Final Exam

Deep Web Resource -  Clay Skirky

 I went to the Cannell Library and went over to Newspapers and clicked on the button.  Then I scrolled down to newspapers and found Wall Street Journal.  Then I went to ProQuest.  I went to the Advanced Search and I typed in the Title and Authors First name and Authors Last name.  I then went to the Date Range and put in 06/05/2010 and the article popped up.  I then clicked on “Full Text” and the full article came up. 

Open web – Yahoo!  Nicholas Carr

I used Yahoo! As my search engine.  Then I typed in “Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?  Wall Street Journal.  Hit search.  Many websites came up and I scrolled down to the one with the title and the author’s name. Then right above the website there was another website called [DOC] userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu and I clicked on the View as Html and the full document popped up.

For the Deep Web article by Clay Shirky:

A) Authority: I scrolled down to the Indexing and clicked on Author:  This gave me six documents that the author had published for the Wall Street

Journal.  There was an ISSN: number and ProQuest Document number.

B) Sources: There really wasn’t a source, or works cited.

C) Purpose: The article compares and contrasts the internet and all of its technical advantages as to the way it use to be, which was by obtaining information from books.  Is this new way good or bad for the society of the future.

D) Evenness:  I think this author is somewhat bias in his attempt to defend the internet.

E) Coverage: There is no table of contents or index, as it is a newspaper article.

 

F) Timeliness: The date is fairly current and the article relates to the current times we live in.

 For the Open Web article by Nicholas Carr:

 

A) Authority:  I had to use Google Scholar to check on the author. There were many references that came up. So I believe he is a credible author.

 I used Google Books to check on the publisher and the Wall Street Journal definitely came up.

B) Sources:  He cites his sources throughout his article.

C) Purpose: The purpose of the article is to compare and contrast continuous use of the web.

D) Evenness: I thought this was an even un bias opinion.

E) Coverage: There is no table of context or index as it is a newspaper article

F) Timeliness:  The article was written in June of 2010 so is a fairly current article

I chose the article by Nicholas Carr.  I found the studies he quoted about our ability to comprehend less information when we are always “plugged in” to be somewhat unsettling.  I do think they have a point about how societies of today rely so heavily on the web or social media.  The young and older generations are getting bombard by mass information in so many different forms that it does not surprise me that these studies are coming out showing a lack of cognitive skills, especially in being able to focus.

My grandson is a good example of this.  He is twelve and already is showing signs of really being “board” or discontented if he is not “linked in” to something.  I remember as a child we would look out the window when riding in a car. Now I look over and see my grandson with his head looking down right at his ipod playing games or checking messages or what ever.  So goes by the beautiful scenery and what ever else may be pleasing to look at. It will be interesting to see how he does at great grandma’s house picking apricots and no internet!

With that being said I do believe all of this technology and social media does have its place in the world.  I can’t imagine living with out some of the conveniences that it allows us.  However, there is a “balance” that one must adhere too.  If we don’t take the time to slow down some, clear our minds, find a good book to read (off line) and do some of the old fashion things we use to do then I think we are in for some social and behavior problems that as a society we will have to address.  This goes to my first question when I started this class which was, how does the use of the internet affect our social skills?  I feel like I have come full circle and it just happened.  So in conclusion there are pro’s and con’s to our brave new world.

Summary

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The internet is an amazing tool that has been invented and created in this last century.  We have invented a whole new vocabulary just to accommodate the use of this incredible tool.  The internet with its vast number of computers and networks linked all around the world connecting to  the world wide web  with all of its links is really mind boggling. 
I can remember when I took a class years ago at WSU and the e-mail feature had just come out.  Our assignment was to send an e-mail to the teacher to see if we could do it.  I remember the steps that you had to go through just to send an e-mail and now I can't imagine living with out it. So after taking this class and exploring all of the different ways to get and receive information makes one reflect on just how far we have come!
They keep improving on the web and on social media for that matter, and I wonder what else can they possibly do to improve but they always create something.   Just the complexity of writing the code to get a browser to come up and everything you look at has code behind it is incredible.  So  just by doing the "web page" assignment gave me a real sense of how much time and work has gone in to this form of communication.
Has my understanding of the internet, web, and how information gets from point A to point B improved?  Yes it has and I have a deeper appreciation for how it all works and is put together.  I know the last 20 years there has been leaps and bounds so it will be interesting to see what will they come up with next?  To be continued ......

