Final Exam

1.)Could not find this article in any deep web source. Not proquest, or eric or ebscohost or any of the others available on the Clark college libraries website, so I worked around. I researched the Feliciter itself and discovered it was a Canadian Librarians Professional Journal.  I then went to Vol 57, Issue 5 page 182, and started reading.  


 2.) Used Google to find Morrison, E. (2011, August 22). Are books dead, and can authors survive? The Guardian.  Found it at the Guardian website straight away.  Literally, all it took was to copy and past the citation into Google's website. Too easy, Drill Sargent. lol 






3a.) Evaluate the level of trustworthiness. Hmmm.  This is an article in a professional Journal for Librarians. Are you aware that Librarians are the secret rulers of the world?? Never and I mean NEVER upset a Librarian, for they hold the keys to all the information in the world!!     Ok with that being said, this is an article discussing the trend and movement towards e-books as opposed to traditional paper books.  The author is a published author of two additional books in his own right, as well as articles in this and other like minded journals. Its dating is 2011, so it is more relevant in terms of timeline.  It seems more of an Op-Ed piece, so really you must gauge the level of trust you wish to put in the author and his background to determine his level of expertise.  The publication its self does indeed weigh in with some level of trust. See earlier comment on upsetting librarians.   








3b.)Morrison's article passes some points of ASPECT verification.  The Guardian is a reputable publisher.  The footnotes and sources for his points are credible, i.e. Barns and Nobles, the NY Times. However, his information for some points is out of date, as well as this article is out of date: Article written in 2011 using source material from 2010 and 2009. This detracts from the usefulness in my opinion.

4.) Are books dead, and can authors survive? This is the question Ewan Morrison poses in his article. While it helps to remember that the vast majority of writers, contributors and readers of the Guardian are more "left of center," (upping the odds of a biased slant) the information he puts out from his sources is real and viable. Morrison talks about the decline of paper media sales, with the popular trends swinging more to the digital media sources.  Newspaper sales are down, bound books sales are down, and the only real increase in paper media sales is in the realm of textbooks! (For some reason, students seem to prefer the actual book in hand rather than the digital textbook opportunities. Can you say "resale?")
     Morrison goes on to predict the complete eradication of paper books in the next twenty-five years. admittedly, he reminds us that predictions such as this have happened in the past by sarcastically stating that it was believed the printing press would overthrow Catholicism in the fourteen hundreds and that video would kill the cinema.  Obviously, this was not the case.
     With sales down, publishing houses are shying away from the big advances, or staying with already established, producing authors rather than taking the chances on budding, emerging new talent.  What this foretells for the future is uncertain, but as these prolific authors start to fall off, or for whatever reason no longer churn out bestsellers left and right, new and exciting stories will fade away.  This by its self is disastrous. 
     There is another area where books are still attractive in the printed format: children's books.  Studies show that with a strong childhood grounding in hand held books, pages a child can turn, students are more successful in their scholastic endevours. If nothing else, I believe this will ensure the continuation of the printed word for generations to come.....
     

Research Journal Part 10: Create a Web Page

http://letteraday.org/students/wmcelroy.html

OK a paragraph where I summarize this experience.  Well lets see.  It took all weekend to get my soon to be ex-wife to let me use the computer so I could at least attempt to do this assignment.  Since she knows my homework was due Sunday she wouldn't let me do this until Monday.  Did I mention where she threatened to call the police and tell them I stole "her" car if I left and tried to go to the library and do this assignment? Since the car is in her name, since the bank wont let us put my name on the title until the loan is paid off, and I didn't relish spending time in the local lockup, I get to do this late. So lets recap the whole term.  My grandmother passes away at the end of April.  I have to arrange to take care of Grandpa, an Alzheimer's patient, because Grandma was his care giver.  I have to damn near browbeat my Father,  their son, to come out here and take care of his parents so I can go to work and school. Once all that gets straightened out, my wife leaves me for her unemployed cable installer "friend," and now I'm working not two but three jobs (one full time and two part time) to try to keep afloat.   As far as the webpage was concerned, it was simple cut and paste, reminiscent of the days of MySpace, and about as interesting as it was back then.
Some parts of this class were fun and informative, some where refreshers, and some I really disliked.

