Databases

LexisNexis Successive Fraction Search

Search: Sharing Research between Academic Librarians.

Strategy:
S1: Academic Librarians 996 Hits
S1 and S2: Scholarly Communication or Information Transfer 2 Hits
S1, S2 and S3: Research 2 Hits (same hits as found with the first two facets)

Here they are:


Benefits of free accessThe Australian (Australia), October 18, 2006 Wednesday, FEATURES; Higher Education; Pg. 21, 706 words, Bernard Lane

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Over-citation puts integrity under cloudThe Australian (Australia), August 9, 2006 Wednesday, FEATURES; Higher Education; Pg. 33, 1007 words, Bernard Lane


Can I just say that I am not a huge fan of LexisNexis. I am not sure why I had difficulties with this database, but we did not get along so great. As for Successive Fraction Search it takes getting used to, but I like the results you can get.

Tagging Compentancy

Librarything tags. Ancient(4) ancient Egypt(5) Ancient Hellenistic History(1) ancient history(5) Ancient Rome(2) Audio(1) biography(27) Biography - General(1) Biography/Autobiography(1) Bookstall Strutton Ground(1) Box G(1) Caesar(3) classical studies(2) classics(2) Cleopatra(6) egypt(10) Egyptian(1) Egyptian history(4) famous women(1) Feb 11(1) from Tennison(1) Greco-Roman world(1) greece(1) Greek history(1) hardcover(2) historical(1) history(25) History > Rome(1) Kings and Queens - Egypt - Bio(1) mom(1) My Favorite Egypt Books(1) non-fiction(17) Ptolemy(1) Queen Cleopatra(1) read(1) Roman(3) Roman history(4) royalty(1) Rulers(1) scholastic(1) tbr(1) ungelesen(1) unread(7) Women(1) Women's Studies(1)

Librarything Link: http://www.librarything.com/work/239484

I picked Cleopatra by Michael Grant.

I chose this book because I am a amateurhistorical researcher and I love to study up on ancient figures. I have done some pretty extensive personal research on Cleopatra, but I have never read this particular biography. It had excellent reviews and caught my attention by the the title. I can't wait to read this book and see if I can learn anything new!

RSS Feed

I chose a feed from The Association of College and Research Libraries or ACR Log. The current feed is from September 2007.

Podcast on Medieval History

This Podcast is a series that began in October 2006. The speaker is Frederic Lardinos who is a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut in the Medieval Studies Program. I listened to the first podcast and it was just discussing the what the all the different episodes will contain in regards to Medieval history. Mentioning the misconceptions people have over when the Middles Ages began and ended. It was really fascinating and I look forward to listening to all of them. Also I e-mailed Mr. Lardinois and he said it was on Hiatus for the summer and new casts will be up in a few weeks. I chose this podcast because I like history and I find the Middle Ages a extremely interesting time. Also I like the fact that it was set up like a series and you can hear a new one each week. (6min46sec)

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/History/Ancient-and-Medieval+History#play6769

I found this through Google.com.

Blog Link

This blog is written by an ESL teacher who has surveyed his students on how they do research for papers.


Based on a recent poll, most students use the Internet first, verses the library, to begin start their research for writing assignments. However, is this because of convenience or because students feel they can find better information online? If students' first move is to use Google, then they perhaps don't really know how to use the Internet effectively because Google shows results based on link popularity without performing a content analysis on the actual information (i.e., is the information reliable, authoritative, and bias-free). So, what are your opinions on this topic? Can the library provide better information, or is just a matter of helping students really search the Internet with better skills to evaluate the information?

Blog URL: http://esl-lab.blogspot.com/2007/09/writing-research-papers-library-or.html

I found this by using Google Blogs.

Blog Purpose

This blog is for my ISAR class. My area of interest is research libraries. Especially those focusing in Literature, History and Anthropology.