Zhu Ye
LIBY1551
Revised Essay Response: Web Sites & Journal Articles
After I watched the Advanced Formats Presentation, I feel really regret that I didn’t watch this video earlier. When I was writing essays for other class, the professor always ask us to use scholarly resource to back up our claim. And list a reference in our writing; such as books, school articles and journal to support my idea. And I just search my topic and claims by Google, then find something related and linked to my essay. I cannot properly evaluate my searched website and wasted many time. There are many differences between a scholarly journal article and a website. However, I used to think that scholarly journal articles and websites are almost the same, just appear in different places. But now I have a clearly recognize that these two things are different.
For this essay, the basic question for us to answer is “What is the difference between a scholarly journal article and a website?” I don’t think this is a fair question for me about the fairness issue. I get really confused about this question. What’s the point about this question? Is it asking that web site and journal articles are different or not? Of course they are different, but they also get somewhere similarly. I don’t think this question is a good way to differentiate between the two formats fair.
As the “Advanced Formats Presentation” says that “Web sites, to some, signify ‘junk’ information.” While the “printed book, journals and newspapers, signify reliable, quality information to them”. They have similar and difference. One article can appear both in scholarly journal and website. The website and journal can offer exactly same article.
The scholarly journals’ articles are known as “peer-reviewed, academic, refereed, or professional journals”. The characters of scholarly journal can be separated from different parts. First of all, the author is researcher or scholar in the field and famous; for example, a mathematics professor in Harvard University is more expert than a primary teacher who teach math at elementary school. Secondly, the audiences are other scholars and professionals or students who familiar with the field, not people with few education. And the purpose for scholarly journals is not for commercial use or trade, but to report original research, experiment, or theories. And it cited its sources clearly in the references list.
In other words, a scholarly journal should have a nice general title and give us detail of content, such as references list; also some specific authors mentioned and affiliations with known reliable sources. We can conclude as clean authorship, a specific date, brief but fairly substantial and useful information for academic writing. Government documents can be used in scholarly journals also. Scholarly journals are some available online and they have their own web sites too. So we cannot say scholarly journals are absolutely inked and printed.
Another question for me to think about is the way that different formats manifest themselves online and does the process used to create the information in those formats change when online or in print. The scholarly article always have a simple and sententiousness look and don’t have any advertisement. But the website comes both ways, some schools have their own communication website and both professor and students upload their articles to share and revised. When we view them, it’s in HTML format (website), but when we want to download it; it has an option of document format. We can skip the mass of advertisements and only download the article. It’s a good use of website.
We need reliable information in our academic research, so we don’t need “off limits” web sites which is unsuitable and useless in our research. The website with many ads is not trustworthy for academic research. The purpose for that website is to sell stuff rather than offer you academic knowledge. Uncertain authority and very sloppy references is main characters of an “off limits” website. Blogs is important and widely used today, but we cannot use personal blogs as a college-level research source. These social networks are very easy to recognize, so you don’t want to use people’s diary in Facebook or MySpace as a support sources. But we can still find sources for academic writing in web sites. A website with a .org or .edu may more reliable than others in research. There is a link “about us” tells the information about who created this website and response for the article it posted. By checking these, we can decided if it is “off limits” or suitable for use.
2009年8月20日星期四
Revised Essay Response: Authority
Zhu Ye
LIBY1551
Revised Essay Response: Authority
Well, to me, it seems that if you want to be an expert in something, you must familiar with it. That’s the basic thing. Then after you get to know it, you have your own opinion of it. And you share it with your friends and learn from them. After a while, you may feel that it is not enough for you. And you start to learn from the internet or from the library. If you don’t have the chance to use these ways, you learn from strangers. And you correct yourself from the learning; your knowledge growth by time. And people who talked with you learn from you. You also learn from your experience. The longer you learning in one area or in one thing, the more you learn. And the more you learn, the more you get closer to be an expert. And talking about authority, in our mind, the authority always occurs to the field of professor or those people who are filled with knowledge. We all know that the knowledge and authority are all from people, from many experiments. But we also have social knowledge, they are from society, which means each person may have own opinion, and these opinions may be the authority in the future.
In the article “The Book Stops Here”, Daniel H. Pink discusses the way that the encyclopedias’ creation has changed by time. He tells us about the story of Wikipedia, an online self repair and free encyclopedias. How does it come from and who can contribute to it. And he also compares it with the traditional printed encyclopedias which created and worked by the “expert” approach.
He presents Wikipedia as a model and discusses it in many ways. The key of this model is free and fluid. It is open to anyone and the information may update any time. I think Wikipedia makes more sense than the traditional encyclopedias. People who edit in Wikipedia wants to contribute on it and share their knowledge with other people, not in purpose of harm the project. And it they offer the inaccurate information which misleading readers, other “crowd of amateurs” may find this error and correct freely and quickly.
For the “Crowd of amateurs” such as encyclopedias like Wikipedia, it is “fluid, fast, fixable, and free.” Anyone can contribute to it and made it better. However, the information they provide may radicalness or misleading people. But like the printed encyclopedias, their knowledge is limited. Just like the “expert” approach. Ignore this fact, the “expert” approach is more neutrality than “Crowd of amateurs”, all the articles are written without any bias.
Like the example gives in “The books stop here”, “Wikipedians are directed not to take a stand on controversial subjects like abortion or global warming but to fairly represent all sides.” Here we can see that neutrality is important to any encyclopedias; not only in “expert”, but also in “crowd of amateurs”.
The authority changes in different contexts, from the early autobiography, and then people were trying to get a model to organize those authorities of expert people, people finally learned to use computer to be their medium. For example, in the academic journals, the professor in famous college may consider authority if they teach for many years or published many academic scholar journals. For the books, the author must know if very well in order to write so many words. For Wikipedia, we talked about this above.
For students like me in college, we have to evaluate the quality of an information sources and tell if it is match for our academic writing. My understanding of authority is the library; the books store in the library must be authority. People who published a best seller book must be an expert in it. Also the encyclopedias are authority to me; both published and online. I will get authority from library, and I will use them that I learned to enhance my opinion or cripple others’ opinion. Those authorities will help me to display my thinking. However, when I face to a newest thinking or I never met before during academic work and non-academic work, I will never blindly trust a new authority, I should use more and more knowledge and self-estimation to solve those works.