All in all, it was an experience......

Research Journal Part 9: Evaluating Information

1. Google

     a) utilized AND to connect Internet and censorship with the limiter .gov

     b)United States.Department of State. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Address on Internet          Freedom. Office of the Spokesman,21 Jan 2010. Web. 18 Jun 2012.

     c) This is relevant and real, based on the authority of the US Gov,the purpose of getting the info out and the fact that,while it is her words and views, it has the correct information, because the last thing a career pol wants it to be wrong in public.

2. Google

     a) Used internet (government AND censorship) with the limiter .edu

     b) "Survey of Government Internet Filtering Practices Indicates Increasing Internet Censorship."Berkman Center for Internet and Society.Harvard University, 18 May 2007. Web !8 Jun 2012

     c) This is relevant and real, based on the assumed authority of the reputation of Harvard School of Law at Harvard University. Deals with research concerning the increased censership of the internet in 41 diferent countries.  It is furthers validated with the backing of four leading global universities: Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, and Toronto 

3. Google.

     a) Used Internet (international And Censorship) with the limiter . org

     b)Edwards, Scott. "Google, the Benevolent Behemoth?"Human Rights Now Blog.Amnesty International, 18 Jun 2012. Web. 18 Jun 2012

     c) This is a good update on how Google is tracking internet censorship internationally.  Its authority is the backing of the Global Giant in world advocacy, Amnesty International. Of course, it will be slanted, they have an agenda, but that in its self help validate the site as well as the blog.

4. Goggle (I'm having tons of luck with Google....)

     a). Internet (censorship AND government AND international) with the limiter .com

     b) Wines, Michael. "Google to Alert Users to Chinese Censorship."The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 6.1 (2012) n. pag. Web. 18 Jun 2012

     c) In this article it actually talks about how Google is getting around Chinese censorship with an alert telling users in mainland china if their search words will cause governmental censorship to disconnect the user arbitrarily from Google's website, thus allowing "work arounds" to the stringent censorship laws of mainland China. I'm sorry, :-) this article just tickles the little man inside me that loves to thumb his nose at "the man"

Honestly I think all four of the top level domains have relevancy when searching mu topic. It is up to me as the researcher to sift through and kind the kernels of needed info while doing so.....

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search tools-Alta vista.

when you hit advanced search it kicks you to Yahoo! search...
1. Lets you search for words in the title only or the whole page.
2. Lets you exclude words, include words, include whole phrases, exclude whole phrases..
3.allows you to filter out adult web
4. allows you to specify which domain you wish to search..i.e. .gov only, .edu only, .org only....
5. Allows you to choose one or more languages to search in...


Metasearch tools-Surfwax

Start typing in the box with the cursor. Terms from the website matching what you type will appear in the LookAhead SearchPal™ drop-down.

2. Enter words in any order. Backspace to change.
Put a space between words that go together
(e.g., barack obama)
Use a + for non-contiguous words
(e.g., barack obama+president)

3. Type at least 2 characters per word. Backspace to change. For example, to find
barack obama president
you could enter just a few characters per word connected by a + (plus sign):
ba+ob+presi

4. Type, backspace, change words, explore.

5. Review what appears in the drop-down. Keep typing to narrow the list appearing in the drop-down, or sometimes it is faster to scroll down.



Subjest Directories---INFOMINE

asic INFOMINE Searching: Searches retrieve terms in: 1) title, subject, author, keyword, and description. 2) three or four pages of rich text from the Web site. Advanced and Subject Category Searching: Searches are set to retrieve terms in title, subject, author, keyword, and description OR you can select which fields to search.
A search for:	Retrieves:
smog	smog
industr*	industries, industry, industrial, industrialization, ...
rivers	only the word rivers
rivers*	rivers, Riverside, Riverside's, National Scenic Rivers
|rivers|	Only the exact, complete term rivers in INFOMINE's subject, title, author, or keyword fields. (rivers not Rivers, Joan) Use "pipe" symbol... usually on the \ key
"new mexico"	new must appear next to mexico to get New Mexico in that order
new mexico	new and mexico (retrieves Mexico and New Zealand and new fashions in Mexico, as well as New Mexico)
|new mexico|	New Mexico retrieves only the exact, complete phrase in INFOMINE's subject, title, author, or keyword fields. (retrieves New Mexico but does not retrieve University of New Mexico) Use "pipe" symbol... usually on the \ key
genetics databases genetics and databases	genetic and databases The two searches retrieve identical results
windows not microsoft	retrieves windows but not if the word microsoft is present
crime and |states|  crime |states|	states rather than United States Finds web sites about crime in individual states rather than the many more sites about crime in the United States nationwide. The two searches retrieve identical results.
rice or oryza	either rice or oryza or both rice and oryza
sustainable (agriculture or farming)	sustainable and agriculture as well as sustainable and farming
renaissance near4 history	renaissance and history within four words of one another (retrieves history of the Renaissance and Renaissance drama as cultural history) The range for near is: near1 to near20

