AMA "natural medicine" (stand or recomend* or feel)
5. ("US* trade" or globalization)  polic*

Part 2:
Using the internet to do job searches
(job or "employment") internet (search* or look*)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Search Journal part 5

I tried internet and job hunting:

    Your 24/7 online job search guide [electronic resource] / Lamont Wood.
    New York : Wiley, c2002.

Under the heading:

    Job hunting -- Data processing.
    Job hunting -- Computer network resources.
    Internet.   
This is an e-book with no call number. The location shows online resource
Even though it was written in '02, just looking at the information and scanning the index, it still seems very relevant   


online job search and job hunting online is the search terms. I found Guide to Internet job searching.

Dikel, Margaret F, and Frances E. Roehm. Guide to Internet Job Searching. Chicago: VGM Career Books, 2004. Internet resource.

Can't find location and call number but felt it was credible because it was published by BGM Career books which specializes in this type of book. We are supposed to be able to get it from a member of the library group but it won't let me sign in. I'm finding this website hard to use. When you finally find a book that is supposed to be an e book, you can't get it. . .I give up. It says there is one available but I can't figure out how to download it or look at it

I didn't like IT pro. No matter what I put in, it doesn't give me what I want. I put in internet job search and doesn't come up with anything close.

For Google books I tried using internet job search and came back with "How to Use the Internet to Get Your Next Job"
    "How to Use the Internet to Get Your Next Job" Nagle, Fitzgerald, Egan
    Atlantic Publishing 2009
 It has a 4 out of 5 star rating by other readers and I was able to preview the book. On page 17, the author claims to have worked in the staffing industry for over 20 years.

For me, this one on Google books was the easiest and most convenient to use. It has something I can use right now. Didn't like the other ones
 Even though they had many tools that should have made them easier to use, they were more difficult. It seemed like they were putting on bells and whistles that should work better but just makes it more complicated. Where I would ask for e books it would show some and then you would go and go and go and find out you have to pay or its supposed to be on website Clark is a part of but can't find it. Irregardless, It was hours of searching with little results until I got to Google.

Monday, October 17, 2011

The THREE questions: Privacy

1. How is the balance between personal privacy public protection handled?
I might start with Academic Encyclopedias to get some background and an overview on this subject

2. What decides when public protection overrides personal protection
I think I would have to go to an Academic Journal and jump right into in-depth research. Possibly an online database. Maybe a lawyer could give some advice or a paralegal

3. What rights do parents have to invade children's privacy
I might just Google this question to see what pops up. It may be the parents discretion. I know I've heard varying opinions on this subject.

Research Journal, Part 4

For the five practice questions:
1. Vegan vs. Meat? I might check out some official websites of a nutritionist to start and see what opinions they give and why. I also might check any books they would recommend.
2. Forcing musicians to alter lyrics at Target. Maybe start with an Academic Journal to see what laws their might be and popular magazines because it seems that if it were censorship it could be a legal question but then they have the choice to put there music there or somewhere else. I would be interested in what the fans think so I would see if there are any blogs about it as well.
3.How much more can a college grad expect to earn? I have seen some websites that show what a college grad is expected to earn over a high school diploma and I believe they were based on government statistics so I would look there first and see what their source is. I would follow it to the original source to see where there is one based on government statistics just because I know I've seen it. Maybe a government website on jobs.
4. Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism? People/educators to see what their opinion is since it directly affects them and how they do their job. Do we really need it here at Clark where we have such wonderful students or would it be a waste of money?
5. Current lack of sunspots affecting global warming. Academic Journals to see if it really is a problem and if there is opposing viewpoints and what they base their information on.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

sumarization

GVRL is more scholarly while Wikipedia starts out with more general terms before moving into the legalities and history. For a paper, I would go to GVRL that has better sources for citing in a paper. Wikipedia might be a good place to start and for general knowledge is fine. But if I need a source that I can cite, I would jump off on one of their references.

Research Questions

1. How is the balance between personal privacy public protection handled

2. What decides when public protection overrides personal protection

3. What rights do parents have to invade children's privacy

wikipedia - privacy

At the start it seemed to be more general than legal but I did look at it from a slightly different angle and found more search words and ideas:
Privacy Law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Europen convention on Human Rights
Internet privacy
information privacy
Privacy laws of the US
British common law
anonymity
security
identity theft

Wikipedia contributors. "Privacy." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Oct. 2011. Web. 14 Oct. 2011.types of privacy
Historey of privacy
privacy protection
invasion of privacy
privacy by design
definitions of privacy
Civil liberties
Expectation of privacy
privacy policy

There were 37 references on this article

Privacy

This week was certainly more time consuming than last week. I went through articles on Gale Virtual Reference Library for a lot longer than 20 minutes. Here is the list of keywords and or ideas:

origins of privacy law in America
14th amendment
5th amendment
due process
fundamental rights
Search and Seizure
random drug testing
Bill of Rights
Self-Disclosure
Family secrets
Automobile Search
Probable cause
warrant-less search
4th amendment
Internet blocking

One article that was of particular interest was on search and seizure
Source: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Ed. Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst. Vol. 5. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. p2329-2336

Friday, October 7, 2011

Creative Commons

I did not know that it was that easy to get something copyrighted or that you can get just parts of it done and allow some of it to be used as any one wants. I poked around the site and it looks simple. The little video was pretty straight forward and easy to understand. It is interesting that because of the Internet, things that were not happening are now happening, and quickly in very new ways. What was once an expensive legal problem is now only a few mouse clicks away.
As far as the assignment goes, the 1st example doesn't need to be cited because its just a person describing a trip in their own words.
2. is someone giving their idea of what the US is about and doesn't need to be cited unless they came from some one else.
3 Needs to be cited for the 57%. Where did that figure come from?
4 Needs to be cited for what they are saying about what King thinks. How do they know unless they read it, in which case, it needs to be cited
5. Looks to be cited correctly
6. Also looks to be cited correctly. They are quoting directly from the letter in which case they put quotes around what was taken word for word and stated that it was in the Letter from jail
7. In this comment she did say that Kara told her so I believe that is a cite  of sorts
8. I  believe this should be cited. It needs to be cited where it is that it is guaranteed.

I think I had a pretty good idea of how to handle plagiarizing but its good to refresh and make clear. Basically, if you are repeating what someone else said or wrote, or giving their idea, you should give them credit. Unless its an original thought or idea, its someone else s and you need to cite it and let people know where you got it from. And, if in doubt, cite.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

What did I learn?

Well, I set this up, which was pretty simple. Don't know that I have that much to say right now. I have been using face book for some time but was thinking of shutting it down due to time issues.  If I was working, I could see that this might be useful over paper. For one saving on paper and the other, one could have a kind of group conversation about a project.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011