LIBY1551
Revised Essay Response: Authority
Well, to me, it seems that if you want to be an expert in something, you must familiar with it. That’s the basic thing. Then after you get to know it, you have your own opinion of it. And you share it with your friends and learn from them. After a while, you may feel that it is not enough for you. And you start to learn from the internet or from the library. If you don’t have the chance to use these ways, you learn from strangers. And you correct yourself from the learning; your knowledge growth by time. And people who talked with you learn from you. You also learn from your experience. The longer you learning in one area or in one thing, the more you learn. And the more you learn, the more you get closer to be an expert. And talking about authority, in our mind, the authority always occurs to the field of professor or those people who are filled with knowledge. We all know that the knowledge and authority are all from people, from many experiments. But we also have social knowledge, they are from society, which means each person may have own opinion, and these opinions may be the authority in the future.
In the article “The Book Stops Here”, Daniel H. Pink discusses the way that the encyclopedias’ creation has changed by time. He tells us about the story of Wikipedia, an online self repair and free encyclopedias. How does it come from and who can contribute to it. And he also compares it with the traditional printed encyclopedias which created and worked by the “expert” approach.
He presents Wikipedia as a model and discusses it in many ways. The key of this model is free and fluid. It is open to anyone and the information may update any time. I think Wikipedia makes more sense than the traditional encyclopedias. People who edit in Wikipedia wants to contribute on it and share their knowledge with other people, not in purpose of harm the project. And it they offer the inaccurate information which misleading readers, other “crowd of amateurs” may find this error and correct freely and quickly.
For the “Crowd of amateurs” such as encyclopedias like Wikipedia, it is “fluid, fast, fixable, and free.” Anyone can contribute to it and made it better. However, the information they provide may radicalness or misleading people. But like the printed encyclopedias, their knowledge is limited. Just like the “expert” approach. Ignore this fact, the “expert” approach is more neutrality than “Crowd of amateurs”, all the articles are written without any bias.
Like the example gives in “The books stop here”, “Wikipedians are directed not to take a stand on controversial subjects like abortion or global warming but to fairly represent all sides.” Here we can see that neutrality is important to any encyclopedias; not only in “expert”, but also in “crowd of amateurs”.
The authority changes in different contexts, from the early autobiography, and then people were trying to get a model to organize those authorities of expert people, people finally learned to use computer to be their medium. For example, in the academic journals, the professor in famous college may consider authority if they teach for many years or published many academic scholar journals. For the books, the author must know if very well in order to write so many words. For Wikipedia, we talked about this above.
For students like me in college, we have to evaluate the quality of an information sources and tell if it is match for our academic writing. My understanding of authority is the library; the books store in the library must be authority. People who published a best seller book must be an expert in it. Also the encyclopedias are authority to me; both published and online. I will get authority from library, and I will use them that I learned to enhance my opinion or cripple others’ opinion. Those authorities will help me to display my thinking. However, when I face to a newest thinking or I never met before during academic work and non-academic work, I will never blindly trust a new authority, I should use more and more knowledge and self-estimation to solve those works.
Get to know web-based apps (optional extra credit)
Directions:* Choose two applications from different categories above.
I choose Google docs from Office functions categories and Gliffy from Visual/mindmaps categories.
* Create an account for each application and/or install application on your browser (if necessary).
I use my Gmail to apply an account and set the password and account name. And I also sign up for Gliffy for free. I use the same account name in order to remember.
* Create a simple document/spreadsheet/presentation/mindmap/note/whatever and play around and check out the features of each application.Answer the following questions about each application:
1. Tell me about the application and what you found out while exploring it. Post a link to your creation in your workbook.
There are many uses for Gliffy, as on the website, we can do “Flow Charts, Network Diagrams, Business Process Diagrams, Org Charts, Floor Plans, Technical Drawing, SWOT Analysis, UML/Class Diagrams, UI Wireframes” and so on. I like the Floor Plans very much. It’s very funny for me to do the floor plan online. By Gliffy, I don’t need to draw the pictures and can create the room’s organized in my mind.
http://www.gliffy.com/gliffy/#d=1797979&t=bedroom_plan
This is the link for my bedroom plan. I will develop it in the future when I have more time to do it. There are many options on the floor plan. I get something belong to living room and add them into my bedroom. I did mix the stuff together. I put pool table into my living room. I like pool!
And for the Docs Google, after I upload one of my essays, I found that it is similar to Windows Office Word, it got spelling check, it can insert pictures, diagram and blank pages and it almost has everything I need to write an article. And the most important thing is that it is free! Also it has the option of share. I can share it with whoever I want easily. I just need to post it into Google docs and send the links to my friends; I can receive their feedback immediately and can view different editions.
http://docs.google.com/Edit?docid=dcq6cpgd_6d67rj7hr
And this is the link for Docs Google, I share it with your email address, I hope you get it.
2. What might you use this application for in your school and personal life? What special feature of this application do you like best and how does it work?
For the Floor Plan, I will use it in personal life in the future absolutely. It’s really a useful tool. I have a lot of fun in doing this, and it encourages my ability of organization and creation.
For Docs Google, I think it’s a good way for me to upload and save my essays. I can edit it online in case I forgot my U disk or didn’t bring the laptop. Also I can share it with other people safely and quickly. When I renew it, I don’t need to send it again. I’m sure there will be more beneficial, I just didn’t get them all in short time. That’s why I will keep use this in both my school and personal life. They are free and helpful!
I choose Google docs from Office functions categories and Gliffy from Visual/mindmaps categories.
* Create an account for each application and/or install application on your browser (if necessary).
I use my Gmail to apply an account and set the password and account name. And I also sign up for Gliffy for free. I use the same account name in order to remember.
* Create a simple document/spreadsheet/presentation/mindmap/note/whatever and play around and check out the features of each application.Answer the following questions about each application:
1. Tell me about the application and what you found out while exploring it. Post a link to your creation in your workbook.
There are many uses for Gliffy, as on the website, we can do “Flow Charts, Network Diagrams, Business Process Diagrams, Org Charts, Floor Plans, Technical Drawing, SWOT Analysis, UML/Class Diagrams, UI Wireframes” and so on. I like the Floor Plans very much. It’s very funny for me to do the floor plan online. By Gliffy, I don’t need to draw the pictures and can create the room’s organized in my mind.
http://www.gliffy.com/gliffy/#d=1797979&t=bedroom_plan
This is the link for my bedroom plan. I will develop it in the future when I have more time to do it. There are many options on the floor plan. I get something belong to living room and add them into my bedroom. I did mix the stuff together. I put pool table into my living room. I like pool!
