In class blog 10

For as book i would most likely find information on a specific subject. A book would definitely be a good source for a research paper. A book is definitely reliable. A book is helpful for my research paper because there are many books published about anorexia and the different treatment plans.

For a blog post i would probably find personal information about a specific journal, because a lot of people use a blog as a journal. This would not be a good source for a research paper, unless the research paper was about social media or something to that effect. I could use this for my research paper if i found a blog that a girl wrote about her recovery and treatment while battling anorexia.

For a scholarly journal article i would most likely find credible and peer-reviewed information, such as a medical journal. This is a great source for a research paper because of the vast majority of journal articles out there. It is really easy to find one that can relate to your topic and is also credible. I could use this for my research question if i found a medical journal about the different treatment plans of anorexia, which i have already done.

For Wikipedia i would most likely find information similar to an encyclopedia. This is not a good source for a research paper simply because it is not reliable. Anyone is able to change or alter the information to something that is completely false. I  would not use this as a source for my research paper, but i could use it to get some basis and background information for my topic. this could be a good starting point.

For a podcast i would most likely find videos or audio of a specific subject. This is not a good resource for a research paper unless the person is credible and is an expert on the subject they are discussing. I would not use this for my research paper unless it was a young women discussing her treatment plans and how it worked for her recovery.

In class activity 10/29

To find the the full text of the provided article I first went to the University website. I then clicked on the Library link that took me to the university library website. I then clicked on Galileo and Databases and searched Medical Students' Use of Facebook. That then took me to the results page where the article was number one.

Homework 10/29

After watching the video I have come to realize that annotated bibliographies are much like a works cited page. Annotated bibliographies consist of a summary citation and annotations. This can be a list of books, journals, databases, and pictures. They all must be cited correctly. The summary includes a brief statement about the source used and how it relates to the topic. . The citation should be formatted properly to exclude plagiarism. Annotations include a note made when reading a source. An annotated bibliography not only gives the writer some insight on his/her topic and sources, but also gives the reader some insight on your topic before reading your paper. An annotated bibliography must be written in APA or MLA format. I feel the reason we are required to do an annotated bibliography is not only for our research paper, but to get some practice for future classes that may require one for a research paper. Annotated bibliographies are a great tool to determine if our source is beneficial to our research paper or not.

In Class Blog Post October 24

Theses topics have to do with library research because most of these topics involve books, databases, and journals, which are all found in the library, and library research is done in the library. They also involve citations. These topics discuss what constitutes plagiarism, copyright violation, and paraphrasing. I will be able to apply the things i have learned in other classes when writing papers and doing research for a research paper or presentation. I have learned and practiced how to properly cite all kinds of sources, such as journals, databases, books, and even images. I feel i have learned many things that i had no clue was either plagiarism or a copyright violation. This is important because there are many people that would not knowingly plagiarize, but they are not educated adequately on this subject, therefore can not determine what is plagiarism and what is not. They may not know how to properly cite internally or externally. One thing i feel i still have a few questions about is copyright violation and at what point are you using too much information. I know that if a person uses a whole song that is copyright violation, but how much is too much?

Homework 10/22

Trouble for Elsevier was about workers who were mistreated and were not being paid for their work. The workers eventually boycotted, because they wanted free for taxpayers. The New England Journal is a medical journal with a lot of medical knowledge that is free to taxpayers and they are able to access this at anytime free of charge. The Changing Nature of Knowledge  talks about how when it came to knowledge things used to be censored. To me they were thinking about ways to disclose information, because there are so many resources out there besides reading things in books. This is mainly due to the rise in technology. These stories all talk about displaying items to the public. In Elsevier's case it was negative, but they wanted the public to view his work freely. In the New England Journal it was positive because the information was already visible to the public, which is a great thing. The Changing Nature of Knowledge is positive because i feel people are changing their ways of thinking about technology, which today we could not function without. These stories affect me because i am constantly looking up things and if the information was limited i would not be able to do proper research. The Change Knowledge of Nature really affects me because is discusses technology, which i am a big fan of. I feel technology is a great thing because we are able to do so much today they we haven't been able to do in the past.

Plagiarism

To put plagiarism in my own words, i would say that plagiarism is when someone uses someone elses work as their own without crediting the author. This could be in a research paper or, like we discussed in class, music videos. To me there is no excuse to to plagiarize a research paper. It takes less than five minutes to cite your source and most of the databases have the sources cited already. Plagiarism is taking someone's work as your own without crediting the author. Copyright violation is using someone's whole work, but still citing. There is a limit to how much of the work can be used. One or two quotes is not a copyright violation, as long as the quotes are cited correctly. One example of plagiarism that is not a copyright violation is when a person uses a quote from a book and the quote is not properly cited or not cited at all and used as their own work. An example of a copyright violation that is not plagiarism is when a person does a cover of a song and uses the whole song, but the person does give credit to the artist. But because there is a limit to how much of a person's work can be used they are at risk of a copyright violation.

If i am at a party and i hear some people talking about something, i might listen to them for a minute before i just jump into the conversation. I want to make sure i know what i am talking about first. For example if i heard someone talking about the television show Jersey Shore i would immediately jump into the conversation because i consider myself an expert on that topic. I would start off by saying something like , "did you see when this happened...?". I really enjoy talking about things i am interested in. If the situation were in reverse i would love for someone to jump in the conversation, especially if it were to be something that we were both interested in. I would also enjoy talking to someone with a different opinion and talk about our differences. If i thought someone was giving false information that i know one hundred percent was wrong i would definitely tell them. I would not do this out of spite, i would do this so that they are telling false information.

Based on what we read about the filter bubbles i would hope that the databases we use would be protected from this. In most cases our research questions would not be something we would normally search or look up. i would think this would be taken in consideration by the "robot." The reason i would think the databases would be protected by this is because most of them the university has to pay for the service. With this said i would think the database has taken this in consideration and has found a way around this. The two databases i serched in class today were PsycInfo and MEDLINE with full text (at EBSCOhost). I found both of these very helpful, but i found MEDLINE more helpful than PsycInfo. I found MEDLINE more helpful because the article and journal talked more on the medical side of things. A lot of the articles in PsycInfo were in different languages, so were not helpful at all. I really had to search for the ones with the best information. I have since changed my research question from the media aspect of Anorexia to the different treatment plans of the disease. I found a lot of information on this topic in MEDLINE. They not only discussed medical treatments,but also therapy options, which seems to play a big part in the healing process.