Final Exam-Article Reviews

1. To find this article, I just opened up the Clark library page, went to the Online Resources tab, and then opened up articles and databases. I went to Ebsco Host and typed in the author’s name. His article popped up right on top.

2. This one was a bit more complicated to find because there was so many results. I found the domain name after pasting the authors name on Google and scrolling down to what I figured was it. Then it took me to the Guardian webpage and I scrolled down to find this article.

3. The first article by Merrill Distad looks very credible. The “A” is already shown for the author, “S”, this author looks like he uses many in text sources and it looks like it this article is part of a book, so the bibliography should be at the end. “P”, the purpose of this article seems very straight forward. He is informing the audience about how print books are important. “E”, it looks like he talks an even amount about both sides of the story and “C” and “T” is accurate as well, he covers one topic and it was published recently.

The second article by Ewan Morrison seems a bit sketchy. I do not know what the Guardian is or much about it. It seems like a magazine or news page. I do see there is an author, but no sources because it seems like an interview. I do see the purpose he is trying to get, but the “E” and “C” are poor. The article rambles on about so many different topics and does not really get a good argument going. “T” seems accurate, it was published in 2011.

4. Ewan Morrison writes his article, “Are books dead, and can authors survive?” in an interesting manner. His main points in this argument are to get through to people that books and other history may be coming to an end, or evolve into newer, greater things. He says e-books are the new books, and technology has advanced so much that many of these once paid for objects, are now free. Morrison talks about the decreasing salary of not only authors, but many companies and individuals because of piracy, availability, and the Long Tail, which he calls companies like Amazon, I-Tunes, Netflix, and EBay (Morrison). The idea that all these creations of history may someday disappear makes Morrison wonder about how people will make a living.

   Morrison gave quotes from people in different industries about how this change in technology has cost decrease in production, salaries, and profit. He states that over 69% of people are committing piracy, which means that percentage of companies or industries are losing profit (Morrison). Morrison also makes the point that the biggest profited companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple, are providing free content, while advertisers are buying free space to sell stuff to us. Therefore, these big non-profit companies that do not sell anything, will provide entertainment for us, last a long time, and advertisers will sell through them. Books will become intertwined with this free entertainment, and may even evolve into a new era technology of books.  
~Kendra~

Unit 10-Creating A Webpage

Webpage URL: http://letteraday.org/students/kbollman.html

Summary: WOW, just have to say I can almost completely understand how pages are created and uploaded to the internet. I now know the meaning of most of the encoding on the html page, like where you can insert text, how to change the color, font, and style. This assignment was simple and followed through very nicely. I really had a fun time putting together my own web page! This assignment covers a lot about documents from a computer, from the internet, and how to encode them both to make sense.  I feel this is much different from a blog because in a blog, you are putting text right on the internet, and not creating a document on your hard drive and uploading it to the internet. It is also much more in depth. You don’t just push a button to get blue text or Times font.

~Kendra~

Unit 9 Finding Information

1.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Attorney, Law Firm Directory." Find Lawyers and Law Information – HG.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://www.hg.org/>.

Credible? This site was a .ORG site, so from knowledge, I knew that anyone could have created this website. It did seem to give very relevant information; the year was up to date, there was an about us section which identifies the company background info, and the site also included associations and publications. I really liked this site because it has current events, upcoming events and other news about the law. I believe this website has the S.P.E.C.T. of the criteria for credibility.

2.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Privacy and Security | BCP Business Center." Privacy and Security | BCP Business Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://business.ftc.gov/privacy-and-security>

Credible? I found this website as a .GOV and it seemed credible because it had links to other sources that you could also contact and read about. It was a government bureau sponsored website and included info about why they made this site, as well as about them. I would say it covers the A.S.P.E.C. of the criteria because it does not specify when this information was written, however since it is the government bureau, I would imagine that it is up to date.

3.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND law .edu

Citation: Gilbertson, Seth F., and Joseph C. Storch. "Office of General Counsel."Http://counsel.cua.edu/FERPA/publications/. N.p., 16 Dec. 2009. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://counsel.cua.edu/FERPA/publications/NACUANoteCloudContract.cfm>.

Credible? This site was a .EDU and was also the hardest to find. I found lots of sites to school websites as links but they did not cover the information needed. I finally found one that is close to what I wanted. It gives the A.S.P.E.C.T. of the criteria. There is lots of sources and coverage on the subject.

4.) Search Engine: Google.com

Search Strategy: privacy AND law

Citation: "Privacy Laws and Business." Privacy Laws and Business. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2012. <http://www.privacylaws.com/>.

Credible? This search for .COM was definitely the easiest one. It beats the other by 8:1 per search page. Finding a credible one is the trickiest part though. I finally found one that included most of the aspect criteria. I did not find the authors but the publishers wrote about the business and why. I also found links to other sites and publishers.