And for the Docs Google, after I upload one of my essays, I found that it is similar to Windows Office Word, it got spelling check, it can insert pictures, diagram and blank pages and it almost has everything I need to write an article. And the most important thing is that it is free! Also it has the option of share. I can share it with whoever I want easily. I just need to post it into Google docs and send the links to my friends; I can receive their feedback immediately and can view different editions.
http://docs.google.com/Edit?docid=dcq6cpgd_6d67rj7hr
And this is the link for Docs Google, I share it with your email address, I hope you get it.
2. What might you use this application for in your school and personal life? What special feature of this application do you like best and how does it work?
For the Floor Plan, I will use it in personal life in the future absolutely. It’s really a useful tool. I have a lot of fun in doing this, and it encourages my ability of organization and creation.
For Docs Google, I think it’s a good way for me to upload and save my essays. I can edit it online in case I forgot my U disk or didn’t bring the laptop. Also I can share it with other people safely and quickly. When I renew it, I don’t need to send it again. I’m sure there will be more beneficial, I just didn’t get them all in short time. That’s why I will keep use this in both my school and personal life. They are free and helpful!
2009年8月6日星期四
Academic Search Premier
There are 6 main types of published works you will find in Academic Search Premier
1. empirical research articles (in which experimental research is documented) [academic journals]
2. theoretical or review articles [academic journals]
3. commentary/response articles [academic journals]
4. magazine and newspaper articles [popular literature]
5. book reviews [both academic and popular]
To answer the following questions, you will need to find each article in Academic Search Premier using the information provided. You may need to limit by specific fields and explore other limiters from the Refine Search menu in order to do this, take your time. Once you find each article, read its abstract and answer the questions.
1. Which of the above types of published works would be considered primary sources?
+ empirical research articles
+theoretical or review articles
+magazine and newspaper articles
2. The author is Tripathi and the article title is “Land of the blessed.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
The type is a book review.
The APA format :Tripathi, S. (2008, January 21). Land of the blessed. New Statesman, 137(4880), 55-56. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
3. The author is Carpenter and it was published in “Prevention” in 2008. What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
I believe there are actually two articles that are able to answer this.
a. This is a popular literature- magazine or newspaper article.
The APA format: Carpenter, S. (2008, February). joy: how to make it last. Prevention, 60(2), 182-187. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
b. This is a popular literature- magazine or newspaper article.
The APA format:Carpenter, S. (2008, December). IS YOUR PARENT OVER-MEDICATED?. Prevention, 60(12), 142-151. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
4. The author is Boehm and it was published in “Journal of Career Assessment.” What type of article is it? What is the main conclusion of the article? Cite it in correct APA format.
Academic Journal article- theoretical or review article
Conclusion: The author talks about how happiness is what makes a successful workplace, rather than happiness just coming from the workplace.
The APA format: Boehm, J. (2008, February). Does Happiness Promote Career Success?. Journal of Career Assessment, 16(1), 101-116. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
5. The author is Farmer and it is published in “Foreign Affairs.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
This is a commentary/response article to the essay "The Challenge of Global Health."
The APA format: Farmer, P. (2007). From Marvelous Momentum to Health Care for All. . (pp. 155-159). Foreign Affairs. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
6. The authors are Levin, Reysen & Ganz and the article title is “The kindness of strangers revisited.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
This is an Academic Journal article- empirical research article
The APA format:Levine, R., Reysen, S., & Ganz, E. (2008, February). The kindness of strangers revisited: a comparison of 24 US cities. Social Indicators Research, 85(3), 461-481.
1. empirical research articles (in which experimental research is documented) [academic journals]
2. theoretical or review articles [academic journals]
3. commentary/response articles [academic journals]
4. magazine and newspaper articles [popular literature]
5. book reviews [both academic and popular]
To answer the following questions, you will need to find each article in Academic Search Premier using the information provided. You may need to limit by specific fields and explore other limiters from the Refine Search menu in order to do this, take your time. Once you find each article, read its abstract and answer the questions.
1. Which of the above types of published works would be considered primary sources?
+ empirical research articles
+theoretical or review articles
+magazine and newspaper articles
2. The author is Tripathi and the article title is “Land of the blessed.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
The type is a book review.
The APA format :Tripathi, S. (2008, January 21). Land of the blessed. New Statesman, 137(4880), 55-56. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
3. The author is Carpenter and it was published in “Prevention” in 2008. What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
I believe there are actually two articles that are able to answer this.
a. This is a popular literature- magazine or newspaper article.
The APA format: Carpenter, S. (2008, February). joy: how to make it last. Prevention, 60(2), 182-187. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
b. This is a popular literature- magazine or newspaper article.
The APA format:Carpenter, S. (2008, December). IS YOUR PARENT OVER-MEDICATED?. Prevention, 60(12), 142-151. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
4. The author is Boehm and it was published in “Journal of Career Assessment.” What type of article is it? What is the main conclusion of the article? Cite it in correct APA format.
Academic Journal article- theoretical or review article
Conclusion: The author talks about how happiness is what makes a successful workplace, rather than happiness just coming from the workplace.
The APA format: Boehm, J. (2008, February). Does Happiness Promote Career Success?. Journal of Career Assessment, 16(1), 101-116. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
5. The author is Farmer and it is published in “Foreign Affairs.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
This is a commentary/response article to the essay "The Challenge of Global Health."
The APA format: Farmer, P. (2007). From Marvelous Momentum to Health Care for All. . (pp. 155-159). Foreign Affairs. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
6. The authors are Levin, Reysen & Ganz and the article title is “The kindness of strangers revisited.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
This is an Academic Journal article- empirical research article
The APA format:Levine, R., Reysen, S., & Ganz, E. (2008, February). The kindness of strangers revisited: a comparison of 24 US cities. Social Indicators Research, 85(3), 461-481.
2009年8月1日星期六
Essay two
Well, to me, it seems that if you want to be an expert in something, you must familiar with it. That’s the basic thing. Then after you get to know it, you have your own opinion of it. And you share it with your friends and learn from them. After a while, you may feel that it is not enough for you. And you start to learn from the internet or from the library. If you don’t have the chance to use these ways, you learn from strangers. And you correct yourself from the learning; your knowledge growth by time. And people who talked with you learn from you. You also learn from your experience. The longer you learning in one area or in one thing, the more you learn. And the more you learn, the more you get closer to be an expert.
In the article “The Book Stops Here”, Daniel H. Pink discusses the way that the encyclopedias’ creation has changed by time. He tells us about the story of Wikipedia, an online self repair and free encyclopedias. How does it come from and who can contribute to it. And he also compares it with the traditional printed encyclopedias which created and worked by the “expert” approach.
