Saturday, October 31, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #11c: Thesis Statement Check
I have commented on Matt's thesis statement and on Joelle's thesis statement.
ENG 1020- RJA #11b: Visual Aids
1- Pictures of young children with fatal diseases.
2- A diagram showing the principles of how cloning is done.
3- Pictures of birth defects from side effects of drugs approved by animal experimentation alone.
4- Chart of diseases being treated today by using adult stem cells.
5- Chart/ graph of people against or pro cloning.
2- A diagram showing the principles of how cloning is done.
3- Pictures of birth defects from side effects of drugs approved by animal experimentation alone.
4- Chart of diseases being treated today by using adult stem cells.
5- Chart/ graph of people against or pro cloning.
ENG 1020- RJA #11a: Introduction
Imagine if nobody would want a laptop because they were stuck with the idea that typing machines were better, or that using Morse code was easier than sending e-mails. In general people are eager and enthusiastic about accepting knew scientific inventions; but only those, that don’t affect there ideologies.
When Copernicus discovered that the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe, the ideology of the time, mainly based on religious beliefs wasn’t ready to accept it, not half as eager as they would a new cell phone. It wasn’t until a century later with Galileo, that people started to ease down, and accept the true facts that science was proving; and it wasn’t only until they accepted the scientific revelation as true, that they were able to apply it to there advantages.
The scientific revelation of cloning could be right at the same level as Copernicus’ Solar System was in the 16th century. It is a new science, that as well as bringing high hopes for the revelation of diseases, it brings with it a smooth dilemma to ideologies.
As of today, people in general are not eager to accept this new science, but the denial will only delay the discoveries to be made, the people to be cured, and the remediable suffering. This is why cloning should not be banned, and people should realize that they are only slowing down the unstoppable, only because of lack of oil in the engine of their ideologies.
When Copernicus discovered that the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe, the ideology of the time, mainly based on religious beliefs wasn’t ready to accept it, not half as eager as they would a new cell phone. It wasn’t until a century later with Galileo, that people started to ease down, and accept the true facts that science was proving; and it wasn’t only until they accepted the scientific revelation as true, that they were able to apply it to there advantages.
The scientific revelation of cloning could be right at the same level as Copernicus’ Solar System was in the 16th century. It is a new science, that as well as bringing high hopes for the revelation of diseases, it brings with it a smooth dilemma to ideologies.
As of today, people in general are not eager to accept this new science, but the denial will only delay the discoveries to be made, the people to be cured, and the remediable suffering. This is why cloning should not be banned, and people should realize that they are only slowing down the unstoppable, only because of lack of oil in the engine of their ideologies.
Monday, October 26, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #10b: Argument
For decades human beings have being trying to solve the puzzle of several different fatal diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, HIV,….etc. with no luck whatsoever, until now. With the new science of cloning, scientists are being able to work with cloned stem cells from the original diseased cell of a patient with a particular disease, and therefore able to analyze different aspects of it, as well as test new and old drugs and compare results. Scientists have high hopes that in the process of analyzing the different aspects of the cloned diseased stem cell will lye the answer to the cause of the disease, and with it, will bring the cure, and elimination of it once and for all.
As well as being of extreme usefulness for the case of studying the origins of the disease, some stem cells have proven to be able to form into any different type of cell from the human body, and so scientist have been able to make exact same DNA tissues for a patient, out of one of his cell’s nucleus and therefore avoid tissue rejection when in need of the replacement of damaged tissue. Scientists believe that by practicing this new technology we may also be able to create an entire organ, for heart or any other organ transplantation.
Research in stem cells could also help prevent heart risks, as well as other risks provoked by drugs that have been tested through animal experimentation alone, and have proved to have serious second effects. In order to avoid this, human embryonic stem cells can be used to make human organs, which can consequently be used in the testing of new and current drugs in order to prevent the unwanted side effects in patients.
Since the first sheep Dolly was cloned in 1996, animal cloning has offered great benefits to consumers, farmers, and endangered species. Farmers select their best animals, and clone them in order to maintain the good DNA and therefore assure a high quality of meats, cheeses, and milk, as well insuring that the animal will have a good immune system, and therefore reduce medical needs.
