What is the hardest thing about finding information and doing reserach on a topic for you personally?
I have a hard time finding information that is really specific, like diseases or math geniuses, because it is hard to find the exact answer on an online textbook or just a hard cover book. Normally texts are very vague and broad, never exact to what my question is asking. I would love it if there is a website that can answer every question - only there isn't anything like that.
Did this Library Research course help?
Honestly, Library Research were mostly review for me. I knew a lot about plagiarism, how to cite online texts and hard cover books, and how to Google (or search) things. But I think that Library Research helped me know more in depth about plagiarism. I learned that it is still plagiarism even to re-phrase an author's work without citations because you are still using his/her work. I also never knew that a quote from a famous proverb does not need to be quoted because it is basic knowledge. I thought that even if it is basic knowledge, we must give credit to whoever created that quote. Another thing that was interesting was that song lyrics do not need to be cited. Although it is lyrics or words that a person has created, it does not need to be cited which was very new to me.
In what ways did this course help you? (Of if the course didn't help, why not? What would have been more helpful and/or useful to you?)
This class wasn't as helpful as all my other classes that I have. It was mostly review and slightly in depth with the topics we touched so it wasn't as fascinating and informing. It would have been more helpful if we touched a little on the basics of the topics, because I'm sure many of us already know about plagarism and such, but not deeply into them. If we were given more time or even talk more about certain topics, then class would have been much more interesting and also more educational.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
QUOTE(:
"Since everything is on the Internet, I don't need books...right?
No, that is not the case. Just because we have an easier way to look things up doesn't mean we do not need books. Even professionals don't always rely on the internet as much as they use it, and continue to use books. Books are easier to gain information for some people - like me because I can hold a book and actually feel like I am reading. It helps me concentrate better and I can annotate and take notes while reading. Although finding things online would be much easier to gain, you cannot really understand the information fully in detail like a book would. Also sometimes, the Internet cannot be reliable. There are times when people upload things that have no sources to back them up and people learn false information. On going with that, there are some sites such as ".com" that may not have the right information because it could be from a gaming website, or even a social website. Books are written work that someone has done with a lot of thinking, education, and knowledge in hand. They know what they are talking about, as they went through a long process of editing and re-editing, proof-reading, and then finally publishing. Authors would have to gain a lot of knowledge about what they are writing about, because it would be on shelves and people would read it. Just because everything is on the Internet, doesn't mean that we shouldn't read books. Sometimes books are better than reading things online, because old versions and special versions of texts aren't always posted online, but instead on paper. For instance, ancient codes or something that only got published on papers because they never had a computer during that time. As much as people love to read and would prefer to read things on the Internet, it shouldn’t always be the case because at times book can be more efficient than online texts.
No, that is not the case. Just because we have an easier way to look things up doesn't mean we do not need books. Even professionals don't always rely on the internet as much as they use it, and continue to use books. Books are easier to gain information for some people - like me because I can hold a book and actually feel like I am reading. It helps me concentrate better and I can annotate and take notes while reading. Although finding things online would be much easier to gain, you cannot really understand the information fully in detail like a book would. Also sometimes, the Internet cannot be reliable. There are times when people upload things that have no sources to back them up and people learn false information. On going with that, there are some sites such as ".com" that may not have the right information because it could be from a gaming website, or even a social website. Books are written work that someone has done with a lot of thinking, education, and knowledge in hand. They know what they are talking about, as they went through a long process of editing and re-editing, proof-reading, and then finally publishing. Authors would have to gain a lot of knowledge about what they are writing about, because it would be on shelves and people would read it. Just because everything is on the Internet, doesn't mean that we shouldn't read books. Sometimes books are better than reading things online, because old versions and special versions of texts aren't always posted online, but instead on paper. For instance, ancient codes or something that only got published on papers because they never had a computer during that time. As much as people love to read and would prefer to read things on the Internet, it shouldn’t always be the case because at times book can be more efficient than online texts.
Monday, June 27, 2011
LIBRARIANS FAQ(:
What do you think librarians do?
I think librarians are book worms. Haha, not really though. As a librarian, it is important to know book and be interested in them though, because he or she will always be with them for the rest of their working career. I think librarians help people search for books and recommended them too, but also I think that they help around the library, categorizing records and doing storytelling for children. They would organize books and put them in the computer all day and also help people find books. For a librarian, they must have a lot of knowledge in books and where they are all at.