He presents Wikipedia as a model and discusses it in many ways. The key of this model is free and fluid. It is open to anyone and the information may update any time. I think Wikipedia makes more sense than the traditional encyclopedias. People who edit in Wikipedia wants to contribute on it and share their knowledge with other people, not in purpose of harm the project. And it they offer the inaccurate information which misleading readers, other “crowd of amateurs” may find this error and correct freely and quickly.
For the “Crowd of amateurs” such as encyclopedias like Wikipedia, it is “fluid, fast, fixable, and free.” Anyone can contribute to it and made it better. However, the information they provide may radicalness or misleading people. But like the printed encyclopedias, their knowledge is limited. Just like the “expert” approach. Ignore this fact, the “expert” approach is more neutrality than “Crowd of amateurs”, all the articles are written without any bias.
Like the example gives in “The books stop here”, “Wikipedians are directed not to take a stand on controversial subjects like abortion or global warming but to fairly represent all sides.” Here we can see that neutrality is important to any encyclopedias; not only in “expert”, but also in “crowd of amateurs”.
The authority changes in different contexts, for example, in the academic journals, the professor in famous college may consider authority if they teach for many years or published many academic scholar journals. For the books, the author must know if very well in order to write so many words. For Wikipedia, we talked about this above.
For students like me in college, we have to evaluate the quality of an information sources and tell if it is match for our academic writing. My understanding of authority is the library; the books store in the library must be authority. People who published a best seller book must be an expert in it. Also the encyclopedias are authority to me; both published and online.
In the article “The Book Stops Here”, Daniel H. Pink discusses the way that the encyclopedias’ creation has changed by time. He tells us about the story of Wikipedia, an online self repair and free encyclopedias. How does it come from and who can contribute to it. And he also compares it with the traditional printed encyclopedias which created and worked by the “expert” approach.
He presents Wikipedia as a model and discusses it in many ways. The key of this model is free and fluid. It is open to anyone and the information may update any time. I think Wikipedia makes more sense than the traditional encyclopedias. People who edit in Wikipedia wants to contribute on it and share their knowledge with other people, not in purpose of harm the project. And it they offer the inaccurate information which misleading readers, other “crowd of amateurs” may find this error and correct freely and quickly.
For the “Crowd of amateurs” such as encyclopedias like Wikipedia, it is “fluid, fast, fixable, and free.” Anyone can contribute to it and made it better. However, the information they provide may radicalness or misleading people. But like the printed encyclopedias, their knowledge is limited. Just like the “expert” approach. Ignore this fact, the “expert” approach is more neutrality than “Crowd of amateurs”, all the articles are written without any bias.
Like the example gives in “The books stop here”, “Wikipedians are directed not to take a stand on controversial subjects like abortion or global warming but to fairly represent all sides.” Here we can see that neutrality is important to any encyclopedias; not only in “expert”, but also in “crowd of amateurs”.
The authority changes in different contexts, for example, in the academic journals, the professor in famous college may consider authority if they teach for many years or published many academic scholar journals. For the books, the author must know if very well in order to write so many words. For Wikipedia, we talked about this above.
For students like me in college, we have to evaluate the quality of an information sources and tell if it is match for our academic writing. My understanding of authority is the library; the books store in the library must be authority. People who published a best seller book must be an expert in it. Also the encyclopedias are authority to me; both published and online.
2009年7月30日星期四
Boolean Searching Strategies
Directions: Post all answers for both sections to your blog.
Watch the Boolean presentation before completing this exercise.
The following candies are records in your database. They have the following properties:
Twix contain chocolate, cookie, and caramel
Caramel Kisses chocolate and caramel
Snickers contain chocolate, caramel, and nuts
Kit Kat contain chocolate and cookie
Caramels contain caramel (!)
What would be the results of the following search statements?
Example: If my Boolean statement is Chocolate AND Caramel, the results in my candy database (those candies that contain both chocolate and caramel) would be Twix, Caramel kisses, & Snickers. Now you try it:
1. Caramel NOT Nuts = twix, caramel kisses, and caramels
2. Chocolate OR Caramel = twix, caramel kisses, snickers, kit kat, caramels
3. (Chocolate AND Caramel) NOT Cookie = caramel kisses, snickers
4. Chocolate OR Nuts = twix, caramel kisses, snickers, kit kat
5. Cookie AND Chocolate = twix, kit kat
6. Chocolate NOT Caramel = kit kat
7. Nuts OR Caramel = twix, caramel kiss, snickers, caramels
*We highly recommend that you use this exercise as an excuse to eat candy. The candy pieces are the records in your (chocolaty) database!
Searching Haystac
1. Go to the library home page (http://library.csueastbay.edu).
Run a Keyword search on the following term: Colonialism
How many hits did you get? 355
Who is the author of the first work on your results list? Cohen, Benjamin B
What type of work is this? EBOOKS
2. Click "modify search" to go to the library catalog’s Advanced Search page. Add United States to the second search box. Leave colonialism in the first box.
How many results did you get? 47
Find the result authored by Kharem, Haroon.
What's the title of this work? A curriculum of repression : A pedagogy of racial history in the United States
What is the Call Number? LC2741 .K53 2006
Where in the library would you go to get this book? (hint--check the library floor plans by following the Maps link at the very bottom of the library home page)
Learning Commons, Lower floor
Use the information in the record for this work to create an APA citation.
Refer the APA Citation Guidelines handout from week 2 for help.
Kharem, Haroon. (2006). A curriculum of repression : A pedagogy of racial history in the United States. New York: P. Lang.
3. Click "back" on your browser, then "modify search." In the search box, add Britain to create the statement (United States OR Britain). Remember that OR widens your search results, instructing the library catalog to return all results with "united states" or "Britain" somewhere in the record, and also the term "colonialism."
How many results did you get? 24197
What is the title of the first work on your results list? Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society: A Multi-Disciplinary Handbook
List two subject headings for this work: Minorities – Mental Health Services; Social Psychiatry
Look carefully at this record. Why did the library catalog pull up this book (where did it find a match for your search phrase?) It found a match in the contents/subject headings.
Use the information in the record for this work to create an APA citation. Refer to the APA Citation Guidelines handout from week 2 for help.
Fernando, S., & Keating, F. (Eds.). (2009). Mental health in a multi-ethnic society: A multi-disciplinary handbook. New York: Routledge.
4. Return to the main Haystac search page (you can click Another Search). Type the following into the first search box: global warming
Under Limits, choose "Reference Collection" from the location menu.
Under Sorted By: Search and Sort, choose "sorted bv date"
What is the title of the most recent work (top of the list)
Endangered Species
Where in the library would you find this?