Cloning has also been proven beneficial in the act of trying to save endangered species.
On the other hand, the opposition of cloning, think that embryonic stem cell cloning is unethical, because of beliefs that life starts at contraception, and since the stem cells grow in the embryo until there are approximately 20 cells, and then the embryo is destructed to access the cells, they state that that could be considered murder. They consider themselves pro-life, and think that scientists are “playing god”, and that humans need to find cures but not on behalf of an unborn child.
As well as being of extreme usefulness for the case of studying the origins of the disease, some stem cells have proven to be able to form into any different type of cell from the human body, and so scientist have been able to make exact same DNA tissues for a patient, out of one of his cell’s nucleus and therefore avoid tissue rejection when in need of the replacement of damaged tissue. Scientists believe that by practicing this new technology we may also be able to create an entire organ, for heart or any other organ transplantation.
Research in stem cells could also help prevent heart risks, as well as other risks provoked by drugs that have been tested through animal experimentation alone, and have proved to have serious second effects. In order to avoid this, human embryonic stem cells can be used to make human organs, which can consequently be used in the testing of new and current drugs in order to prevent the unwanted side effects in patients.
Since the first sheep Dolly was cloned in 1996, animal cloning has offered great benefits to consumers, farmers, and endangered species. Farmers select their best animals, and clone them in order to maintain the good DNA and therefore assure a high quality of meats, cheeses, and milk, as well insuring that the animal will have a good immune system, and therefore reduce medical needs.
Cloning has also been proven beneficial in the act of trying to save endangered species.
On the other hand, the opposition of cloning, think that embryonic stem cell cloning is unethical, because of beliefs that life starts at contraception, and since the stem cells grow in the embryo until there are approximately 20 cells, and then the embryo is destructed to access the cells, they state that that could be considered murder. They consider themselves pro-life, and think that scientists are “playing god”, and that humans need to find cures but not on behalf of an unborn child.
ENG 1020- RJA #10a: Thesis Statement
Research Question:
Should the practice of cloning be banned?
Precise claim:
Cloning should not be banned.
Reasons/blueprint:
1- Cloning may hold the key to the discovery of the nature of fatal diseases, cure them, prevent them, and extinguish them.
2- Cloning is beneficial for animal production, and for preventing animal species from extinction.
Complete thesis statement:
The practice of cloning should not be banned because it may hold the key to the discovery of the nature of fatal diseases, cure them, prevent them, and extinguish them; as well as benefiting animal production, and preventing animal species from extinction, therefore doing key work for the conservation of ourselves and of our planet.
Should the practice of cloning be banned?
Precise claim:
Cloning should not be banned.
Reasons/blueprint:
1- Cloning may hold the key to the discovery of the nature of fatal diseases, cure them, prevent them, and extinguish them.
2- Cloning is beneficial for animal production, and for preventing animal species from extinction.
Complete thesis statement:
The practice of cloning should not be banned because it may hold the key to the discovery of the nature of fatal diseases, cure them, prevent them, and extinguish them; as well as benefiting animal production, and preventing animal species from extinction, therefore doing key work for the conservation of ourselves and of our planet.
Monday, October 19, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources
Resource evaluated: Reshaping life: Key issues in genetic engineering, 3rd edition (book)
Authors evaluated: G.J.V. Nossal and Ross L. Coppel
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Cambridge is not just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally.
G.J.V. Nossal has a PhD in molecular biology and is the author of several other books such as: The Molecular Basis of Cellular Defence Mechanisms - No. 204, and Antibodies and immunology. He has been awarded with several prices and recognitions such as: commander of the Order of the British Empire for medical research, knighted for his work in immunology, as well as being awarded the ANZAAS Medal.
Ross L. Coppel earned his PhD in 1984 and is a recipient of the Glaxo Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Fellow. He has also authored or co-authored more than 260 scientific publications.
After researching both Authors and the Publisher I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: The DNA Story: A documentary history of gene cloning (book)
Authors evaluated: James D. Watson and John Tooze
Published by: W.H. Freeman and Company
W. H. Freeman and company publisher was founded in 1946, and is dedicated on publishing books and textbooks on the science field for students and general public, from authors of outstanding achievement.