What do you think would be really cool if librarians started doing it?
I think it would be really cool if librarians not only helped around with books, but more with the computer technology also. To have more knowledge in the computer apps and programs to better assist people who come to the library. It would be cool also if librarians knew more about books and e-books online to make it easier for us, instead of checking out numerous books from the library creating more luggage.
What do you think the library of the future might look like?
In the future, I think that the library would look like a place either full of more books, or a place full of kindles and nooks. There would just be tons of kindles and nooks lying around the book shelves or maybe even a personal one for each of us to check out and have tons of books on there. Or it could be turned around, and instead there would be more and more books in the library. Either way, I think in the future, there would be more resources in the library.
I think librarians are book worms. Haha, not really though. As a librarian, it is important to know book and be interested in them though, because he or she will always be with them for the rest of their working career. I think librarians help people search for books and recommended them too, but also I think that they help around the library, categorizing records and doing storytelling for children. They would organize books and put them in the computer all day and also help people find books. For a librarian, they must have a lot of knowledge in books and where they are all at.
What do you think would be really cool if librarians started doing it?
I think it would be really cool if librarians not only helped around with books, but more with the computer technology also. To have more knowledge in the computer apps and programs to better assist people who come to the library. It would be cool also if librarians knew more about books and e-books online to make it easier for us, instead of checking out numerous books from the library creating more luggage.
What do you think the library of the future might look like?
In the future, I think that the library would look like a place either full of more books, or a place full of kindles and nooks. There would just be tons of kindles and nooks lying around the book shelves or maybe even a personal one for each of us to check out and have tons of books on there. Or it could be turned around, and instead there would be more and more books in the library. Either way, I think in the future, there would be more resources in the library.
Monday, June 20, 2011
COLLEGE FOR ME(:
What do you hope to study when you go to college and why?
When I get into college, I hope to study nursing. I like the idea of helping others in general, just like everyone else. I want to become a neo-natal nurse and help infant babies begin the start of their lives. Ever since I was little, I always loved little babies and young children. They're always so cute and soft and everything they do makes me laugh. When I go study nursing in college, I hope I learn more depth into taking care of babies. I want them to grow up and live a good life and I believe it starts in the hands of the neo-natal nurse after getting apart from its mother. I hope that in the few weeks of life starting in the hospital, I will help the baby grow healthy and prepare its life.
How is the Pre-Collegiate program helping you meet your goals?
The Pre-Collegiate program is helping me meet my goals because this is a medical program. Luckily for me, this year there is a Nursing class. Using that class, I can learn more about Nursing and how I need to prepare for it throughout college. It gives me more information about Nursing, the program itself, by the student nurses teaching in class, and so that we can relate to each other, because they are students themselves getting ready to approach patients in the hospital. The program in general, is giving me a glimpse of college and it gets me prepared to what I will have to go through for the next few years of my life. I like that because this is a medical program, we go more deeply into medical related topics and studies, which helps gain my knowledge more into the biology of life.
When I get into college, I hope to study nursing. I like the idea of helping others in general, just like everyone else. I want to become a neo-natal nurse and help infant babies begin the start of their lives. Ever since I was little, I always loved little babies and young children. They're always so cute and soft and everything they do makes me laugh. When I go study nursing in college, I hope I learn more depth into taking care of babies. I want them to grow up and live a good life and I believe it starts in the hands of the neo-natal nurse after getting apart from its mother. I hope that in the few weeks of life starting in the hospital, I will help the baby grow healthy and prepare its life.
How is the Pre-Collegiate program helping you meet your goals?
The Pre-Collegiate program is helping me meet my goals because this is a medical program. Luckily for me, this year there is a Nursing class. Using that class, I can learn more about Nursing and how I need to prepare for it throughout college. It gives me more information about Nursing, the program itself, by the student nurses teaching in class, and so that we can relate to each other, because they are students themselves getting ready to approach patients in the hospital. The program in general, is giving me a glimpse of college and it gets me prepared to what I will have to go through for the next few years of my life. I like that because this is a medical program, we go more deeply into medical related topics and studies, which helps gain my knowledge more into the biology of life.
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