This chapter talks about how to find and use information that will help the audience better understand what you are saying. The chapter also touches on the four steps of knowledge management which include finding and selecting, organizing, synthesizing, and using. When searching a new topic most of us tend to go straight to electronic resources. Burnett recommends researching in this order; Library's online catalog, online reference materials. general reference databases, discipline-specific databases, government databases, and the Internet and world wide web.
There are primary and secondary sources. Primary source information is reported by people directly involved with an event and secondary is given by people that are not involved. No matter what source you decide to use, and you can use both, you need to make sure that the information is credible, check the sponsoring agent, and the date the information was obtained. There are also many different types of information that you can use, including: Print and electronic resources, internal records, personal observation, interviews and letters of inquiry, surveys and polls, and empirical research. When writing a paper you have to be careful and make sure you don't plagiarizing. You have to make sure to show credit to the author when taking information that isn't yours. There are ways to assess the credibility of web documents; identifying the author, time, purpose and content of the source.
With an information interview, there is some preparation about asking the right questions to get the right information you need and this can be done is three ways. Gather information about the subject, find the person you want to interview, and identify the categories of questions you want to ask. There are guidelines for asking effective interview questions. There can be successful ways for effective interviewing as well which includes interpersonal behavior, body language, interviewing conventions and mechanical considerations. As mentioned earlier surverys and polls can be quite usefull. There six different types mentioned in the book, including dual alternatives, multiple choice questions, rank ordering, like scales, completions, and essays or open-ended questions.
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Last night I had to write a lab report for my biology class, because of the high choice of using the World Wide Web, we were instructed to use something other than the internet to find our information. Although it is much easier to just jump onto the internet and go to Google, you find more logically information in journals or books. Last semester I had to do an interview for my women’s studies class. We were taught how to gather information about the person, how to read someone’s body language to get information and we were also taught the right questions to ask.
Being a history minor, analyzing primary and secondary sources are a part of the studying. Primary sources are documents, letters or anything type of historical evidence that comes from the actual time period you are studying. A secondary source is an analysis of that time period, in a nut shell. I thought the explanation on the post was a little confusing. Always cite your source when doing research also. I was glad see that in the original post. Last thing you want is to get in trouble because you didn't cite someone else's work. Give the author their credit, they worked hard to obtain their information.
A few years ago, the Internet was seen as the ultimate in information. A simple Google search could lead you to hundreds of web-sites on your particular subject. However, now a days, the Internet is not always the best source. You have to be careful about which web-sites you get your information from because they are not all legitimate. When I do research for a class, the Internet is usually used as a last resort. I try and stick mainly to the reference books and journals in the library because I know that the information in those is completely factual. I once did an oral history project and that was really interesting (and the only time that I have ever used an actual person as a source).
The internet has become such a powerful tool in our everyday lives. I know of many people that would choose their internet over their own car. It is easy to lose track of other useful resources that we have available to us like librarys. This chapter touches another important topic which is plagerism. Plagerism is such an intense issue now days, if you are caught plagerizing you can be kicked out of school. Citing some elses work is actually very easy, it's just a matter of learning how to do it once and then you dont have to worry about it anymore. It is not worth the risk of not knowing how to cite.
Chapter six was interesting to read. When reading this summary I was glad that they mentioned primary and secondary sources. You need to make sure you are touching base on the write source in any circumstance. I am going to touch on the most important topic talked about in this chapter, which is plagiarism. Today you are seeing more and more cases of it. Plagiarism is becoming a problem in are society because it’s too easy to receive information on the internet. It’s imperative to make sure you are giving credit to the author while writing a paper. Effective body language was also mentioned in this summary. Showing interest through body language is important while being at an interview. In conclusion, this summary touched important topics that we read about in chapter six.
Since the internet via Google search is such a popular choice, it is beneficial that the text gives an order on which types of sources to use. There are many other sources that are much more credible than using a google search to find the answer, such as scholarly journals. When applying information, be aware of plagiarizing since it has become a rather large issue. Citing all of your sources throughout a document can help eliminate plagiarism. Interviewing is a method that seems overlooked. This can be a successful way of obtaining information directly. Although it can be beneficial, it is easy to obtain bias by wording especially. Asking a question in a certain manner can lead to a person responding in correlation.
Chapter six is all about research and finding accurate credible information. This can be accomplished in many different ways. For my presentation I searched the on line library internet data base, so while I used the internet my source was really from the library. This was helpful for me because I could access the information anytime anyplace but I could also trust the content of the material. The greatest benefit of the internet is that such a vast quantity of information is easy to find but it is for this reason that it is also easy to plagiarize this information that is so readily available. To prevent plagiarism the citing of sources should always be done so that those who took the time to present their
I think in this day and age the first resource everybody uses is the internet. It is simply the fastest way to obtain a whole lot of information. I do not however, think that people should just use the internet no matter what. A lot of the time the internet gives information that is not always entirely correct. I think that we should use the internet when researching but not forget other uses to getting research information. I think the best resource other than the internet, a person can use is through interviewing people. What better way to gather information than speaking to people that have probably made the topic you are researching a big part of their lives?