Summary

I found in researching this subject, what is fracking doing to our water supply, the top level domains that seemed to have the most information was the .org and the .com.  The .gov and .edu domains were very concise and had more charts and data supporting their evidence. They all had something to offer and there was a lot to wade through.  Putting in the domains in the advance search site helped a lot in narrowing down the search.  Finding reliable information on this subject and not just opinion was all so challenging.  Using the "about us" helped to determine if the site was credible.  I felt like most of the sites I visited had merit.  I pretty much just stayed away from the blogs and wiki sites.

When searching in the subject directories I didn't find a lot on fracking if at all.  Maybe I was doing something wrong.  I tried about three of them and I used Boolean operators and it still did not give me much info.  Water contamination would come up but as soon as I put the word frack*, fracking, hydraulic fracking in it gave me 0 results.

I think the open web was still harder to narrow down the subject and had a lot of websites, some periodical articles but not many books, unless you went to Google Books.  Then there were books on the subject but then finding out what domain the books fell under was another challenge.   I think I did this assignment correctly but there is still a lot to learn.

Web Site #4 (org.)

a) Yahoo!

b) I changed the search to( water contamination using fracking) I put this in the advanced search in Yahoo! and marked the .org domain

c) Lustgarten, Abrahm. ProPublica. "Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking." 9 May 2011.  Web. July 26, 2011 
<www.propublica.org/...flammable-​drinking-water-to-fracking>

d) This site is credible because it was written as recently as 2011, it had scientific data presented, and ProPublica is an independent, non profit newsource.

Web Site # 3 (gov)

a) Yahoo!

b) I put in fracking (water or contamination ) . gov

c) United States. Cong. Senate. Cardin, Ben. "Cardin Calls for GAO Study of Hydraulic Fracking."  28 June  2011.  Web. July 26, 2011. <cardin.senate.gov/...for-gao-study-of-​hydraulic-fracking>

d)  This site is credible because it uses a current date and it is posted by a reliable author the US Senator of Maryland.  It is a unbiased article explaining the pros and cons of drilling for gas in a responsible manner. It is also educating the public as to what is going on with fracking.

Web Site #2 (.edu)

a) Yahoo!

b) Went to advance search put in water and fracking and contamination. Chose the edu.domain website

c) Osborn, Stephen G, Avener Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner, Robert B. Jackson. "Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing." PNAS. vol. 108 no. 20. 17, May 2011. p. 8172-8176. Web. July 2011

d) This site is credible because it is written by respected authors, the article is edited ,was written in a  concise manner, it has a bibliography, and was a current article. It showed charts, graphs, and had a fair and balanced approach to the article.

Web Site #1 (.com)

a) Yahoo!

b)  I put in fracking and water contamination

c) Caruso, David B. "`Fracking` Pollution In Water: Pennsylvania Allows Natural Gas Drilling Waste Disposal In Waterways."  Huffington Post  3 Jan. 2011. Web. 26 July.  2011,  <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/>.

d) This site is credible because it comes from a reputable newspaper and it is a timely article.

Subject Directory

I went with the INFOMINE for the subject directory.  I all so looked at many others on the list.  The difference between this and a regular search tool is that the subject directory is created by real people who read, select and add websites to databases.  The databases are also smaller. The regular search engines like Yahoo! send out bots or programs to collect websites for their databases. 