QH75. E665 2008 (Reference Stacks): Southside of the Upper Mall
5. Now start over and run a search for a video about global warming (search and sort by date).
What is the most recently produced video in the library?
An Inconvenient Truth
What is this video's call number?
DVD 572
Where in the library would you go to get this?
Reserves: Upper Mall at the Reserves Desk
Watch the Boolean presentation before completing this exercise.
The following candies are records in your database. They have the following properties:
Twix contain chocolate, cookie, and caramel
Caramel Kisses chocolate and caramel
Snickers contain chocolate, caramel, and nuts
Kit Kat contain chocolate and cookie
Caramels contain caramel (!)
What would be the results of the following search statements?
Example: If my Boolean statement is Chocolate AND Caramel, the results in my candy database (those candies that contain both chocolate and caramel) would be Twix, Caramel kisses, & Snickers. Now you try it:
1. Caramel NOT Nuts = twix, caramel kisses, and caramels
2. Chocolate OR Caramel = twix, caramel kisses, snickers, kit kat, caramels
3. (Chocolate AND Caramel) NOT Cookie = caramel kisses, snickers
4. Chocolate OR Nuts = twix, caramel kisses, snickers, kit kat
5. Cookie AND Chocolate = twix, kit kat
6. Chocolate NOT Caramel = kit kat
7. Nuts OR Caramel = twix, caramel kiss, snickers, caramels
*We highly recommend that you use this exercise as an excuse to eat candy. The candy pieces are the records in your (chocolaty) database!
Searching Haystac
1. Go to the library home page (http://library.csueastbay.edu).
Run a Keyword search on the following term: Colonialism
How many hits did you get? 355
Who is the author of the first work on your results list? Cohen, Benjamin B
What type of work is this? EBOOKS
2. Click "modify search" to go to the library catalog’s Advanced Search page. Add United States to the second search box. Leave colonialism in the first box.
How many results did you get? 47
Find the result authored by Kharem, Haroon.
What's the title of this work? A curriculum of repression : A pedagogy of racial history in the United States
What is the Call Number? LC2741 .K53 2006
Where in the library would you go to get this book? (hint--check the library floor plans by following the Maps link at the very bottom of the library home page)
Learning Commons, Lower floor
Use the information in the record for this work to create an APA citation.
Refer the APA Citation Guidelines handout from week 2 for help.
Kharem, Haroon. (2006). A curriculum of repression : A pedagogy of racial history in the United States. New York: P. Lang.
3. Click "back" on your browser, then "modify search." In the search box, add Britain to create the statement (United States OR Britain). Remember that OR widens your search results, instructing the library catalog to return all results with "united states" or "Britain" somewhere in the record, and also the term "colonialism."
How many results did you get? 24197
What is the title of the first work on your results list? Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society: A Multi-Disciplinary Handbook
List two subject headings for this work: Minorities – Mental Health Services; Social Psychiatry
Look carefully at this record. Why did the library catalog pull up this book (where did it find a match for your search phrase?) It found a match in the contents/subject headings.
Use the information in the record for this work to create an APA citation. Refer to the APA Citation Guidelines handout from week 2 for help.
Fernando, S., & Keating, F. (Eds.). (2009). Mental health in a multi-ethnic society: A multi-disciplinary handbook. New York: Routledge.
4. Return to the main Haystac search page (you can click Another Search). Type the following into the first search box: global warming
Under Limits, choose "Reference Collection" from the location menu.
Under Sorted By: Search and Sort, choose "sorted bv date"
What is the title of the most recent work (top of the list)
Endangered Species
Where in the library would you find this?
QH75. E665 2008 (Reference Stacks): Southside of the Upper Mall
5. Now start over and run a search for a video about global warming (search and sort by date).
What is the most recently produced video in the library?
An Inconvenient Truth
What is this video's call number?
DVD 572
Where in the library would you go to get this?
Reserves: Upper Mall at the Reserves Desk
2009年7月23日星期四
Essay one
Zhu Ye
Julian Prentice
LIBY1551
July 23, 2009
Essay one
After I watched the Advanced Formats Presentation, I feel really regret that I didn’t watch this video earlier. When I was writing essays for other class, the professor always ask us to use reference in our writing; such as books, school articles and journal to support my idea. And I just search my topic and claims by google, then find something related and linked to my essay. I cannot properly evaluate my searched website and wasted many time. There are many differences between a scholarly journal article and a website. However, I used to think that scholarly journal articles and websites are almost the same, just appear in different places. But now I have a clearly recognize that these two things are different.
As the “Advanced Formats Presentation” says that “Web sites, to some, signify ‘junk’ information.” While the “printed book, journals and newspapers, signify reliable, quality information to them”.
The scholarly journals’ articles are known as peer-reviewed, academic, refereed, or professional journals. The characters of scholarly journal can be separated from different parts. First of all, the author is researcher or scholar in the field and famous; such as professor in Harvard University. Secondly, the audiences are other scholars and professionals or students who familiar with the field, not people with few education. And the purpose for scholarly journals is not for commercial use or trade, but to report original research, experiment, or theories. And it cited its sources clearly in the references list.
In other words, a scholarly journal should have a nice general title and give us detail of content, such as references list; also some specific authors mentioned and affiliations with known reliable sources. We can conclude as clean authorship, a specific date, brief but fairly substantial and useful information for academic writing. Government documents can be used in scholarly journals also. Scholarly journals are some available online and they have their own web sites too. So we cannot say scholarly journals are absolutely inked and printed.
We need reliable information in our academic research, so we don’t need “off limits” web sites which is unsuitable and useless in our research. The website with many ads is not trustworthy for academic research. The purpose for that website is to sell stuff rather than offer you academic knowledge. Uncertain authority and very sloppy references is main characters of an “off limits” website. Blogs is important and widely used today, but we cannot use personal blogs as a college-level research source. These social networks are very easy to recognize, so you don’t want to use people’s diary in Facebook or MySpace as a support sources. But we can still find sources for academic writing in web sites. A website with a .org or .edu may more reliable than others in research. There is a link “about us” tells the information about who created this website and response for the article it posted. By checking these, we can decided if it is “off limits” or suitable for use.
Julian Prentice
LIBY1551
July 23, 2009
Essay one
After I watched the Advanced Formats Presentation, I feel really regret that I didn’t watch this video earlier. When I was writing essays for other class, the professor always ask us to use reference in our writing; such as books, school articles and journal to support my idea. And I just search my topic and claims by google, then find something related and linked to my essay. I cannot properly evaluate my searched website and wasted many time. There are many differences between a scholarly journal article and a website. However, I used to think that scholarly journal articles and websites are almost the same, just appear in different places. But now I have a clearly recognize that these two things are different.