Summary: I found this search to be very interesting and informative with information that can be helpful in later searches. I found that the .GOV worked the best and showed up second most but was also the most relevant on information of the aspect criteria on each site. The other search domains were a little difficult to get accurate results because it was a search on privacy and law, and usually that pertains to the government. I did learn how to evaluate a site more and completely understand what a website needs to be credible. And it is also just common sense. :)

~Kendra~

Search Websites

Name of Search Tool: Exalead

5 Search Features: blogs, advanced search, preferences, FAQ’s, about us/contacts

Name of MetaSearch Tool: Metacrawler

5 Search Features: advanced search, preferences, white and yellow pages, variety of search results from different search engines, does not use Boolean operators like (“”)

Name of Subject Directory: A1WebDirectory

5 Search Features: about us, submission guidelines (what is limited on the search), contact, topic of subject, browse by area

~Kendra~

Finding Articles

Popular Magazine:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Protect Yourself Online. (Cover Story)." Consumer Reports 77.6 (2012): 22-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This seemed like a good article to observe because it covered part of the topic and added another good research term, online. It gives facts and data about current online usage and how identity could be affected by these things such as online payments, facebook, unidentified charges, etc. The article stood out to me because it is relevant, and gives a good report on what is trending now.

Scholarly Journal:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: Hughes, Mark. "Privacy, Sexual Identity And Aged Care." Australian Journal Of Social Issues 39.4 (2004): 381-392. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This article caught my eye because it focused on the sexual part of identity and health care. This could be posed as a research article because it is not too broad of a topic and narrows down to the problems and recent facts of privacy. To be relevant and accurate, scholarly journals need to have correct in text citation and this article is a good representation of it.

Newspaper Article:

Search Statement: privacy AND law* and identity

Citation: Eviatar, Daphne. "Defending privacy and law enforcement." Christian Science Monitor 17 Feb. 2000: 13. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: I chose this article because it really focused on protecting identity and how the government is enforcing and defending it. It may be a little older, but all the information sounds relevant to current information. The way this article defined itself from the others was the in text direct quotes and how the information was organized.

Summary: In this unit, I examined different types of articles, and how little information differs from each other making it a different kind of source. I did learn how just a little tweak in the search statement could alter results; however most of the materials for this unit were brief refreshments.

~Kendra~

Search Statements

Topic Statements Provided:

1. Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?

Revised: television and advertising and (pharma* or prescription) and drug

2. Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?

Revised: anti-smoking and advertis* and tobacco and smok* and youth

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

Revised: similar* and “Great Depression” and current econo* and problems

4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?

Revised: breed* and dogs and therap* and pets

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

Revised: lack* and “sunspot activity” and global and warming

My Topic Statement:

1. How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

Revised: privacy and laws and protect* and identity

OR

Privacy and laws and (protect* or identity)

OR

Privacy and laws and protecting and identi*

~Kendra~

Databases and Books

Cannell Library Book Catalog:

Search Term: Pivacy

Citation: Lankford, Ronald D. Are Privacy Rights Being Violated? Detroit: Greenhaven, 2010. Print

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Circulating or E-book: Circulating

Location and Call Number: Cannell Second Floor, JC596.2.U5 A74 2010

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

The Summit Catalog:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Etzioni, Amitai. The Limits of Privacy. New York: Basic, 1999. Print.

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Location and Call Number: Summit, 40150576

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Differ: Format is different, other than that same information type.

Books 24x7:

I thought this was a pretty interesting database because a lot of information is available. There is a variety of search lists and each subject can be selected differently. I like how this database is very selective that way it narrows down search results.

Google Books:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Holtzman, David H. Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Print.

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Summary:

I learned how each book record worked differently as well as how each was kind of the same. They all related to books and the different search terms. I took away that there were many kinds of references that can be used for searching a term.

~Kendra~

Types Of Information

Practice Questions(Provide answers/sources for each of these):

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

For this question I would use EBSCOhost in the Clark Library because it is such a widely studied question and there are a lot of insights on diets. This is a question that is commonly observed in experience. So even a magazine or article would be credible.

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have

their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

I would say an Academic Journal or article because this is a very narrow question and is not studied as much. It seems to fall under the category of censorship so that could be looked up in a database.

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over

someone with a high school diploma?

This should be answered by an Academic source because it is a question that requires lots of data, studying, and subjects. An article or journal post may be reliable because if a book was read from 20 years ago about this subject, it would not be accurate in data.

4) Should educators use commercial services to combat

plagiarism?

This question seems to be a privacy subject so an encyclopedia may be the right source to turn to because of how broad the subject is. An encyclopedia may be more in depth about the reasons and purposes of plagiarism.

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global

warming?

Since this is a topic that has be studied for a long time but asks for “current” information I think a book or an Academic Journal could be reliable because you could get information regarding global warming and information regarding the current situations in journals.