What I found in the subject directory was a concise list of information.  A lot of it was in alphabetical order, it was written by scholars, had data that could be back up by facts and automatically highlighted key words.  It was very open to Boolean operators.  I put in a search phrase and no cites came up.  I just put in a parenthesis and 50 cites popped up.  The  advance search tool was amazing.  You could search in fields by author, keywords, full text, subject, myinformine.  Then you could search the subject in categories like MapsGIS, PhySciEngrCS, Ejournals, just to name a few.  You could go deeper to limit the search, display options, browse options, and more.  I am astounded at the difference and how much easier it was to obtain detailed information on a subject.  This is a great tool and I will use the subject directory in research that I will be doing in the future.

Metasearch Tool

I chose the Metacrawler for the metasearch tool.  I used Organic Food and Health benefits for this search as well to get a comparison.  When I put in the stemming, Boolean operators, truncating, and phrases, it greatly reduced down the number of cites listed.  It had a lot of advanced options.  Five of those options were:

1. Language Options- There were at least 10 languages listed
2. Domain Options- You could chose what ever you wanted
3. Search Filter-  The choice to remove all or some of explicit content
4. Bold Search Terms - The key words would stand out on all  pages
5. Recent Researches - This tracks and displays your 15 most recent searches

Search Tool

I selected "bing" as my search tool.  For my search I put in Organic Food and it's health results.  I got a million cites so I tried to use Boolean operators, stemming, truncating and phrases and it did not reduced down the amount of cites to any manageable amount to look through. Then I went to the Advanced Search and there were a lot more rules to follow when it came to using the operators on this search tool.  You had to get the operators "just right" in order for it to work which was a hassle. So then I had trouble getting any cites to come up.  I finally got some but they were more opinion than fact.

Some of the search options that were available were:
1. Images of organic food
2. Up to date news stories on organic food
3. Local shopping in this area for organic food
4. Video's about organic food
5. Maps on how to get to organic farms in the local area

Summary

This activity was even more in-depth than the last one.  It really brought to light the tools at your disposal when searching for a topic.  I chose ProQuest as my database.  After I re-worded my search statement there were a lot more cites that came up on the subject I am pursuing  I needed to add more and different words to get to the topic I was looking for.  Some words did not work at all and no cites would appear.  Then after changing to another word it would make all the difference. I went to the Advance tab to get even more cites listed.  There were some cites which were more current but did not necessarily have the information I was looking for.  So I chose the cites based on the information relevant to my topic and its reliable sources.

Article from Newspaper

Jeffrey Zaslow.  "Moving On: Plugged In, but Tuned Out: Getting Kids To Connect to the Non-Virtual World. " Wall Street Journal  6  Oct. 2005, Eastern edition: Wall Street Journal, ProQuest. Web.  19 Jul. 2011.

I chose this article because it talks about kids who are linked up with all of the different technology, but they are lacking in human connection.  It goes on to explore what it means to teens when they have a human communication with their parents.  How does that make them feel versus getting a "text" message.  It relates to the social aspect of my question.

Article from Scholarly Journal

Zheng Yan.  "What Influences Children's and Adolescents' Understanding of the Complexity of the Internet? " Developmental Psychology  42.3 (2006): 418. Platinum Periodicals, ProQuest. Web.  19 Jul. 2011.

I chose this article because it is a study that was done affecting the internet use and the social complexity of  the internet on elementary and middle school students. How the use of the internet affects these children can play a role in their social behavior.  It can help us understand what kind of side effects we can expect from constant internet use.

The three criteria are:
1.The academic discipline is Developmental Psychology.
2. It has an abstract summary.
3. It covers case studies and reports the research.

Popular Magazine

Sue Ferguson.  "The wired teen. " Maclean's  29 May 2000: Platinum Periodicals, ProQuest. Web.  19 Jul. 2011.

I chose this article because it gives an opposite view as to teenagers increasing their social skills via the internet.  It talks about the freedom of being able to express oneself as a teenager with out the confines of being judged.  It compares and contrasts some of the pros and cons.

Search Statement

I put in my original search statement and only came up with 17 cites.  Then I revised my search statement to:

Internet and "social conditions" and trends and (teen* or adolescents) 

I then came up with 165 different cites on the subject in which to choose from. So this is what I went with for my continued research.

