Sunday, April 7, 2013


Unit 10 Assignment:

Passage number
Score
Reasoning of score
1
4
Correct documentation - This student did a good job of distinguishing between what research has said and their opinion
2
-2
Inadequate documentation - The writer did not cite the last sentence about George Washington, but alludes to the work.
3
-3
Fraud: Paraphrase/Summary – the writer does not give credit to anyone for the information.
4
-4
Fraud - The writer does not give credit for the information that is being talked about.
5
2
Started off with the documentation but one credit was not at the end of sentence. And other places throughout document was not given credit for the ideas.

 

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Discerning Citations


Part One:

1. Anderson, T.D. (2006), “Uncertainty in action: observing information seeking within the creative processes of scholarly research”, Information Research, Vol. 12 No. 1, available at: http://InformationR.net/ir/12-1/paper283.html (accessed 24 December 2006).

a)      This is a website.

b)      Copy and paste the URL in a search engine like Google

c)      For this web page you paste the URL hit search and it is the first on the list of many, click on it and to get a printed copy click on file on the top left corner of the page and in the drop down menu select print and follow directions on how to do so.

2. Belkin, N.J. (1980), “Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval”,

Canadian Journal of Information Science, Vol. 5, pp. 133-43.

a)      This is an article

b)      Find journal at WSU tab to see if WSU owns it and not this volume

c)      I could not find this journal volume or article in our library web site so I Goggled it. And found the full article to print. http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~tefko/Courses/612/Articles/BelkinAnomolous.pdf

3. Bilal, D. (2000), “Children’s use of the Yahooligans! Web search engine: I. Cognitive, physical and affective behaviors on fact-based search tasks”, Journal of the American Society for

Information Science, Vol. 5 No. 7, pp. 646-65.

a)      This is an article

b)      Find journal at WSU tab to see if WSU owns it and Yes they do

c)      Ran the journal title in Ulrichsweb found that the journal was in EBSCO Academic Search Complete – went there and searched the article title. It is available in pdf form.

4. Case, D. (2007), Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs

and Behavior, 2nd ed., Academic Press, Amsterdam.

a)      This is an article

b)      I went to Academic Search Complete first

c)      Ran title in EBSCO Academic Complete and found the article. You need to order it here.

5. Chowdhury, G.G. (2004), “Access and usability issues of scholarly electronic publications”,

In Gorman, G.E. and Rowland, F. (Eds), Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era. International

Yearbook of Library and Information Management, 2004/2005, Facet Publishing, London,

pp. 77-98.
a)      This is a chapter in a book

b)      Went to the find a book on the library home page.

c)      I typed in the title of the book “Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era. International Yearbook of Library and Information Management”


Part Two:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (n.d.). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations Statistical Database (FAOSTAT). http://faostat.fao.org/

a)      This is a Web page

b)      This is not at WSU it is on the internet. Type the URL in a search engine and search for the needed information.

Keller, J., & Roberts, M. (2004). Household-level irrigation for efficient water use and poverty alleviation. In V. Seng, E. Craswell, S. Fukai & K. Fischer (Eds.), Presented at the CARDI International Conference on Research on Water in Agricultural Production in Asia for the 21st Century, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 25 – 28 November 2003. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra.

a)      Presentation at a conference

b)      Search for the conference, “CARDI International Conference on Research on Water in Agricultural Production in Asia for the 21st Century” in WorldCat – then you would have to order the book, through ILLIAD

Carter, M., & Barrett, C. (2006). The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach. The Journal of Development Studies, 42(2). 178 – 199

a)      This is an Article

b)      Run the title of the journal in “Find Journal at WSU”  find the specific volume and order online text through EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete.

Part Three:
TITLE; The Journal of Development Studies
The content type is Academic/Scholarly
It is peer reviewed
It can be found online and in several other data basis such as; Dow Jones Factiva, EBSCOhost, Gale, LexisNexis, OCLC, ProQuest, Scholars Portal, Swets, Taylor & Francis,

 Part Four:
This is timed well. I am trying to redo citations for my History class, so this is coming in handy for me. I have learned how to tell the different citations apart from the others. This week’s activities have been good practice and was engaging. In the beginning I was apprehensive of what to do but am comfortable with the process now.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Unit 8


First Article :
 Sanderson, D., (2012). Building livelihoods to reduce risk among the most marginalized in urban areas: strategic approaches from Dhaka. Environment Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions, 11 (2 SI) 112 – 122. doi: 10.1080/17477891.2011.609881  

