1.True or False? Everything is on the Web.
False, Everything is not accessible through the internet.
2.True or False? Any information can be found on the web for free. False, things on the internet still need to be purchased to be available.
3.True or False? Google searches the entire web. False, not entirely True. I believe that Google on do a basic search for the material.
4.True or False? Every search engine returns the same results. False! Every search engine has its on way of searching the material and therefore they don't return with the same information. Sometimes the search engines will give the result plus extra information and some don't give any information that is valuable.
5.Go to the OCC Library webpage:http://oaklandcc.edu/Library/. On the left side of the page click on Internet Search:http://oaklandcc.edu/Library/internet_search.asp. Go to the WolframAlpha search engine:http://www.wolframalpha.com/. Put your main topic in the search window along with the words: narrow term. Do a second search with your main topic in the search window with the words: broad term. List the narrow and broad terms that you get from these two searches. Age, and eld
6.Explain the meaning of .com; .org and .gov.
. com is a acronym for company websites, Org is short for organizations websites and gov, is short for government websites
7.Google your topic at http://www.google.com and choose one website from the first page of links retrieved.
What terms did you enter in the search box? Drinking Legal Age.
What is the title and address of the site you chose? Include date of publication and date of access.
Title : Drinking Age, Address: http://drinkingage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002591
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10.Go back to the OCC Library Homepage and click on the Internet Search page:http://oaklandcc.edu/Library/internet_search.asp. Click on the ipl2 link under Subject Directories.http://www.ipl.org/. Compare your results with your original Google search and with the results in your InFomine search. How are they different? Choose one site and list the title and the web address. Include the date of publication and date of access. Re Thinking Drinking Alcohol and your health, http://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/ . I found it hard to research my topic on this website as well. When I typed in Legal drinking age, the articles was based on water consumption. I had to go a couple pages down to find an article about Legal drinking Age. After a few try's I found one. It's related because will express what alcohol does to your health.
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid." July/August 2008. The Alantic Magazine. 20 February 2012 .
Armstrong, Stephen. Student Handbook: 4: 5 Steps to a 5. New York: Southwestern Co, 2004. 1389-257.
They have been some challenges in trying to figure out the right approach to follow in a research study, and this semester is more of an eye opener that reveals the expected ways in conducting research which has been a very interesting and tough process. Dudley (2011), least four major search strategies available for locating references related to the chosen topic issues these include: (1) consultation, (2) searches in subject indexes, (3) browsing, and (4) footnote chasing. Researcher needs to be aware of all of these strategies in information gathering.
Text(2005) References to knowledge available from class textbook and professor's lectures (although not a acceptable source I still cited these to avoid plagerism).
...one on the topic, so going back to try and find almost every source I have ever read was a little daunting, but I found most of them.
Personally, I find that determining what you want to learn about academic topic is best prior to looking aimlessly in hundreds of endless Google searches. That is, if you were to limit distractions from your intended goal, one might something meaningful in their research. For example, if I wanted to learn more about the Theory of Solar Engines, I would do research about proposals about how the engine would function. I would also search for claims and theses that might potentially support a thesis of my own about the probability of the existence of Solar Engines within the next century or
Halsall, Paul. "Internet History Sourcebooks." Internet History Sourcebooks. N.p., Aug. 1997. Web. 31 Dec. 2012.
Nicholas Carrs article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” makes points that I agree with, although I find his sources to be questionable. The article discusses the effects that the Internet may be having on our ability to focus, the difference in knowledge that we now have, and our reliance on the Internet. The points that are made throughout Carrs article are very thought provoking but his sources make them seem invaluable.
You can use the set of six questions, below, to investigate this. Before describing the false
In completing the literature search, I immediately went to the university’s resource tab and used the WGU Library. By, accessing the WGU Library as a resource I was able to locate various articles on my research topic by searching through the resources search engine.
The following databases were searched: ProQuest Central, Jstore, APApsychnet, ProQuest Dissertations, CINAHL, Education Source, EBSCO, ERIC, WorldCat, Google Scholar, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Science Direct and Web of Science.
We should be always careful while searching the Internet for research as the information may not be correct. Checking a vast number of websites before making a decision if a piece of information is right would be a very useful technique. You can usually decide what information from the website is fake and what is real by viewing more than
It would also work on the Cross-sectional method of study and the longitudinal method of study. The research scholar would also work to draw a comparison between both the methods of the study.