My Research Questions: Part 2

Question:  Will the use of the Internet cause a lack of social skills among young teens?

Internet and "social skills" and (teens or "young adults")

Boolean Practice: Part 1

1. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930's and the current economic problems?

 similar* and  "Great Depression" and "current econom*"

2.  What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?

   breed and "dogs and therap*"

3.  Should the federal government impose stronger standards for vehicle emissions?
 
"Federal and government" and "vehicle and emissions"

4.  Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

 Vegetarian and health* and meat

5.  Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?
 (Walmart or Target) and econom*

Part 5: Digging into Databases and Books

This is just my personal blog while doing this activity.  The Summary and Assignments follow:
When I just put in Internet addiction, not very many books came up related to that topic.  When I separated the two words, more choices popped up. After clicking on a book in the circulating items, I then clicked on the Bibliography Subject which then I clicked on Compulsive behavior ---United Stated.  It didn't really take me where I wanted to go. Now I am in E-Books looking around.Clicked on a book and then went to the subject field and saw Internet and social aspects.  I think I am getting close. Went to keyword and clicked on internet and alcohol and addiction.  Looked at all. Internet/addition/ and causes. E-Book  Finally under Subject I have found a book that I think would be useful in my question about teens and the internet.  It seen like the Cannell Library Catalog really didn't have that many books on this subject.  Going back and forth between the Summit Book Catalog was interesting and somewhat time consuming.  It seems like the information was much more scattered and harder to locate.  Google Books web site seemed like it had a lot more books closer to the subject I am looking for.  The citation information was a little harder to find, but the variety was great!

Summary

What I took away from this activity is that there is a lot of ways to find information on a related subject or topic.  It is almost overwhelming that you can have access to the level of information that is out there.  It seemed like Google Books had the most useful information on my topic.  There were a lot of current books written on the subject of Social Interaction with the Internet by Young Teens and how it affects them.  The other two cites had some material which seemed to be more clinical and harder to sift through the content.  The IT Pro definitely had the most search features, but not a lot of books popped up when I put in my topic.  They all had their different ways to access the cite information and I think the Cannell Book Catalog was the easiest to cite from.  I had to look harder to find some of the information from the other sites. This activity definitely took me on a journey looking for the information  I was after. I feel more well rounded and have another bag of tools that I can use in my future research.

Google Books

Search Terms:  Internet and Addiction and Social Skills
 Internet  and Lack of Social Skills and Young Teens

Cite Information: Rubin, Kenneth H. and  Robert J. Coplan.  The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal. New York:  The Guilford Press, 2010.

Trustworthiness: The book was published in 2010 which is current. In the Content page it list fourteen different sources. There was 1 positive review. You can purchase this book in many different on line web sites and in community colleges and universities in the Portland and Vancouver area.

IT Pro

The additional fields in IT Pro really break down the search.  There are eight different criteria you can plug in to refine your search. An example is Authors/Speakers, Full Text, Publishers, Code Listings , ISBNs, Titles, In Notes, or All listings.  This would give you a lot more options to research the information you were looking for.   Then you can focus on five different word searches like Exact Phrases, Boolean, any words or all words.  Next you can list the copyright year for like, before, or after and choose the date.  With all of this additional information you can plug in, it seems one could have a lot more tools to work with. I had no idea just how in-depth you can go to research a topic on the internet. This is all pretty amazing and once you learn how to use it, it's just at your fingertips.