As the “Advanced Formats Presentation” says that “Web sites, to some, signify ‘junk’ information.” While the “printed book, journals and newspapers, signify reliable, quality information to them”.
The scholarly journals’ articles are known as peer-reviewed, academic, refereed, or professional journals. The characters of scholarly journal can be separated from different parts. First of all, the author is researcher or scholar in the field and famous; such as professor in Harvard University. Secondly, the audiences are other scholars and professionals or students who familiar with the field, not people with few education. And the purpose for scholarly journals is not for commercial use or trade, but to report original research, experiment, or theories. And it cited its sources clearly in the references list.
In other words, a scholarly journal should have a nice general title and give us detail of content, such as references list; also some specific authors mentioned and affiliations with known reliable sources. We can conclude as clean authorship, a specific date, brief but fairly substantial and useful information for academic writing. Government documents can be used in scholarly journals also. Scholarly journals are some available online and they have their own web sites too. So we cannot say scholarly journals are absolutely inked and printed.
We need reliable information in our academic research, so we don’t need “off limits” web sites which is unsuitable and useless in our research. The website with many ads is not trustworthy for academic research. The purpose for that website is to sell stuff rather than offer you academic knowledge. Uncertain authority and very sloppy references is main characters of an “off limits” website. Blogs is important and widely used today, but we cannot use personal blogs as a college-level research source. These social networks are very easy to recognize, so you don’t want to use people’s diary in Facebook or MySpace as a support sources. But we can still find sources for academic writing in web sites. A website with a .org or .edu may more reliable than others in research. There is a link “about us” tells the information about who created this website and response for the article it posted. By checking these, we can decided if it is “off limits” or suitable for use.
2009年7月9日星期四
Exercise—Topic Development and Research Questions
Part I. Good Question/Bad Question
Read the following and decide whether or not you think each is a good research question. Briefly explain your answer. If you think a question is weak, explain how you would make it stronger.
Ø What happened in the Darfur region of Western Sudan this past year?
I think it's a good research question because it's not too narrow or too broad.
Ø Did news coverage of the poor conditions at the U.S. Military’s Walter Reed Medical Center result in improved care of the veterans housed there?
I think it may be a good research question but I'm not sure.
Ø Did Germany invade Poland during the Second World War?
I think this is a weak question. The results of the answer to this question will be simply "yes" or "no". I will search “Explain how Germany invaded Poland during the Second World War.” in order to get better results.
Ø Does the media cause eating disorders in women?
It is an interesting topic but we can narrow it simply add the age of women.
Ø Is there evidence that vocational training programs in California prisons impact recidivism (re-offense) rates?
Good question.
I will search as: "Does vocational training programs in California prisons lower recidivism(re-offense) rates and how?"
Part II: Answer the following questions.
1. When you’re developing a research topic, you should be able to talk for one minute about that topic. Explain why, and how you’d prepare yourself.
When we have something to say, one minute seems to pass very quick just like one second. We need to have some knowledge of the thing we want to say and get enough information about it. Then when we talk about it, it's really easy.
I will remember the main facts and some important claim when I prepare.
2. Describe some ways you can narrow the focus of a research topic.
Narrow a topic is easy to me. When I'm writing about something, I always focus on certain opinion, or focus on the keyword, age, country, time period, etc.
Read the following and decide whether or not you think each is a good research question. Briefly explain your answer. If you think a question is weak, explain how you would make it stronger.
Ø What happened in the Darfur region of Western Sudan this past year?
I think it's a good research question because it's not too narrow or too broad.
Ø Did news coverage of the poor conditions at the U.S. Military’s Walter Reed Medical Center result in improved care of the veterans housed there?
I think it may be a good research question but I'm not sure.
Ø Did Germany invade Poland during the Second World War?
I think this is a weak question. The results of the answer to this question will be simply "yes" or "no". I will search “Explain how Germany invaded Poland during the Second World War.” in order to get better results.
Ø Does the media cause eating disorders in women?
It is an interesting topic but we can narrow it simply add the age of women.
Ø Is there evidence that vocational training programs in California prisons impact recidivism (re-offense) rates?
Good question.
I will search as: "Does vocational training programs in California prisons lower recidivism(re-offense) rates and how?"
Part II: Answer the following questions.
1. When you’re developing a research topic, you should be able to talk for one minute about that topic. Explain why, and how you’d prepare yourself.
When we have something to say, one minute seems to pass very quick just like one second. We need to have some knowledge of the thing we want to say and get enough information about it. Then when we talk about it, it's really easy.
I will remember the main facts and some important claim when I prepare.
2. Describe some ways you can narrow the focus of a research topic.
Narrow a topic is easy to me. When I'm writing about something, I always focus on certain opinion, or focus on the keyword, age, country, time period, etc.
2009年7月2日星期四
Plagiarism & Citation Assignment
Directions: Post all answers to the questions below to your personal blog by the stated due date.
Put yourself in your professor's shoes. Sometimes students hand in work that just doesn't look like student writing! Your job for the next three questions is to find out whether all or part of these examples were cut and pasted from a website. If so, paste the url of the website that was plagiarized below the writing sample. If not, just write "not plagiarized."
Note: you can google an exact phrase by putting it in " " (quotation marks) in the search box.
1. Student writes:
"Athough electronic health records can save health professionals time and cut hospital costs, implementing these systems will be a challenge. Many hospitals cannot afford them, and physician resistance and the lack of universal standards are also reasons cited by hospitals for not instituting these systems. President Obama’s economic stimulus package, which includes 19 billion for e-health records, might be enough to overcome the barriers to adopting these technologies”
not plaguarized
2. Student writes:
"The controversial issue of global warming has troubled society for many years now. Although some believe that it is a hoax, others view global warming as the greatest challenge of our time. While global warming is a complex issue that some have used to manipulate consumers, it must be taken seriously as the bulk of scientific evidence points to the reality of this phenomenon, which can dramatically alter our climate.”
not plaguarized
3. Student writes:
“Twitter, a so-called micro-blogging service has taken off over the past year. Users may post messages about their status, their moods, their location and other tidbits on Twitter. Most popular among young adults, Twitter has also been used by savvy marketers to inform users about products, and even by journalists who use it as a quick method of sharing story coverage.”
not plaguarized
Part 2
Use the APA Citation Guidelines to put all the elements of the scrambled citations in the right place and make correct APA style citations.
4. Avoiding plagiarism. Retrieved January 13, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. 28(3), 439-446. Burkill, S., & Abbey, C. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (2004).