James D. Watson is an American molecular biologist and co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize on the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA.
John Tooze is Executive Secretary of the European Biology Organization. Editor of Trends in Biochemical Sciences, and has worked at Harvard University and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories in London.
After doing my research on the authors and the publisher I conclude that this book is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Cloning: Opposing Viewpoints (book)
Published by: Greenhaven Press, an imprint of Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation
Greenhaven Press was founded 40 years ago, and bought by Thomson Gale in 2000.The Opposing Viewpoints series offers divergent points of view on controversial social, political, and economic issues. Greenhaven Press analogies primarily consist of previous published material from periodicals, books, scholarly journals, newspapers, government documents, and position papers from private and public organizations. They edit this information to present it in a user friendly manner, mainly for high school students, and make great efforts in maintaining accurately the original intent of the authors.
I think that the opposing viewpoint series is a reliable source of information for debates, because it is reviewed by a big group of editors and they use reliable sources which are cited at the back of the book.
Resource evaluated: Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and other Animals (book)
Author evaluated: Robert Gilmore McKinnell
Published by: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
The university of Minnesota press is a non-profit scholarly publisher founded in 1925.
Robert Gilmore McKinnell is a Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at the College of Biological Sciences and University of Minnesota. As well as being the author of this book he also the authors of several other books such as “Prevention of Cancer”, and “Differentiation and Neoplasia”.
Therefore, being written by a professor on this subject and published by the highly re-known publisher as the University of Minnesota Press, I will say that this book is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Mass Extinction: Will half the Earth's species die out this century? (Periodical article)
Author evaluated: Mary H. Cooper
Published by: CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher was founded in 1923 and is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. It has received the American Bar Association’s 2002 Solver Gavel Award.
Mary H. Cooper specializes in environmental, energy and defense issues. Before joining The CQ Researcher as a staff writer in 1983, she was a reporter and Washington correspondent for the Rome daily newspaper l'Unità . She is the author of The Business of Drugs (CQ Press, 1990). She also is a contract translator-interpreter for the U.S. State Department. Cooper graduated from Hollins College in English.
After researching both the publisher and the author I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Human Cloning: What's at Stake (web site)
Authors evaluated: John F. Kilner, PhD and Robert P. George, JD, DPhil
Published by: The center for bioethics & human dignity
CBHD is a bioethics research center of Trinity International University (TIU) and is located on the main campus of the University in Deerfield, Illinois. CBHD produces a wide range of live, recorded, and written resources examining bioethical issues including books, podcasts, and online articles. They work with world renowned scholars, clinicians and researchers to bring together the very best information.
John F. Kilner is the Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of the Bioethics Program at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and C.E.O., where he now serves as a Senior Scholar. He is author of numerous articles in medical, public health, legal, religious, and ethics journals, he has written or edited 15 recent books, and has a Ph.D. "With Distinction" in religious ethics, with an emphasis in bioethics, from Harvard University.
Robert P. George, JD, DPhil is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and a former ember of the President’s Council on Bioethics.
I believe that given the sources, it is reliable information.
Authors evaluated: G.J.V. Nossal and Ross L. Coppel
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Cambridge is not just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally.
G.J.V. Nossal has a PhD in molecular biology and is the author of several other books such as: The Molecular Basis of Cellular Defence Mechanisms - No. 204, and Antibodies and immunology. He has been awarded with several prices and recognitions such as: commander of the Order of the British Empire for medical research, knighted for his work in immunology, as well as being awarded the ANZAAS Medal.
Ross L. Coppel earned his PhD in 1984 and is a recipient of the Glaxo Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Fellow. He has also authored or co-authored more than 260 scientific publications.
After researching both Authors and the Publisher I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: The DNA Story: A documentary history of gene cloning (book)
Authors evaluated: James D. Watson and John Tooze
Published by: W.H. Freeman and Company
W. H. Freeman and company publisher was founded in 1946, and is dedicated on publishing books and textbooks on the science field for students and general public, from authors of outstanding achievement.