Summit Book Catalog

Search Terms Used: Addiction, Internet, Cause and Effect, Young Teens

Citation Information: 

	Zheng, Robert, and Jason J. Burrow-Sanchez, and Clifford J. Drew. Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet. Hershey: Information Science Reference, 2010. Related Subjects:  Addiction and Young Teens Location and Call Number: Oregon State University Libraries/ Valley/  HQ799.215 A36 Trustworthy Clues: All three authors have published several Journal articles and other books on related subjects.   This book was published in 2010 which in fairly current.  The publisher sounds like a reputable source.  They have a long list of contents from where they got their information. This search was different from the Cannell Library Book Catalog in that the information was in different places.  It seems like the Summit Catalog has more options or related searches that you can follow links to.  It seems to have more variety of information, but did not seem as easy to follow or was not as together as the Cannell Library. I had to look harder to find the information in the Summit Catalog and it still does not seem as complete as the Cannell Library Book Catalog. I don't know, it was just a different format between the two and it sort of depends on the individual persons taste.

Cannell Book Catalog

Search Terms Used:  Addiction and Internet and Social Skills Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Causes

Citation information:  Palfrey, John G. and Urs Glasser. Born Digital: Understanding the first generation of digital natives. New York: Basic Books,  2010.

Subject Headings: Internet and Teenagers

Circulating Book

Location and Call Number: Cannell Second Floor  HM851 .P34 2010

Clues to trustworthiness:  The book was published in 2010 which is fairly current so the information should be somewhat up to date.  Has 10 pages listed for the bibliography.  John Palfrey is Professor of Law and a Vice Dean at Harvard Law School. A faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, he is a regular commentator on network news programs, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, NPR, and BBC. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Urs Gasser is the Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He has edited six books and has written over sixty articles in books, law reviews, and professional journals. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Publisher:  Publisher is Basic Books

Three Research Questions From Unit 3

Question 1)  Are people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol abuse more likely to become addicted to the Internet?

Academic journals would be useful to see if there has been some in-depth research done on this subject. Books would also be a good resource because there may be some statistics.

Question 2)  Will the use of the Internet cause a lack of social skills among young teens?

I would use an Academic Encyclopedia for background  and overviews on this question.  Web Sites for psychological information would be helpful. Popular Magazines for popular opinion could be taken in to consideration.

Question 3)  What will happen to the way we communicate with each other if society continues to use the Internet as it's primary source of communication?

Academic Journals would be useful as they may have some primary or in-depth research on this subject.  The Academic Encyclopedia would be good for an overview. Books could lead to other sources. People or personal/expert opinions could also help answer this question.

Five Practice Questions on Types of Information

RQ 1)  Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet? 

The Subject Encyclopedia of Food and Culture would be most useful because it offers background information and overviews of the subject from scholars.

RQ 2)  Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores.  Is this censorship?

Popular Magazines would be most useful because they offer Current  events and Popular opinion on the subject.

RQ 3)  How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma? 

Academic Journals would be most useful because they offer in-depth research and statistics.

RQ 4) Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism? 

Books would be most useful because they offer in-depth information and I believe this has a historical element to it.

RQ 5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming? 

The Academic Encyclopedia would be most useful because it offers overviews and background information.  It also leads to other sources.

Summary

This unit covered a lot of information.  I did not realize there was so much difference between the General Encyclopedia and the Subject Encyclopedia.  I can now see how much they differ with the respect to the specific subjects and scholarly sources that are stated in the Subject Encyclopedia and the more general overall information in the General Encyclopedia.   The comparison between using the GVRL and Wikipedia was very interesting.  I had no idea how confusing it would be to cite from the Wikipedia. The information is so vague and lacking and the fact that you can change the information is unbelievable.  It really made me think that Wikepedia is more of an opinion cite then a factual cite. Where as the GVRL was so easy to cite and it had hard facts from reliable sources.  I always wondered why there were certain web sites you could not access.  Now I know the reason why as explained in the Deep/Invisible Web tutorial.  It was explained very clearly using the book from the library scenario.  If the libraries pay a lot of money to get this information and have it in their database, then I can now understand why a web cite may not have that certain book you are looking for.  However, as stated things are changing so fast that one day that information may be available.

Over all I thought this Unit was very informative.  It really put into perspective the way to document research and what to look out for.

Research Questions

1.  Are people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol abuse more likely to become addicted to the Internet?

