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.

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Karen:

    Thank you for your report and explanation of how your revised your search statement. The article you selected as scholarly isn't from an academic journal but it's more a trade publication. When you evaluate an article, even based on an abstract you can tell about the author affiliation, methodology or research content from the abstract and if there are extensive references included. These are from the ASPECT elements.

    Thanks
    Andrea

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