Found in; Web of Knowledge interface; Web of Science.
My references are made in APA as this is the format that the Human Development, Psychological, sociology uses APA stands for; American Psychological Association.
a.      Write a research question.
What are some solutions to poverty for Bangladesh?
b.      What are the main concepts of this question? Please list 2 or three primary concepts.
Solutions – Poverty - Bangladesh
c.       What are two alternate search terms for each primary concept?
Solution – end- stop / Poverty - Deprivation - poor
d. Use the Academic Search Complete thesaurus and look up one subject term for each of the main concepts of your research question.
Poverty – poor people / Control
e. Write a search statement that you can use to search for information to address your research question using the subject terms you found in the thesaurus. If there was not a subject term for one of your concepts use a keyword that makes sense to you.
Bangladesh and Poverty and Solution
f. Do a search in Academic Search Complete with your search words and Boolean operators. Tell me exactly what words and Boolean operators you used.
What I used: Bangladesh and Poverty and control
g. Tell me what database limiters you used in your search.
Article
 
Second Article :
Akhter, Z. (2008). Get a second chance to make a first impression: Eradicate the poverty level of the women farmer in bangladesh. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education--TOJDE, 9(1), 9-16.

Found In Eric Interface ProQuest

My references are made in APA as this is the format that the Human Development, Psychological, sociology uses APA stands for; American Psychological Association.
a. What are some solutions to poverty for Bangladesh?
b. Solutions – Poverty - Bangladesh
c. Control / Poverty - Deprivation
e. Bangladesh or “South Asia” and poverty and control
f. I used Bangladesh or “ South Asia” and poverty control
g. Peer- reviewed articles and timeline

Third Article;

Burney, J. A., & Naylor, R. L. (2012). Smallholder irrigation as a poverty alleviation tool in sub-saharan africa. World Development, 40(1), 110-123. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.007
Found In Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Interface ProQuest
My references are made in APA as this is the format that the Human Development, Psychological, sociology uses APA stands for; American Psychological Association.
a. What are some solutions to poverty for Bangladesh?
b. Solutions – Poverty - Bangladesh
c. Control / Poverty - Deprivation
e. Bangladesh or “South Asia” and poverty and control
f. I used Bangladesh or “ South Asia” and poverty control
g. none

Part Two – annotation from Academic Search Complete
Burney, J. A., & Naylor, R. L. (2012). Smallholder irrigation as a poverty alleviation tool in sub-saharan africa. World Development, 40(1), 110-123. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.007

 Part Three;
I found this assignment irritating at times. I still have a limited subject base, and I am having a hard time expanding it, even looking in the subject line. By looking there it seems to take me on a rabbit trail and ends up not helping much.

 

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Annotated Bib

a.      You have talked about your topic… now please write a research question.
What are possible solutions for the urban poverty in Bangladesh?
b.      What are the main concepts of this question? Please list 2 or three primary concepts.
Possible solutions
Urban poverty
Bangladesh
c.       What are two alternate search terms for each primary concept?
“Possible solutions” = Potential answers
 Poverty = Deprivation
d.   Use the Academic Search Complete thesaurus and look up one subject term for each of the main concepts of your research question.
      Potential answers -- potential barrier  
     Poverty – poor people
e. Write a search statement that you can use to search for information to address your research question using the subject terms you found in the thesaurus. If there was not a subject term for one of your concepts use a keyword that makes sense to you.
"Solution strengthening" and "Possible worlds" and "Potential barrier" and Bangladesh
f. Do a search in Academic Search Complete with your search words and Boolean operators. Tell me exactly what words and Boolean operators you used.
What I used: "Possible solutions" and poverty and Bangladesh
g. Tell me what database limiters you used in your search.
Scholarly and the timeline

Part Two – annotation from Academic Search Complete
ALAM, K. R. (2006, May 1). GANOKENDRA: AN INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR POVERTY. International Review of Education, Vol. 52(3/4), pp. p343-352. doi:10.1007/s11159-006-0003-z
 Descriptive:
·         Ganokendras (people’s learning center) along with the Government are targeting the women, because they are the most affected by poverty, and using a literacy-based tactic to ease poverty in Bangladesh.

·         The intended audience is educators and official business people (men/women) and purpose to inform of potential solutions by means of education of poverty.

·         This connects to my topic by the possible solutions of poverty by educating the people of Bangladesh that are affected the most.
Evaluative:
·         “Mr. Kazi Rafiqul Alam was born in 1948 and had his Master’s in Education from the University of Lancaster, UK and a Diploma in Literacy and Adult Education from ASFEC, Egypt. He has 35 years of experience in Management, Policy Planning, Training of Trainers and Materials Development in the NFE Sector. He is well recognized for his contribution in spreading education for children and adults within and outside the country.”

