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.

 

Saturday, February 2, 2013


1.      *I would go to the librarian and ask what a “biogeography” was and have them guide me. Or I would go onto the library data base and look up a definition in a subject encyclopedia. This may also give me an idea of what it should look like. *An encyclopedia would be background information. *and will be considered a secondary source.

2.      *By doing research in one or all of the three types of periodicals you can find. You can also use informational sources such as the newspaper, and magazines to find information on the subject. If you are doing a paper or something that will be graded or submitted in some way for further use then I would suggest looking at some scholarly periodicals that have been peer reviewed. *These are forms of background information. However if the journal is a collection of articles written by scholars in an academic or professional field it is considered foreground information. *If you use journal articles that talks about the warming of the climate or changing of the climate and is an interpretation of what the scientist found then it is a secondary source.

3.      *I would look in a data base for primary articles dealing with “anger issues, intervention” or “anger management”. *These would be considered Foreground information ant featured.   * Scholarly articles on the subject and academic journals or scientific journals are secondary information.

4.      *The professor would be effective with statistics of the DDT in the water and by looking in scientific journals for specific research projects done on the topic. *scientific journals are considered foreground information and this would be a *primary Source.

5.      By looking in a focused journal you could find out more information. *Foreground information and it would be * secondary information.

6.      Scholarly journal about the topic found in a data base by searching for president for a day or short term presidents. *Foreground information and * primary information.

7.      They can be found in the library speak –“Serials” can be both primary and secondary and

8.      *Original documents, diaries, journals, and pictures are all primary sources *these would be foreground information.

9.      *Trade publications these are background information and are *secondary information

10.  I would look at magazines that are featured on music. This would be a background information and primary source.