My Research Questions:

1) What are the top 3 forms of privacy that are generally known and used?

This seems to be a simple question, one could answer this off the top of the head, however it needs to be reliable and come from a mass of subjects or data. This answer could be sought out in an Academic journal or a website done by a scholar.

2) How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

This question could be sought out using a government website or Academic Encyclopedia because it is a highly informative question that needs very scholarly sources.

3) Why is privacy so important for protection?

I would answer this question using an academic journal or scholarly website because it is a highly studied subject and has been continuously rediscovered as new technology comes out. 


~Kendra~

Summary of Exploring Topics

In this unit, I learned quite a bit on the best ways to find and research topics. Most of the ideas in this unit were almost common sense, at least to someone who has already taken English 102. I have learned to always make sure if I am using a source, it is credible, and citable. I have also learned that I don’t only have to search for the general topic, subtopics and related articles help to narrow or expand the search topic. This unit has given me more insight on searching for a topic and exploring the deep web, as well as how spiders work and what we are limited to.

~Kendra~

Search Questions On Privacy

Search Questions:

1. What are the top 3 forms of privacy that are generally known and used?

2. How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

3. Why is privacy so important for protection?

~Kendra~

Wiki Search On Privacy

WIKI SEARCH:

When I typed in the Wiki page, it took me to the site but an add popped up, saying that I could take a survey to “win” a prize. That is one clue that this is not very scholarly. I entered in “Privacy” and got these terms; deprived of something, separated, selective, boundaries, anonymity, public, private, security, personal, limitations, and preventing. My wiki search seemed relevant, but it looked very modified and scattered all over. There was not a simple topic, or search point that was narrowed down.

Document URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy


~Kendra~

Research Notes on Privacy

Topic: Privacy

Tool Used: Gale Virtual Reference Library

Keywords: inviolate personality, constitutional privacy or decisional privacy, tort privacy or informational privacy, freedom, non-absolute moral right, control, security or autonomy, property, scarcity of information, justification, environments of intensive surveillance and monitoring, spying and accessing information, ownership, personal information, communication, data protection laws, authorities, identity, respect

Article Citation:

Van Den Hoven, Jeroen. "Privacy." Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Ed. Carl Mitcham. Vol. 3. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 1490-1492. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 27 Apr. 2012.

Document URL: http://0-go.galegroup.com.oswald.clark.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3434900524&v=2.1&u=clark_integrated&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

~Kendra~

Unit 2:Plagiarism

Read over each of the following passages, and respond on your own or as a class as to whether or not it uses citations accurately. If it doesn't, what would you do to improve the passage so it's properly cited?

1. Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.

This statement does not need any citations and is properly stated. They did not put any information from any outside sources.

2. Americans want to create a more perfect union; they also want to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for everybody.

This should be cited because it is a broad statement about Americans. I would add the source I got the information from in brackets at the end of the paraphrase.

3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.

This statement should be either quoted or have a citation at the end because it contains a statistic.

Numbers 4, 5, and 6 all refer to the following passage from Martin Luther King's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail":

You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative.

4. Martin Luther King was certain that nobody would want to be contented with a surfacy type of social analysis that concerns itself only with effects and doesn't deal with root causes.
This is a good paraphrase so it needs to be cited at the end of the statement because they use MLK's ideas in the text.

5. Martin Luther King wrote that the city of Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there "no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail" para. 5).
This is a good quoted sentence because they begin the source information with marks and end with a citation with a brief reference to the source.

6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
This is not correctly cited because it doesn't include the brief reference to the source at the end. It needs to have a citation because it has direct quotes from the source.

7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.
This has nothing to do with any source and does not have any quotes so it is stated correctly.

8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.

This should be cited because it is a broad statement about Americans. It is also not common knowledge and we don't know where that information came from.

Summary,

In this unit I was able clarify the types of information that needed to be acknowledged and how each citation style should be written out. I already knew a lot of this information because I have taken lots of English classes and read good books about what should be acknowledged. This unit helped me to understand citation through a different perspective and I also learned the COP of citing. In order to keep plagiarism out of the picture for me, I will interpret all of this information into my work and knowledge of others work.

~Kendra~

Purpose of My Blogging

Hello everyone,

So this is my first blog, like ever. Please go along with me because I am still knew to the whole online communication world other than online schooling. I learned quite a bit constructing my own blog website though, which is great because blogging is becoming the new thing and is transforming into personal life instead of just business and news. I created this blog for an introduction of learning how to create a new environment of online learning. I think blogging could be used as a great experience on communication online, but it also takes away the actual physical contact that humans need. To me, this is great because I also have a social life off the internet and blogging could help me out to express my feelings in a way I couldn't talk to others in person. Even though this is a new thing for me, it is definitely similar to Facebook and other communicating websites. Although, I do think blogging sites can be a good place to only focus on certain topics. Thanks for reading and will continue to post. :)