Blog Post #10

In a book, information that you will likely find varies depends on what type of book you are looking in. For example, if it is nonfictional book and more of factual book you can find facts. So to answer the second question; it can be both a good or bad source to use in a research paper, it all depends what kind of book you are using to get your information. You can use this source to gather facts for your research related to your topic.

In a blog post you will most likely find peoples thoughts or ideas on a particular topic. I think it wouldn’t be the best source to use in a RESEARCH paper because that’s not really credible. So I don’t think that using this source for research is a good idea.

In a scholarly journal article you can find information, facts that are most likely legit. This would be a great source for a research paper because you can definitely cite these. You can use it in research because you can gather info on your research paper.

Wikipedia you can find anything you need to know on any topic you search. This is a bad source to use a research paper because it is not credible, anyone can go on Wikipedia and change facts. You can use that source to gather you thoughts but using it to cite wouldn’t be the best idea.

In a Podcast you will find info that you can use. It would be okay information for a research paper because you can find anything you want. You can use this source to understand what your researching better.

The steps I took to find the article

The steps to finding the article were pretty straight forward.

1. First I went to the UWG website and clicked library at the bottom.
2. Then I clicked ARTICLES.
3. Then clicked all databases A-Z.
4. Next I copied the citation and pasted it into the 'GALILEO' search bar.
5. Then scrolled down and it was the 11th.

Annotated Bibliograpghy Homework

After watching the video and reading the webpage I know that an annotated bibliography consists of three things. Those things are; citations, summaries, and annotations.  It basically tells your audience why that source is good and how it relates to the topic that you are presenting.  So it is a summary and evaluation to go along with it. It basically gives the person you are presenting your project to a sneak peek of what is to be expected. Showing them what is present in your presentation before you present, in other words it is a brief summary.

 I think that you are requiring us to write an annotated bibliography because it requires us to actually do the research in advance so that we all will get the assignment done ON TIME. Also it helps you think about each source you are using and why you are using it. It is also a tool we can learn by doing in your class. Doing this assignment will help us and make our final group presentations the best they can be.

October 24 In Class Blog Post

The topics that we have covered in the couple weeks each deal with library research. Plagiarism is connected to library research because while researching and trying to do a paper or assignment you don’t want to plagiarize when researching in the library. Paraphrasing correctly, and Copyright vs. Plagiarism deal with library research in a way. Paraphrasing can be important and a useful tool while researching in the library. And knowing the difference between Copyright violation and Plagiarism and knowing what they both are can help you while doing library research to stay away from them. Open Content, Open Access, & Creative Commons licenses deal with library research because if you want to know what type of license in on a particular document that can help. And blog and podcasts are self-explanatory this is where people can, and enjoy learn stuff about anything.

I can apply this knowledge to other classes to avoid getting in trouble by taking other peoples information or ideas and using it like it is mine without giving them credit. Basically these are useful topics to keep you out of trouble.

I do not really have any questions about these topics.

Open Content Resourses

Website: http://pixabay.com/en/outline-silhouette-cartoon-ball-33072/

Type of License: Creative Commons

Citation : [outline silhouette cartoon ball sports player]. October 22, 2012, from: (http://pixabay.com/en/outline-silhouette-cartoon-ball-33072/)

Homework Assignment Due 10/23

While listening to Trouble For Elservier I was really intrigued with it, honestly I enjoyed listening to this. I found it interesting that he did not pay his workers so they were basically "slaves" and that led to them boycotting against Elservier, and they also told others not to fool with his work which basically demoted his business.

When listening to the second snippet; New England Journal of Medicine I learned about how a whole bunch of health tips that the public should be aware of were made free to the public. They basically were looking out for the public.

When listening to The Changing Nature of Knowledge I learned that the internet used to be very censored and that only a few thing were exposed when talking about knowledge. We now live in a day and age where everything on the internet becomes viral and seen when posted online. I think it has made us lazier in a sense because we just look on the internet for all of our answers.

I believe the common theme of these snippets are that if information is meant to be put out for the public or others it will somehow get out in some form or fashion. My reaction to these stories is that I find it very amusing what I learned by listening to these and like things used to be censored knowledge wise is a surprise to me.

I think you wanted us to listen to these snippets to understand that information is out there and is being released to the public every second. Also that us undergraduate students benefit from it by finding a lot of information and this can help us through college if we know the right info to use.

In Class Blog Post October 17th

In my own words plagiarism is to copy somebody else’s work without citing or giving the credit that person whom they copied or used work from. Basically taking all the credit for someone else’s work. There are many differences between plagiarism and copyright violations. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty and is handled by intellectual peers and the professional society and copyright violations are more of a legal offense that is handled in courts and are far more serious. The way to avoid plagiarism is to cite the author and the way you can avoid get the authorization from the copyright owner. An example of plagiarism that is not a copyright violation is like copying and pasting ideas from an article on your paper for class. And an example of a copyright violation that is not plagiarism is like if I made a song and took the beat of someone else’s song or took the lyrics of someone else and not giving them credit for it. This often results in lawsuits and being sued which can be avoidable.

Impressing People At Party- In Class Blog Post 10/10

If I was at a party and I saw a couple people that I am trying to impress or make friends with and they were having a conversation about something that I relatively knew a lot about. I would first just stand there and wait until the perfect time to introduce myself and get in on the conversation and show them that I am educated in what they are discussing and know what I am talking about. To show them that I am not just some creeper, I would wait until one had a question for the other person and then answer it so that the person asking the question gets the idea that I actually know what I am talking about. Or I would wait until a pause in the conversation and come in and put my opinions/thoughts about the subject matter. FLIPPING the scene around would be the easier part. If I was having a conversation with my friend and someone comes around and tries to get in on the conversation I would first I would listen to what they say and their opinions on the subject and if I relate and know what they are saying and agree in the slightest way I will engage them into the conversation and make it a three way conversation.

In class blog post 10/3

In class blog post:

Think about the filter bubble video from last week. That talked about google and we're in library databases, but could the basic idea of a filter bubble apply to the different databases? Why or why not? Include which databases you searched and any differences you noticed in the results you got. What, if any, differences did you notice in the types of topics covered in each?

When thinking about the filter bubble video from last week that talked about google and comparing it to our library databases I feel like filter bubbles do not exist in the databases. This is because I feel like Google searches are more broad and you get millions of results so filter bubbles sometimes can be necessary, but for our library databases such as (at EBSCO Host) and GALILEO your results when doing a refined search are more direct not as broad so filter bubbles can't exist. When searching GALILEO and ProQuest in class I found that the results were different between the searches but I don't think that is because of filter bubbles. I think that is because they are peer reviewed so there are going to be different articles and results, but that doesn't mean they are not similar.

When searching key words like Art, Art Culture, Art Influences, the databases brought up similar results about my research topic. But when I searched the same thing into Google it brought up so many results and none of them were similar to the databases.