BLOG REFLECTION #4
As more library materials are made available on Electronic databases, the public comes to expect more data resources to be available on the library database. When purchasing new materials as manager of a public library, I would purchase electronic materials that library patrons could easily and conveniently access from their home computer or mobile access. When considering the storage expense and maintenance of hardcopy resource journals, many new resource additions will be purchased as electronic data.
As research on electronic databases show, improvements will have to be made in archiving large databases in the near future to preserve resource databases for future generations of online users. The fact is that printed material available as hard copy journals is not becoming obsolete because of electronic databases but because most printed journal materials is out of print. As for my personal experience with using electronic databases I found the vast amount of information offered is staggering. While there is a vast amount of electronic resource information like the ProQest databases, a user would still have to knowledge of how to perform productive searches to access the electronic information. I found this to be time consuming while researching scholarly journals. I do agree that in all, electronic data bases are still the wave of the present and future.
Library collections would be of the most benefit to academic sources such as schools, universities and other scholarly research needs. Hard copy journals would best kept in an academic setting library.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Lib204-Project 1
The concentration of research sub-categories I will be researching will be relating to the career field of Real Estate. From the ipl2 website, the Association and Organization search engine was first selected at URL: http://wwwopl.org. This web page is created by Internet Public Library and published by ipl2: Information You Can Trust. The language of this web site is English.
The website is a collection of internet sites that provide information which is useful when seeking information about a variety of professional and trade associations such as the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com. This website can be searched by association, organization institution, political party, advocacy, group, society, labor union, union, culture, art, politics, and academics.
I feel this website is for professional, political and academic use. Locating trade organizations by using this website is of high importance on this website by having the most sought out organizations listed. I would rate the website on scale from 1 to 10 as an 8. The use for academic use is very beneficial for the student seeking web locations for trade associations and organizations. The Association and Organization search engine also can be used to locate publications of different trade unions and is up-to-date with the information it provides. The websites I searched displayed the current dates for the information provided. The information offered on this website is without cost but some of the trade journals would require to be subscribed to and some of the trade organizations would require a membership fee. Each organization would have their own requirements which could be researched by using the Association and Organization from se ipl2 search engine to locate each one. This website is user friendly but it could the different organizations and associations could be found faster it were in a tighter alphabetical order. The subject button is very easy to use and much faster search option by locating the specified web page which a user can manually enter into a search locater.
The second reference website selected from the ipl2 website is the Census Data and Demographics search reference tool. The U.S. Census Bureau was selected from this categories and the URL address is: http://www.census.gov.
The United States government sponsors this website. This website offers all things pertaining to the U.S. Census. It is not limited to the census survey count but it also offers information on new residential construction and monthly retail sales which could be information sought by real estate agents or market major students.
This website is government sponsored and is non-profit to be used for academic purposes as well as professional and commercial users. Students seeking information about population growth, or many other demographic questions could utilize this website with success. Statistics students could benefit from having information on population growth. Business and marketing majors could find the best regional are in which to find their market groups. This U.S. Census Bureau website offers information for academic purposes for the reason to keep the student population informed to how businesses and the country are growing and the state of the economy.
The website can be searched by using the main page button which is mainly about the census survey which then offers narrower searches by data by geography or survey. These searches can be narrowed to data by sector which is economy-wide, construction, governments, International Trade, and manufacturing, to name a few of the specialized searches offered. Business and Industry have a separate searchable webpage as do people and a newsroom searchable button selection. I would rate this web site a 10 out of ten. The information offered on this site is free of charge and is current as can be on the Monthly and Annual retail Trade page. This website is offered by the US government and the census and business information can be verified if verification is requested. There is also information to assist the site user to determine if they are involved in a legitimate survey and offer help with filling out census forms. The website has all the information a student would be searching for but the student must also be persistent and continue the search. Because there is much information to click through on this one site which could be somewhat less condensed.
From the News and Current events category I selected Excite News at URL:http//news.excite.com/ which is a search engine for recent articles from over 30 online newspapers and magazines. The website main subjects are news resources, current events, and Internet New Websites and created by EXCITE and the source is excite.com. The language is English. After researching the website it can be seen that this is a commercial website and sponsors advertisements and is for profit. Students could benefit from the current e vents offered by t his website but this is not an f academics sponsor’s website. Searches can be performed by a ruler bar which has topics including Nat’l, Op, Politics, Govt, Business, Tech, Sci, and Entertainment.
There is a Top News search title which could be used for students searching for stories of breaking news in the USA or around the world. The website is very current with its current event stories which feature the latest breaking news stories and displays the time and date of the news articles. I feel this is a good search engine for academic use and have information found quickly and in abundance. The field of Real Estate would benefit from this website by having breaking news stories on the state of the economy available as it is presented. There is a search button for many major news media including New York Times and USA Today. I feel the website is valuable to commercial agents as well as students looking for recent news events. I rate the excite web search engine as a 9 but would like to see it to be less featured as a 9 because I would like to see it to be less featured like Yahoo’s news reporting format.