For my presentation in this class on hybrid cars I used a library search to look at the libraries databases of all journals and magazines. This was the first assignment I had that I needed to use an academic journal for a source. It would have been much easier to go to Google and search for information, but with the academic journal I knew my source was reliable and that they authors had done research to make sure the information they were given was correct. I had no problem trusting the information was right. After learning about the library’s search I will use it more often to find credible reliable sources.
The internet is a great tool to use for writing papers. You can find just about anything on the internet. The only problem is deciphering the information if its real or if someone 12 year old just put up on the net. a lot of times you have to look see if the website has a published date, name of author and references if it doesn't have any of these its most likely just some random blah. I use the internet for all my research; I don't have time to look at books and magazines. Using the internet you can go into the library’s article data base and find summary’s on articles and find peer reviewed articles which is what most professors require for sources.
Most of the time here when I am at school, I wonder how the teachers or professors they know what they are talking about. Some of these teachers use primary source information, where they have actually been on the job site and know what they are talking about. Or some of the information that they tell us might be secondary source information, where they have not been directly involved with the event, or job detail. I think that primary source information is better information, because the people that are telling the information actually have been out to the job site and know what is going on. i think that primary source information is also more credible.
I think that this chapter was the most useless of all the chapters so far. Personally I disagree with the information flow chart that she provided. I think that we should use the technology that we have in order to make information finding as convenient as possible. I understand that sometimes this information can be less accurate, but I keep my favorite sites that include, what I feel, is quality, accurate information. By doing this, I feel that I have reliable sources at the click of the button, instead of spending the time to browse through books for the information that I need. I guess this is just a difference of opinions.
While I was reading this chapter I kept thinking about the presentation I have to give about an article related to my major in a couple weeks. When I start working on that Power Point Presentation I will keep in mind these useful tips on how to research and article or any other information that you may need. I like to use the library catalog for all of my school projects and it is the first thing I turn to, to find scholarly information. I find it better to use than something like GOOGLE or ASKJEEVES because the information you are receiving you know is correct, where some of the other websites, you aren’t sure where that information is coming from and how credible it actually is. When I start working on my major project for this class I will definitely refer back to this chapter because I think it will be a tremendous amount of help to me.
During my school career I’ve had to do a lot of research. Between writing papers and doing projects, I’ve used many different research options. When I was younger the only option I had for research was going to the library and looking up books. Today there is a vast amount of available resources especially on the internet. Researching on the internet can be difficult at some times. You are not always sure if the information is current or accurate. You also don’t always know if the author is credible, that is if you can find who the author is. This makes research time-consuming and careful work.
I think the list outlined in the book will change when articles on the internet can match the credibility of journals printed on paper. Although as it stands going to the library will be the most trustworthy source of information, although it takes longer and is more inconvenient than just hopping on the computer and googling your subject. Even more credible than going to the library would be going to the direct source. This would be even more time consuming. I think sacrificing some credibility for ease and quickness of finding it is more preferred which is why the internet is so popular.
I understand that you can not just rely on any internet sources when citing references. Alot of teachers and professorers stress students all the time about using reliable credible primary and secondaray sources. The internet source can't always be trustful and truthful about giving the right facts. Anyone on the internet could post information up and it would mostly be up to you to judge if it's credible to not end up with false information to use as references on a paper. This chapter was really helpful of explaining the steps to take before jumping to go rely on the Internet right away. Evertime I write a paper and want to use sources I would have to keep these steps in mind in order to write a good paper.
One of the hardest things for me when I begin researching, is to not immediately use the workd wide web. However, I am learning that the library catalog is a great place to begin. The catalog can be tough to get started, but once you find the correct words to search, then the information is endless. On top of that the articles are much more credible then a lot of the articles online. Another thing that I am learning is the effectiveness of interviews, tables, and journal articles. All of these tools expand your research and can lead you to a new direction then you originally started. The most important part of researching, I believe, is credibility. Which includes the author and the date of publication. If an article is outdated then the information may not be as credible because it is no longer relevant.
I did not learn the order for looking information up in an order I have never used before nor have I heard of it. Library's online catalog, online reference materials. General reference databases, discipline-specific databases, government databases, and the Internet and World Wide Web. The first place I go for researching is the internet even though it may not be the most reliable source. I have a few research papers and now I am more informed on how to go about doing them. They did a great job on this chapter!
While providing information to a group, enough research and information collection should be done in order to help audience better understand things. The idea of collecting information from many different sources suggested in this chapter is very true. The web service has been so wide spread and excessively used that people have started to forget all other resources. Using library sources, newspapers and many other such sources gives us a ground of variety to work on. And also about using own work is very important. Referencing other’s work is good way but it should not be copied. So using as many resources and also crediting other’s work is very essential.
I think this summary is very well written. It covers the chapter well and highlights all of the main points. The grammar was not the best but it got the point across. I think that people, including myself, do go right to online resources to quickly anymore because they are so easy to find and use. On the other hand though, there is a lot of information on the internet and not all of it is correct and credible. I think this summary does a good job of covering the different types of sources in such a short document.
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