James D. Watson is an American molecular biologist and co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize on the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA.
John Tooze is Executive Secretary of the European Biology Organization. Editor of Trends in Biochemical Sciences, and has worked at Harvard University and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories in London.
After doing my research on the authors and the publisher I conclude that this book is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Cloning: Opposing Viewpoints (book)
Published by: Greenhaven Press, an imprint of Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation
Greenhaven Press was founded 40 years ago, and bought by Thomson Gale in 2000.The Opposing Viewpoints series offers divergent points of view on controversial social, political, and economic issues. Greenhaven Press analogies primarily consist of previous published material from periodicals, books, scholarly journals, newspapers, government documents, and position papers from private and public organizations. They edit this information to present it in a user friendly manner, mainly for high school students, and make great efforts in maintaining accurately the original intent of the authors.
I think that the opposing viewpoint series is a reliable source of information for debates, because it is reviewed by a big group of editors and they use reliable sources which are cited at the back of the book.
Resource evaluated: Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and other Animals (book)
Author evaluated: Robert Gilmore McKinnell
Published by: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
The university of Minnesota press is a non-profit scholarly publisher founded in 1925.
Robert Gilmore McKinnell is a Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at the College of Biological Sciences and University of Minnesota. As well as being the author of this book he also the authors of several other books such as “Prevention of Cancer”, and “Differentiation and Neoplasia”.
Therefore, being written by a professor on this subject and published by the highly re-known publisher as the University of Minnesota Press, I will say that this book is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Mass Extinction: Will half the Earth's species die out this century? (Periodical article)
Author evaluated: Mary H. Cooper
Published by: CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher was founded in 1923 and is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. It has received the American Bar Association’s 2002 Solver Gavel Award.
Mary H. Cooper specializes in environmental, energy and defense issues. Before joining The CQ Researcher as a staff writer in 1983, she was a reporter and Washington correspondent for the Rome daily newspaper l'Unità . She is the author of The Business of Drugs (CQ Press, 1990). She also is a contract translator-interpreter for the U.S. State Department. Cooper graduated from Hollins College in English.
After researching both the publisher and the author I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.
Resource evaluated: Human Cloning: What's at Stake (web site)
Authors evaluated: John F. Kilner, PhD and Robert P. George, JD, DPhil
Published by: The center for bioethics & human dignity
CBHD is a bioethics research center of Trinity International University (TIU) and is located on the main campus of the University in Deerfield, Illinois. CBHD produces a wide range of live, recorded, and written resources examining bioethical issues including books, podcasts, and online articles. They work with world renowned scholars, clinicians and researchers to bring together the very best information.
John F. Kilner is the Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of the Bioethics Program at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and C.E.O., where he now serves as a Senior Scholar. He is author of numerous articles in medical, public health, legal, religious, and ethics journals, he has written or edited 15 recent books, and has a Ph.D. "With Distinction" in religious ethics, with an emphasis in bioethics, from Harvard University.
Robert P. George, JD, DPhil is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and a former ember of the President’s Council on Bioethics.
I believe that given the sources, it is reliable information.
Monday, October 12, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #8c: Multimedia
Resource searched: blinkx, videosurf
Keywords used: Animal Cloning; animal cloning benefits
Search Strategies: Boolean
Date of search: 10/12/09
Matches:10,000; 105
Relevance: 5
Keywords used: Animal Cloning; animal cloning benefits
Search Strategies: Boolean
Date of search: 10/12/09
Matches:10,000; 105
Relevance: 5
ENG 1020- RJA #8b: Social Media
Resource searched: Google Blogs
Keywords used: Cloning, Cures
Search Strategies: Boolean, AND
Date of Search: 10/12/09
Number of Hits: 10,296
Relevance: 4
Resource searched: Icerocket
Keywords used: Cloning, Cures, medicine
Search Strategies: AND, OR
Date of Search: 10/12/09
Number of Hits: 15,632
Relevance: 2
Keywords used: Cloning, Cures
Search Strategies: Boolean, AND
Date of Search: 10/12/09
Number of Hits: 10,296
Relevance: 4
Resource searched: Icerocket
Keywords used: Cloning, Cures, medicine
Search Strategies: AND, OR
Date of Search: 10/12/09
Number of Hits: 15,632
Relevance: 2
Eng 1020- RJA #8a: Websites
Resource Searched: Google
Keywords used: Cloning, Pro, Cons.