2.  Will the use of the Internet cause a lack of social skills among young teens?

3.  What will happen to the way we communicate with each other if society continues to use the Internet as it's primary source of communication?

Wikipedia Citation

Title:  Internet Addition: The Next Disability

Author: Andrew R. Mcllvaine

Source:  Human Resource Executive Online   LRP Publications. Feb 28 2007

OK, this was interesting.  All of the citations were missing something.   I didn't fine one complete citation.  I can see how this source of information would be in question and why it would not be a legitimate source to cite!

Part 3: Exploring Topics

Research Topic:  Internet
Tool:  Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search Term: Internet

List of Keywords: 

1. Education
2. Income/Spending
3. Children
4. Crimes
5. Health
6. Population
7. Commerce
8. Online Relationships
9. Housing Trend
10. Internet and the Church
11. Web cams
12. Internet Privacy
13. Digital Literacy
14. Internet Teen Use
15. Internet addiction
16. Technology and Relationships
17. Internet Crime
18 Internet and Freedom of Speech

Citation Information:

Title:  Internet Addiction

Author:  Jose' Pacheco and Gary L. Fisher

Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Recovery  Ed. Gary L. Fisher and Nancy A. Roget Vol. 1. Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA: 2009. p498-500
 
                

OWL Exercise

1.  This example is correct.  This is the authors own experience and ideas that he is expressing.
2.  This sounds like it may be a quote from someone.  There should be quotations marks around the passage.  Citing the source should be included as well as a bibliographic citation.  They could use a MLA style manual.
3.  They need a cite source at the 57% statistic.  They should also need to include a bibliographic citation and maybe a CSE style manual. 
4.  This looks like the author is paraphrasing.  This cite would need to have a bibliographic citation.  MLA  style.
5. Looks like the author is both paraphrasing and quoting Mr. King.  He did put in a source citation, but he left our Martin Luther Kings initials.
6. This author need to put in the source citation.
7. This sentence is a direct quotation. It needs quotations marks and a cite source.
8. That would be common knowledge and would not need to be cited.

What I learned is that all aspects of plagiarism are important to avoid.  Acknowledging what does not need to be cited as well as what might need to be cited and what must be cited is a very important part of how you write and do research.  All students need to know common knowledge, ones own ideas/reasoning do not need to be cited.  Information in several textbooks or related sources do not necessarily need to be cited but information that provides a lead or material that is informed should be cited.  Information that must be cited is direct quotations, paraphrases/summaries, arguable assertions, statistics, charts, tables, graphs, images photos, and graphics.    Citing a source with in a body of writing is very important and the bibliographic citation with all of the information which includes the title, author , publisher, place of publication and year of publication is required.  The style manuals which one chooses to use can be a MLA, APA, CMA, CSE or ACS just to name the most common ones. The style manuals help with collecting information, organizing information and punctuation and caps.

The steps I would use to avoid plagiarism would be to abide by the rules that I have just recorded. I think is is very important that you don't take credit for what someone else has done.  I believe it takes research and knowledge to prevent plagiarism whether in be knowingly or by accident.

Unit 2 Plagiarism

I find the subject of plagiarism very interesting.  The IRIS tutorials were very helpful in clearing up questions I  had about plagiarism.  The video fest was funny and informative.  I remember when I took a Shakespeare English class and we had to write a paper.  The teacher was absolutely adamant that we did not plagiarise anything while writing this paper.  We would have been dropped from the class or maybe expelled.  She had me so scared that when I was writing and I put in a phrase or metaphor or some sentence I remember thinking, did I hear that before, did someone else already say that?  It was hard to know when to cite or when to not cite something you think is yours but sometimes in all honestly you are just not sure. All turned out well and she liked my paper.

First Post on Personal Blog

I learned that creating this blog was fairly easy.  It is interesting how all of this tech. comes together.  The digital workspace has a lot more options as you can create settings, designs, fonts etc..  where as the analogue is pretty much just your own hand writing or typing. 

I am a member on Facebook.