The last web search engine is the geography. Microsoft research maps located at http://msrmaps.com/. This website is useful to the real estate field and also to academic students. It is current and provides current air views of property. I feel the site is a 9 and is powered by Microsoft.
The website is a collection of internet sites that provide information which is useful when seeking information about a variety of professional and trade associations such as the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com. This website can be searched by association, organization institution, political party, advocacy, group, society, labor union, union, culture, art, politics, and academics.
I feel this website is for professional, political and academic use. Locating trade organizations by using this website is of high importance on this website by having the most sought out organizations listed. I would rate the website on scale from 1 to 10 as an 8. The use for academic use is very beneficial for the student seeking web locations for trade associations and organizations. The Association and Organization search engine also can be used to locate publications of different trade unions and is up-to-date with the information it provides. The websites I searched displayed the current dates for the information provided. The information offered on this website is without cost but some of the trade journals would require to be subscribed to and some of the trade organizations would require a membership fee. Each organization would have their own requirements which could be researched by using the Association and Organization from se ipl2 search engine to locate each one. This website is user friendly but it could the different organizations and associations could be found faster it were in a tighter alphabetical order. The subject button is very easy to use and much faster search option by locating the specified web page which a user can manually enter into a search locater.
The second reference website selected from the ipl2 website is the Census Data and Demographics search reference tool. The U.S. Census Bureau was selected from this categories and the URL address is: http://www.census.gov.
The United States government sponsors this website. This website offers all things pertaining to the U.S. Census. It is not limited to the census survey count but it also offers information on new residential construction and monthly retail sales which could be information sought by real estate agents or market major students.
This website is government sponsored and is non-profit to be used for academic purposes as well as professional and commercial users. Students seeking information about population growth, or many other demographic questions could utilize this website with success. Statistics students could benefit from having information on population growth. Business and marketing majors could find the best regional are in which to find their market groups. This U.S. Census Bureau website offers information for academic purposes for the reason to keep the student population informed to how businesses and the country are growing and the state of the economy.
The website can be searched by using the main page button which is mainly about the census survey which then offers narrower searches by data by geography or survey. These searches can be narrowed to data by sector which is economy-wide, construction, governments, International Trade, and manufacturing, to name a few of the specialized searches offered. Business and Industry have a separate searchable webpage as do people and a newsroom searchable button selection. I would rate this web site a 10 out of ten. The information offered on this site is free of charge and is current as can be on the Monthly and Annual retail Trade page. This website is offered by the US government and the census and business information can be verified if verification is requested. There is also information to assist the site user to determine if they are involved in a legitimate survey and offer help with filling out census forms. The website has all the information a student would be searching for but the student must also be persistent and continue the search. Because there is much information to click through on this one site which could be somewhat less condensed.
From the News and Current events category I selected Excite News at URL:http//news.excite.com/ which is a search engine for recent articles from over 30 online newspapers and magazines. The website main subjects are news resources, current events, and Internet New Websites and created by EXCITE and the source is excite.com. The language is English. After researching the website it can be seen that this is a commercial website and sponsors advertisements and is for profit. Students could benefit from the current e vents offered by t his website but this is not an f academics sponsor’s website. Searches can be performed by a ruler bar which has topics including Nat’l, Op, Politics, Govt, Business, Tech, Sci, and Entertainment.
There is a Top News search title which could be used for students searching for stories of breaking news in the USA or around the world. The website is very current with its current event stories which feature the latest breaking news stories and displays the time and date of the news articles. I feel this is a good search engine for academic use and have information found quickly and in abundance. The field of Real Estate would benefit from this website by having breaking news stories on the state of the economy available as it is presented. There is a search button for many major news media including New York Times and USA Today. I feel the website is valuable to commercial agents as well as students looking for recent news events. I rate the excite web search engine as a 9 but would like to see it to be less featured as a 9 because I would like to see it to be less featured like Yahoo’s news reporting format.
The last web search engine is the geography. Microsoft research maps located at http://msrmaps.com/. This website is useful to the real estate field and also to academic students. It is current and provides current air views of property. I feel the site is a 9 and is powered by Microsoft.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Blog Reflection #3 Journal Entry
Being introduced to other search engines is a great opportunity for students doing research and anyone searching for correct and updated information. I feel that having more than one search option to research a topic with adds a positive element to research. It is true that the web based Wikipedia often seems to have the information being sought but this information should be compared to or used in combination with other information found using more specialized searches. I have found that comparing and combining information from different sources is a better process while composing an informative and well researched paper.
Getting students to use other search engines should start at an early age. Family members, teachers, library staff should all offer the research web engines needed when a student asks for help with researching a subject Also, posting college library catalogs and other library catalogs as is shown on LBCC’s library home page, in easy viewing in the library would be helpful. Learning to research the right way will go a long way in preparing students, library patrons, and internet users to performing a well completed reference search.
Getting students to use other search engines should start at an early age. Family members, teachers, library staff should all offer the research web engines needed when a student asks for help with researching a subject Also, posting college library catalogs and other library catalogs as is shown on LBCC’s library home page, in easy viewing in the library would be helpful. Learning to research the right way will go a long way in preparing students, library patrons, and internet users to performing a well completed reference search.
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