Search Strategy: Advanced search, Boolean.
Date of search: 10/12/09
Number of hits: 445,000
Relevance of hits: 5
Keywords used: Cloning, Pro, Cons.
Search Strategy: Advanced search, Boolean.
Date of search: 10/12/09
Number of hits: 445,000
Relevance of hits: 5
ENG 1020- Internet Research Project
Name of the tool: Scout Report Archives
Summery or description of the tool: The Scout Report Archives is a searchable and browseable database to over nine years’ worth of the Scout Report and subject-specific Scout Reports. It contains 25,788 critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites and mailing lists.
Strengths: Scout Report Archives is extremely user friendly and has good speed. You will find of excellent help their advanced search as well as being able to browse through alphabetical categorizations.
Weaknesses: The only “weakness” that found in the Scout Report is that even though it has information about a lot of different subjects it only has a few of each.
Search engines, directories, and other applications searched: Scout Report Archives is part of the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library Project.
Operators: Boolean and mathematical operators. (AND); (+, -); (“…”).
Case Sensitivity: N/A
Stop Words: N/A
Advanced search functions: You can narrow your search to one or more of the following fields: Title, Creator, Publisher, Contributor, Classification, Subject, URL, Description, Language, Source, Coverage, site administrator's Email address, and date of publication.
Limits: N/A
Sorting: When browsing through the Library of Congress Subject Headings, it will sort out the subjects in alphabetical order. Once you select you topic, it will sort out the information in different relevant categorization for example if you search under “C” and click on “Cloning”, it will give you 4 different sub topics within that topic, such as “Cloning Ethics”, or “Cloning Laws”. As well as sorting the information in topics and subtopics, it will have a link to web pages relevant to this same topic.
Display: The results will be displayed in a descending order of relevance (most relevant items appear at the top of the results). Relevance is determined through a combination of word occurrence frequency and a weighted value of the metadata fields being searched. Word occurrence in the Title is the weighted the most heavily. Alternate Title, Creator, Publisher, Classification, and Contributor are in the next lower tier of weight values. Occurrence in the URL and Description are given the lowest weight values.
Help Function: It is under the name “Using the archives” located on the left side of the page. It is easy to find, and very self explanatory. It provides you with the necessary tools in order for you to successfully find the expected information.
Special Features: Internet Research Project is a non-profit organization, with the aim of providing useful and accurate academic information to students, researchers, and is open for all the public. It also participates in these five different projects: AMSER, CWIS, Access NSDL, Learning Languages.net, and ATE Central.
Summery or description of the tool: The Scout Report Archives is a searchable and browseable database to over nine years’ worth of the Scout Report and subject-specific Scout Reports. It contains 25,788 critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites and mailing lists.
Strengths: Scout Report Archives is extremely user friendly and has good speed. You will find of excellent help their advanced search as well as being able to browse through alphabetical categorizations.
Weaknesses: The only “weakness” that found in the Scout Report is that even though it has information about a lot of different subjects it only has a few of each.
Search engines, directories, and other applications searched: Scout Report Archives is part of the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library Project.
Operators: Boolean and mathematical operators. (AND); (+, -); (“…”).
Case Sensitivity: N/A
Stop Words: N/A
Advanced search functions: You can narrow your search to one or more of the following fields: Title, Creator, Publisher, Contributor, Classification, Subject, URL, Description, Language, Source, Coverage, site administrator's Email address, and date of publication.
Limits: N/A
Sorting: When browsing through the Library of Congress Subject Headings, it will sort out the subjects in alphabetical order. Once you select you topic, it will sort out the information in different relevant categorization for example if you search under “C” and click on “Cloning”, it will give you 4 different sub topics within that topic, such as “Cloning Ethics”, or “Cloning Laws”. As well as sorting the information in topics and subtopics, it will have a link to web pages relevant to this same topic.
