Unit 6

Search Terms Used: Internet

Brockman, John. Is the Internet changing the way you think? : the net's impact on our minds and future. New York: Harper Perennial, 2011.

Subject Headings: Internet - Social aspects

Circulating Book

Call Number: TK5105.875.I57 I8 2011

I believe this book is credible due to a couple things. Every year they post a new question to be answered by scientist, historians, philosophers, etc... For this particular book the question was "How is the Internet changing the way you think?" It's not being answered by just an average joe in other words, I'm sure that there is also input by anyone from anywhere, but the goal is to get input from credible sources. Also, it was published in New York, and was published very recently, in 2011. It included input from over 170 essayists. 

SUMMIT RESEARCH

Search Terms Used: Internet Society

Slevin, James. The Internet and Society. Malden, MA: Polity, 2000.

Related Subjects: Internet -- Social aspects, Computers and Civilization, Information society, Internet -- aspect social.

I believe this book is credible because it is fairly recent, and there are multiple reviews on the book. One of the reviews it an editorial review and it explains how sophisticated, well informed, and well based from a previous scholarship.

One of the biggest differences I noticed between the library catalog and the summit catalog was the number of results that showed up with the same search. Of course, summit had a lot more because it searches a number of WA and OR libraries. Other than that, they both came up with a lot of relevant books, and had a lot of information in regards to the summary, publishing, author, etc...

IT PRO

With IT Pro, you can narrow your results down to basically exactly what you're looking for. It gives you three separate areas you can type in keywords for what you're searching for, and from there you can choose if you want it to contain all words, any words, exact phrase, etc...
Google Books

Search Terms Used: Internet Society

Bakardjieva, Maria. Internet Society: The Internet In Everyday Life. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publication, 2005.

I believe it is trustworthy because Google lets you preview a certain amount of pages of the book. It lets you basically sample it, and you can read about the summary, publication, author, etc...

SUMMARY

I learned that there are numerous credible databases that are available to me. They are all similar, have similar results, and are easy to use, but they all have different ways of letting you view the book.  Also, each had their own ways that you could narrow down your search. Some searched a lot of databases while Clark's Library, for example, let you search their particular library only. So if you wanted local information, or global, you can find it with many different research databases, for free!

Unit Five

 PART 1
1. Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
"Vegetarian diet" AND healthier AND "meat diet"

2. Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?
WalMart AND Target AND Economy

3. Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism?
Educat* AND "commercial services" AND plagiarism

4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
Breeds AND dogs AND therapy

5. Debate the pros and cons of fish farming
Pros AND Cons AND "fish farming"

PART 2
Does the internet have positive or negative benefits on society?
Internet AND Benefits AND society
Internet AND "positive negative" AND benefits

Research Questions

What social impacts does the Internet have on us?
 My first choice would be to use the World Wide Web to find a reliable source It is such a broad topic so there would be many possible resources and subcategories to find. I would also consider using a book or magazine. Certain books and magazines that focus on technology would probably have some good information on this topic.

What modern uses do we have for the internet?
I would use a subject encyclopedia. An encyclopedia would give in-depth information on all the uses available to us from the internet. Other than that, I would use the World Wide Web as well as web-based news because they are updated regularly. 

Does the internet have positive or negative benefits on society?
I would use newspapers,  web-based news, books, and magazines. This is a social topic, so most social media of some sort would probably have some information on this.