 
·         I have chosen this article because it is directly related to the research topic that I have been working on. It will fit in with my possible solutions for a group presentation in HD 403.

·         I trust the information because of the authority of the author and the relation to the information that I have already found on how poverty mainly affects the women of Bangladesh.

·         The viewpoint of this author is to teach and empower those whom need it. He is investing in the people. This relates to my topic because of what need that the author is explaining that is being met.

·         It was published in May of 2006 so it is relatively current and can be used.
Part Three;

This week I learned how to quickly do an Annotated Bibliography. I learned how to gather information to evaluate an article and put in a form that I can come back to and see exactly what I was thinking when I read the article. I can see what and where to use the information that I wanted to quickly and rather effectively.

 

Saturday, February 23, 2013


"Dog bread*" and "therapy pet*" = Top 10 service dogs   also gave me

Good Therapy Dog Breeds - Service & Therapy Dogs

Pro* and Con* and "fish farm*" = The Pros and Cons of Fish Farming

Earn* and "college graduate" and "high school diploma"

LA Times -- College graduates earn 84% more than high school.

   

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Week 4 Assignment


Found in Griffin;

Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: Insights and lessons from country experiences

Editors; Timothy Besley & Louise J. Cord (2006)

Location; WSU Internet All-WSU

WSU call number HD75 .D439 2007 (Electronic resource) 

Status; On-line

A = 2006

S = Yes there are sources

A = Tim Besley is a School Professor of Economics and LOUISE CORD is Sector Manager of the Poverty Reduction and Gender Group in the Latin America and Caribbean Region at the World Bank

P = World Bank Publications “Credible”

Ebooks;

Oxford Reference

The Oxford Companion to Global Change

Edited by David Cuff, Andrew Goudie

Published by; Oxford University

Date; 2008

A = 2008        

S = Yes there is a Bib

A= Heather A. Viles

P = Oxford University Press “Credible”

Book

Found in Worldcat libraries

Ending poverty in south Asia: ideas that work

Author; Deepa Narayan-Parker; Elena E Glinskaya I cannot find anything on these authors except the many books written by them.

Publisher; Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007

Both formats available; ebook and paper

A = 2007

S = yes

A = cannot find info. Other than other books they have written on the subject.

P = Washington D. C. World Bank

Summit

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Winston Yu; Mozaharul Alam; Ahmadul Hassan; Abu Saleh Khan; Alex Ruane

Publisher: London : Earthscan, 2010

Both formats available; ebook and paper

A = 2010        

S = yes           

A = Winston Yu; Mozaharul Alam; Ahmadul Hassan; Abu Saleh Khan; Alex Ruane

P = London : Earthscan

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Background searching on the WWW


TOPIC:         

                        I have two topics that I am using for this class. My first is the Maidu Indians; the next is Poverty among children in Bangladesh.  (Possible solutions)

Search Engine Used:

1.      Google Scholar: I like that it is scholarly articles or books and that it shows what form the suggestion is in.

                                    Ideas; May have to look for causes to find possible solutions.

                                    Note: Change words from possible to “Probable”, Bangladesh to “Asia”

                                                Distinctive term; “Probably solutions”

                                                Broad term; “Poverty”

                                                Narrow term; Poverty in Bangladesh among street children”

2.      With Yippy I got more direct choices. It gives me the cloud results to narrow my search to specific places.  I like it and have put it in my favorites.

3.      Infomine;  this search engine want you to pay for most of the information that came up in this one, not impressed by it at all.

Ipl2; game more information and did not charge.

                        Note terms of search; end poverty in Asia; end poverty in Bangladesh;

                                                Distinctive Term; end poverty

                                                Broad term; “poverty around the world”

                                                Narrow term; Poverty in Asia “solutions”

                                                Related Term; Poor children in Bangladesh

                                    The difference between the two I think was a little harder because of the narrow choices. I did not find much of anything that pertained to my topic. I had to change my direction a couple of times.


5.      A) The domain is Nonprofit Organization.

B) There is an “about us” link and the date of the last update was 2/4/2013. There is not a specified author on the bottom of the page, but is done by THE WORLD BANK GROUP.

C) Yes, there are links that go with the page for additional information.

D) The reputation is high but is referenced from work and school.

E) I think it is an OK page. It was put on the web to create a place to show information about Bangladesh at a glance. I think the information given is as credible as information given in journals. I think this is probably where people have gotten their information.

6. I have learned how to check for credibility of a web page and to make sure it is not fraudulent.