Display: The results will be displayed in a descending order of relevance (most relevant items appear at the top of the results). Relevance is determined through a combination of word occurrence frequency and a weighted value of the metadata fields being searched. Word occurrence in the Title is the weighted the most heavily. Alternate Title, Creator, Publisher, Classification, and Contributor are in the next lower tier of weight values. Occurrence in the URL and Description are given the lowest weight values.
Help Function: It is under the name “Using the archives” located on the left side of the page. It is easy to find, and very self explanatory. It provides you with the necessary tools in order for you to successfully find the expected information.
Special Features: Internet Research Project is a non-profit organization, with the aim of providing useful and accurate academic information to students, researchers, and is open for all the public. It also participates in these five different projects: AMSER, CWIS, Access NSDL, Learning Languages.net, and ATE Central.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
ENG 1020 RJA #7c: Field Research Plan
For the Field Research I will do a survey and interview. I will be interviewing via chat, my father, you is a veterinary living in Uruguay, since he works in a laboratory where they work with some cloned animals.
I will also like to do a survey where I will be asking to the public some general questions about cloning, like for example:
1-Would you clone yourself if you could?
2- Do you mind eating cloned food?
3- Are you pro or against cloning? Why?
4- Do you follow any religion? Does that affect your answers?
5- Should cloning be illegal?
I will be adding and refining my survey questions during this week, and plan on having everything done by the end of next week.
I will also like to do a survey where I will be asking to the public some general questions about cloning, like for example:
1-Would you clone yourself if you could?
2- Do you mind eating cloned food?
3- Are you pro or against cloning? Why?
4- Do you follow any religion? Does that affect your answers?
5- Should cloning be illegal?
I will be adding and refining my survey questions during this week, and plan on having everything done by the end of next week.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test
Resource Searched: Scout Report Archives
Keywords used: Cloning AND Ethics; Cloning +ethics.
Search Strategies used: Boolean: AND, OR
Search Engine Math: +
Date of Search: 10/5/09
Number of hits: 11
Relevance of hits: 4
(*, or NEAR didn’t give me any result)
Keywords used: Cloning AND Ethics; Cloning +ethics.
Search Strategies used: Boolean: AND, OR
Search Engine Math: +
Date of Search: 10/5/09
Number of hits: 11
Relevance of hits: 4
(*, or NEAR didn’t give me any result)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
ENG 1020- RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools
When I want to research something on the internet, what I usually do as a start point is to type the main topic of research or question on the browser, since it’s the first thing that appears on the page. Once I do that, then I get different web pages concerning my question or topic and browse through those. What I like about doing this is that I don’t narrow my options to only one search engine, but on the other hand sometimes you can get information that is irrelevant, or sales associated.
Though now, I find myself after doing that mainly as a tick, using google.com, yahoo.com, msn.com, Wikipedia.org, and the Auroria library.
I have found that the latter ones are much more accurate that just browsing on the web bar. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, that is where I used to go generally when I wanted some information about something that was scholar, though since this semester I have learned that the information can be non accurate I won’t be taking extremely seriously what I read there. When it comes to google.com and/or yahoo.com, these are the main engines in which I search for general information. I use msn.com mainly for when I want to check the weather Forecast since I can view it on degree Celsius, or for the news.
I have found Auroria.com extremely helpful on finding scholar related information, and really like the fact that I can trust the source.
Though now, I find myself after doing that mainly as a tick, using google.com, yahoo.com, msn.com, Wikipedia.org, and the Auroria library.
I have found that the latter ones are much more accurate that just browsing on the web bar. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, that is where I used to go generally when I wanted some information about something that was scholar, though since this semester I have learned that the information can be non accurate I won’t be taking extremely seriously what I read there. When it comes to google.com and/or yahoo.com, these are the main engines in which I search for general information. I use msn.com mainly for when I want to check the weather Forecast since I can view it on degree Celsius, or for the news.
I have found Auroria.com extremely helpful on finding scholar related information, and really like the fact that I can trust the source.
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