Lesson 6 database features and searching techniques

Part one
Will presidential election reform solve the issues with the Electoral College and the popular vote?
----presidential and "election reform" and Electoral College" and "popular vote"

 Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?
---"anti-smoking advertis*" and tobacco and smoking and "youth increase"

 Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
---Target and lyrics and censorship

 What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
---dogs and therapy

 Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?
Sunspots and "lack of" and "global warming"







Part two
 what laws are in effect for the internet, country by country, and how can you ensure you are not violating them -cross boarders?

Laws and internet and "international laws"

Research Journal, Part 5: Digging into Databases and Books

2.a. Cannell Library Book Catalog
1. Internet
2. Daniels, Peggy.Policing the Internet.Detroit:Greenhaven Press. c2007 Print.
3.
4.Circulating book
5.Cannell 2nd floor. HM851.P65 2007
6. I looked up Greenhaven press.  Its legit.



2.b. The Summit Catalog
1. Internet and policing
2. Deibert, Ronald.Access Denied: the practice and polkicy of Global internet filtering.Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2008 Print.
3. Internet-Censorshiip, Internet-Gov policies, Internet-Access Comntrol
4. Circulating book
5. Central Oregon Community College Library, Concordia University, Lewis & Clark College, Lewis & Clark College, Law Library, Mt. Hood Community College, Oregon State University Libraries, Portland State University, Reed College Library, University of Idaho Law Library, University of Idaho Library, University of Oregon Library, University of Portland, University of Puget Sound Library, University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington, Gallagher Law Library, Washington State University, Western Washington University, Whitman College
6. Its MIT....no brainer

 2.c. Books 24x7 – IT Pro Collection of E-books
This is, to me, just another d base, like proquest or ebsco host or jstor or the rest.  You plug in what you want, and find what you need. With taking ENG 102, I have been all over the dbases out there as much as I can gathering research for my paper...

2.d: Google Books (books.google.com)
1. Internet and Policing
2.Marzilli, Alan.Policing the Internet.Philadelphia:Chelsea House. 2005. Print
3legit publisher, plus this is a review of the laws and the governments attempts at policing.



In Conclusion, I learned that what I knew of dbases was indeed true:  They are a wealth of information and a much needed tool for the research writer.  If you understand the language of the search engine you will be successful in your endeavors. 

Research Journal, Part 4: Types of Information

Practice Questions(Provide answers/sources for each of these):
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
I would use official FDA websites to compare the two.  Also search online for reliable statistics to back it up.

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have
their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
Check law encyclopedias for definitions of censorship, to truly understand if this fits or not.  Also check Law review databases to see if this has been addressed already.

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
dept of labor website would have this info already correlated.

4) Should educators use commercial services to combat
plagiarism? check scholarly journals as well as popular magazines to see public opinion on this topic.

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global
warming?
Check scientific periodicals as well as databases to see if there is any peer reviewed paper on this topic.



1.) how can you verify a source on the internet is reliable?
Check the source its self and see if it has the needed info to be deemed reliable.