What kind of citation is this? Article
Burkill, S. & Abbey, C. (2004). Avoiding plagiarism. Journal of Geography of Higher Education, 28( 3), 439-446. Retrieved January 30, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database
5. (2006). My stroke of insight: A Brain scientist’s personal journey. Taylor, J.B.
New York: Viking.
What kind of citation is this? Book
Taylor, J. (2004). My stroke of insight: A brain scientists personal journey. New York: Vikings
6. Retrieved March 27, 2009 from http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ngv.htm How
natural-gas vehicles work. (n.d.). Harris, W.
What kind of citation is this? webpage
Harris, W. (n.d.). How natural-gas vehicles work. Retrieved , March 27, 2009 from hhtp://auto.howstuffworks.com /ngv.htm
7. Logan, UT: College Reading Association. (pp. 51-54). In M.B. Sampson, P.E. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. Szabo (Eds.), (2007). Stroud, B. Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century Writing about African Americans, their communities, and their quilts.
What kind of citation is this? book
M. Sampson, P. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. (Eds.) Stroud, B. (2007). Multiple literacies in the 21st century writing about african americans, their communities, and their quilts. (pp. 51-54). Logan, UT: College Reading Association
Part 3
Read the paragraphs below. Bold or italicize the sentences that are NOT common knowledge and therefore need a citation. Insert the in-text citation using the information you’ll find in the reference list entry for each paragraph.
8. Global warming is the increase in the Earth’s temperature as the result of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Because of global warming, the average temperature of the Earth could rise as much as 8 degrees, causing sea levels to rise up to 23 inches over this century. (Zakaria,2007). I believe that we all have a responsibility to help prevent global warming. A recent report suggests that just by using more efficient appliances, we can have a significant impact on carbon emissions that affect global warming. (Zakaria,2007).
Zakaria, F. (2007, February 19). Global warming: Get used to it. Newsweek, 149(8), 43. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
9. It’s no secret that the American population is getting fatter, in spite of our cultural obsession with fitness. Public health officials have expressed concern that the obesity “epidemic” is striking Americans of all ages, from very young children to older adults, and are looking to community groups to conduct outreach with at-risk groups. (Turner, 2007) Through such efforts we can only hope for a healthier future.
Turner, T. (2007). Organizations present options to fight obesity. New York Amsterdam News, 98(52), 27-36. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
10. Cancer is certainly a terrible disease, and researchers are hard at work attempting to find treatments and cures. However, it can be difficult for patients to figure out what is a legitimate treatment and what is the modern-day equivalent of snake oil, and it can be a source of stress to already burdened patients figuring out what is real medicine. Lowering the levels of copper in the body, eating a specialized organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic diet, and an Irish light therapy are just the kinds of experimental treatments that may have patients and their families scratching their heads. (Altshul, 2003).
Altshul, S. (2003).
Tomorrow’s cancer cures. Prevention, 55(3), 60. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
Part 4
Practice paraphrasing the following passages. Remember, it is not enough to rearrange the sentence a little and change a few words here and there. Starting from scratch, restate the idea with a completely different sentence structure and completely different words. Don’t forget your citation!
11. To ensure that the students use high-quality information when writing a term paper, professors might require students to find credentials for the authors of Web sites they cite. Figuring out who authored Web content, their backgrounds, motivations, or points of view may constitute a good lesson in critical thinking in itself. Teaching students how to critique the quality of Web sites and evaluate the quality and accuracy of information will help them in their post-academic futures.
Embleton, K., & Helfer, D. S. (2007, June). The plague of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Searcher 15(6), 23-26.
When students do a high-quality writing, they need to citation others' work. It is necessary to mark the author and other basic information when we do cite. To learn this skill is important for student's study.
Embleto, K., & Helfer, D.S.( 2007, June). The plague of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Searcher 15(6), 23-26
12. Scientists have been searching for the cause of Alzheimer's disease for more than 100 years, and during that time, theories about why brain cells are destroyed in the course of the illness have come and gone. One of the newer and more unorthodox theories posits that Alzheimer's may actually be a form of diabetes. Some experts have even taken to calling the brain disease type 3 diabetes, as distinct from the insulin-dependent (type 1) and adult-onset (type 2) varieties of the condition.
Arnst, C. (2007, December 17). Is Alzheimer’s a form of diabetes? Business Week 4063, 54-55. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
In the past centuries, experts are doing research in Alzheimer's disease, and point out it could be form out of new a type of diabetes. As distinct from the insulin-dependent( type 1) and adult-onset(type 2) varieties fo the condition. (Arnst,2007)
13. According to Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, the regulations that govern private pensions did not contemplate the influx of women into the labor market and therefore are not suited to the way modern women live. "Because women live longer than men, they are more likely to suffer the defects of our retirement systems," asserts co-author Kim Strassel. "Because the laws governing private pensions weren't designed for the modern woman, many have little retirement security. If reforms are not made soon, a growing number of women will be denied their 'golden years.'"
Outdated laws hurt women. (2006, August). USA Today Magazine, 135(2735), 9-10. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
According to Leaving Women Behind: Women were not expected to be such an integrate part of the labor system; women outlive men to a good degree, so women may not get good retirement benefits. These benefits were arranged for men and women were not incorporated at the time of implementation.Outdated laws hurt women. (2006, August). USA Today Magazine, 135(2735), 9-10. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
Put yourself in your professor's shoes. Sometimes students hand in work that just doesn't look like student writing! Your job for the next three questions is to find out whether all or part of these examples were cut and pasted from a website. If so, paste the url of the website that was plagiarized below the writing sample. If not, just write "not plagiarized."
Note: you can google an exact phrase by putting it in " " (quotation marks) in the search box.
1. Student writes:
"Athough electronic health records can save health professionals time and cut hospital costs, implementing these systems will be a challenge. Many hospitals cannot afford them, and physician resistance and the lack of universal standards are also reasons cited by hospitals for not instituting these systems. President Obama’s economic stimulus package, which includes 19 billion for e-health records, might be enough to overcome the barriers to adopting these technologies”
not plaguarized
2. Student writes:
"The controversial issue of global warming has troubled society for many years now. Although some believe that it is a hoax, others view global warming as the greatest challenge of our time. While global warming is a complex issue that some have used to manipulate consumers, it must be taken seriously as the bulk of scientific evidence points to the reality of this phenomenon, which can dramatically alter our climate.”
not plaguarized
3. Student writes:
“Twitter, a so-called micro-blogging service has taken off over the past year. Users may post messages about their status, their moods, their location and other tidbits on Twitter. Most popular among young adults, Twitter has also been used by savvy marketers to inform users about products, and even by journalists who use it as a quick method of sharing story coverage.”
not plaguarized
Part 2
Use the APA Citation Guidelines to put all the elements of the scrambled citations in the right place and make correct APA style citations.
