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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Reflection 2.
Today is the Second day of the EIR CDS!
We've completed lecture 2, the Internet Search Facilites.
With that, I've learnt about the different type of Search Engine and their uses and about how i should go about citing the resources i've used.
Through this lecture, i've learnt the proper way to search for informations by using the correct keywords and using wildcards i never knew existed.
Lectures as such will definitely benefit me in the near future. It will definitely come in handy as I will be required to complete multiple project works which requires lots of research work. By learning the proper way to search for the information i need, i will be able to get more precise results more efficiently.
Before this lecture, I thought that by citing a website simply meant copying and pasting the URL of the website or the Title and author of a book at the end of my document. I've never thought that even a simple task like citing a website requires much knowledge. There are even different ways to cite different resources! The fact that nobody had corrected me in this error either proved that not many people knew of this citation knowledge or they simply neglected the citation page.
This is pretty unfair for the purpose of citing is not only for future reference, but more importantly for acknowledging the work of others and being grateful that the information they provided has helped us in a way or another.
I feel that more people should come to know of the correct way to Citing a resource and learn the reason to why we cite resources. As small as this part might be, I believe that it is one of the most important page of a work.
After the lecture, we continued on the activities given.
I started searching for information related to my chosen question, Discuss the impact of alcoholism on youths, with my newly taught skill.
Following that, i was required to compare the search effectiveness of Google and Google Scholar. I came up with many conclusions and decided that only by using information from both search engine will i be able to compile a full-rounded research.
I believe that along the way when i come across more search engine, i will be able to get all sorts of answers to my question.
Another activity that i feel it's worth mentioning is about posting a new discussion topic in a discussion forum.
I posted a question on this forum called "sober recovery". I doubled check my question and use of language to make sure that i don't sound offensive as such. But to my surprise, I was banned from the forum, reason being they classified me as a survey taker. I have no idea that the forums do not allow such questions and they classify people who ask these questions as survey taker.
Therefore, I've learn that before i post threads in the forum, i have to make sure that it is the right place to post it and to read the forum rules before posting.
Alright that's it for today :)
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