2.) what types of information can you find on the internet?
look on the internet and classify the different databases that are available

3.) what laws are in effect for the internet, country by country, and how can you ensure you are not violating them -cross boarders?
search law reviews as well as governmental websites and publications as they pertain to the laws governing the internet.

part three fourth post

Summery

Using an open source such as a wiki is extremely dangerous in terms of academic health as opposed to a deep web source such as the GVRL.  It is much safe to utilize peer reviewed papers and scholarly works rather than someone's rant on a blog, prettied up to look like a verifiable source.  You can use a wiki, as long as you search out the source cited and verify it is viable.

part three third post

three research questions:

1.) how can you verify a source on the internet is reliable?
2.) what types of information can you find on the internet?
3.) what laws are in effect for the internet, country by country, and how can you ensure you are not violating them -cross boarders?

part three second post

topic; internet
tool: Wikipedia
broadband
internetwork
packet switching
internet corporation for assigned names nad numbers
internet freedom
internet censorship
peer to peer
 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 10 Aug. 2004

part 3, first post

topic: internet
tool: GVRL
right of privacy
obscenity
sex crimes
sodomy
search and seizure
freedom of speech
censorship
libel and slander



Pornography. Gale Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Donna Batten. Vol. 8. 3^rd ed.  Detroit: Gale, 2010. p36-41.

Unit 2: Plagiarism

Parte Uno

                  Read over each of the following passages, and respond on your own or as a class as to  

                 whether or not it uses citations accurately. If it doesn't, what would you do to improve the

                  passage so it's properly cited?

1. Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.

Citation not needed. This was an observation of the writer his or herself.

2. Americans want to create a more perfect union; they also want to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for everybody.

Citation may be needed.  While this may indede be considered common knowledge, as it is an opinion of the writer of what Americans "want," it has the feel of a quote, or otherwise quoted ideas.

3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.

Citation needed.  Where did the writer discover this specific statistic?

                  Numbers 4, 5, and 6 all refer to the following passage from Martin Luther King's "Letter  

                  from the Birmingham Jail":

You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative.

4. Martin Luther King was certain that nobody would want to be contented with a surfacy type of social analysis that concerns itself only with effects and doesn't deal with root causes.

Aknowledgment needed, as this is a thinly worded paraphrase, but it is a paraphrase none the less.

5. Martin Luther King wrote that the city of Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there "no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail" para. 5). 

Cited correctly

6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."

Citation needed.  This is a direct quote, even if partially rearranged. Merely rearranging words or substituting words is plagiarizing.

7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.

Citation not needed, as this is an observation of the writer.  Or citation needed, if this is to be considered an "Interview" of Miss Kara.

8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.

Citation not needed, as this is common knowledge in America.

Parte Dos.

For the final element of this assignment, please write a paragraph summarizing what you’ve learn and what steps you’ll be taking to make sure that you avoid plagiarism throughout your academic career.


What I've learned is that citations can be beyond belief confusing.  There are a few nuances to ensuring that you are not actually plagiarizing someone else's work, but putting forth your ideas as inspired by their work.  If you feel that direct quotes will be a much more powerful tool in your paper, by all means do use them, but give the credit where it is due. I, myself, intend to visit the writing center and have my paper peer reviewed by the tutors and professoras there to ensure I have cited properly.
Chau

First new post

Where to start?  This assignment directed me to create my new blog and online research Journal. The instructions sent me to Blogger.Com, or is it Blogspot.com?, (I'm not sure which) to set up this online work space.  I really couldn't tell you which it is, because the whole process was so inhumanly annoying I'm not quite sure where I am, and an seriously hoping I've got it somewhat right so I can get the correct amount of points! Why we had to go to an outside locale, I know not.  Moodle has a blog feature right on your profile.  Why wouldn't this suffice? But I digress.  After fighting my way through three different Gmail addresses, since the first two apparently did not have permission to view the blog home page, here I am. The one thing I have learned?  Not only do I despise blogs, the fact that I now have to write one has me so thoroughly annoyed I think I might be mistaken for a true blogger! Post after post of nothing very important to say, simply rants and anger and rants. Hopefully further assignments will steer me in the directions I need to go.
  I belong to Facebook, as does most of the world, and enjoy when I can read the little day to day bits from my friends, but none of them believe that is anything more than the equivalent of sending out a mass text message.
I can honestly admit I prefer typing to actually handwriting my thought and words. I guess my deep seated aversion and hatred for blogs is too many people take the words they read in a blog as the Gospel truth. That is just not the case!!!