4. Avoiding plagiarism. Retrieved January 13, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. 28(3), 439-446. Burkill, S., & Abbey, C. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (2004).
What kind of citation is this? Article
Burkill, S. & Abbey, C. (2004). Avoiding plagiarism. Journal of Geography of Higher Education, 28( 3), 439-446. Retrieved January 30, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database
5. (2006). My stroke of insight: A Brain scientist’s personal journey. Taylor, J.B.
New York: Viking.
What kind of citation is this? Book
Taylor, J. (2004). My stroke of insight: A brain scientists personal journey. New York: Vikings
6. Retrieved March 27, 2009 from http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ngv.htm How
natural-gas vehicles work. (n.d.). Harris, W.
What kind of citation is this? webpage
Harris, W. (n.d.). How natural-gas vehicles work. Retrieved , March 27, 2009 from hhtp://auto.howstuffworks.com /ngv.htm
7. Logan, UT: College Reading Association. (pp. 51-54). In M.B. Sampson, P.E. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. Szabo (Eds.), (2007). Stroud, B. Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century Writing about African Americans, their communities, and their quilts.
What kind of citation is this? book
M. Sampson, P. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. (Eds.) Stroud, B. (2007). Multiple literacies in the 21st century writing about african americans, their communities, and their quilts. (pp. 51-54). Logan, UT: College Reading Association
Part 3
Read the paragraphs below. Bold or italicize the sentences that are NOT common knowledge and therefore need a citation. Insert the in-text citation using the information you’ll find in the reference list entry for each paragraph.
8. Global warming is the increase in the Earth’s temperature as the result of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Because of global warming, the average temperature of the Earth could rise as much as 8 degrees, causing sea levels to rise up to 23 inches over this century. (Zakaria,2007). I believe that we all have a responsibility to help prevent global warming. A recent report suggests that just by using more efficient appliances, we can have a significant impact on carbon emissions that affect global warming. (Zakaria,2007).
Zakaria, F. (2007, February 19). Global warming: Get used to it. Newsweek, 149(8), 43. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
9. It’s no secret that the American population is getting fatter, in spite of our cultural obsession with fitness. Public health officials have expressed concern that the obesity “epidemic” is striking Americans of all ages, from very young children to older adults, and are looking to community groups to conduct outreach with at-risk groups. (Turner, 2007) Through such efforts we can only hope for a healthier future.
Turner, T. (2007). Organizations present options to fight obesity. New York Amsterdam News, 98(52), 27-36. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
10. Cancer is certainly a terrible disease, and researchers are hard at work attempting to find treatments and cures. However, it can be difficult for patients to figure out what is a legitimate treatment and what is the modern-day equivalent of snake oil, and it can be a source of stress to already burdened patients figuring out what is real medicine. Lowering the levels of copper in the body, eating a specialized organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic diet, and an Irish light therapy are just the kinds of experimental treatments that may have patients and their families scratching their heads. (Altshul, 2003).
Altshul, S. (2003).
Tomorrow’s cancer cures. Prevention, 55(3), 60. Retrieved December 20, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
Part 4
Practice paraphrasing the following passages. Remember, it is not enough to rearrange the sentence a little and change a few words here and there. Starting from scratch, restate the idea with a completely different sentence structure and completely different words. Don’t forget your citation!
11. To ensure that the students use high-quality information when writing a term paper, professors might require students to find credentials for the authors of Web sites they cite. Figuring out who authored Web content, their backgrounds, motivations, or points of view may constitute a good lesson in critical thinking in itself. Teaching students how to critique the quality of Web sites and evaluate the quality and accuracy of information will help them in their post-academic futures.
Embleton, K., & Helfer, D. S. (2007, June). The plague of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Searcher 15(6), 23-26.
When students do a high-quality writing, they need to citation others' work. It is necessary to mark the author and other basic information when we do cite. To learn this skill is important for student's study.
Embleto, K., & Helfer, D.S.( 2007, June). The plague of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Searcher 15(6), 23-26
12. Scientists have been searching for the cause of Alzheimer's disease for more than 100 years, and during that time, theories about why brain cells are destroyed in the course of the illness have come and gone. One of the newer and more unorthodox theories posits that Alzheimer's may actually be a form of diabetes. Some experts have even taken to calling the brain disease type 3 diabetes, as distinct from the insulin-dependent (type 1) and adult-onset (type 2) varieties of the condition.
Arnst, C. (2007, December 17). Is Alzheimer’s a form of diabetes? Business Week 4063, 54-55. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
In the past centuries, experts are doing research in Alzheimer's disease, and point out it could be form out of new a type of diabetes. As distinct from the insulin-dependent( type 1) and adult-onset(type 2) varieties fo the condition. (Arnst,2007)
13. According to Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, the regulations that govern private pensions did not contemplate the influx of women into the labor market and therefore are not suited to the way modern women live. "Because women live longer than men, they are more likely to suffer the defects of our retirement systems," asserts co-author Kim Strassel. "Because the laws governing private pensions weren't designed for the modern woman, many have little retirement security. If reforms are not made soon, a growing number of women will be denied their 'golden years.'"
Outdated laws hurt women. (2006, August). USA Today Magazine, 135(2735), 9-10. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
According to Leaving Women Behind: Women were not expected to be such an integrate part of the labor system; women outlive men to a good degree, so women may not get good retirement benefits. These benefits were arranged for men and women were not incorporated at the time of implementation.Outdated laws hurt women. (2006, August). USA Today Magazine, 135(2735), 9-10. Retrieved January 14, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
something about me
Hi everyone,
This is Zhu Ye and I'm an undergraduate student in CSUEB and my Major is economics. This is my first time to take an online class and I feel it is very interesting. Everything is new to me, and I can learn from the online stuff. Also I can arrange my time easily.
Here is something else about me. I'm an international student from China and I can cook Chinese food. I always think that the best and delicious food should be cooked at home with a lot of time. So when I have time, I cooked at home and enjoy in it.
I have a lovely dog named 66. I prounced her name like "luo luo" and it's just the way I said six. She is an America Eskimo Dog and she was born in Febrary 29, 2008. Here is one of her picture I want to share with you.
she just awake, :-PShould I post the qictures on the album or here?
Anyway, thanks for your reading~
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