COMP 129

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COMP 129

• Ethics and Issues Paper
• Help with Researching Topics
• Bankier Library
• Feb/Mar 2008

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Best Places to Do Your Research
Bankier Library Databases
Internet Search Engines
Subject Research Guides
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Bankier Library Databases
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Databases Journal Articles

• Pros
• Most up-to-date information
• Short and concise
• 1000s of articles from 1000s of journals
• Cons
• Need to know how to use the databases
• Information sometimes too detailed
• 1000s of articles from 1000s of journals

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How Best to Search

• Keyword Phrases
• Expand and narrow result sets
• Connector Terms
• And
• Or
• Not

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Combine Search Terms To Narrow and Expand
Results
Internet OR Privacy
Internet AND Privacy
Internet NOT Privacy
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Select Databases
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Scroll Up And Down The List
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Which Databases?

• Point of View Reference Center
• CQ Researcher
• Academic Search Premiere
• Academic ASAP

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Internet Search Engines
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Search Engines Google! Yahoo!

• Pros
• Familiarity with the interface
• Tremendous potential for quality results
• Virtually available anywhere, anytime
• Cons
• Need to thoroughly evaluate your sources
• Tendency to take only the first few hits
• Dont look to other types of resources

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Lets go to the Advanced Search
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Advanced Search Limiting the Domain
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Wikipedia? Reliable or Not?

• Who can submit an article?
• Who does the editing?
• Useful for getting started, but need to verify
  the information!

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Five Criteria for Evaluating Websites

• Accuracy
• Authority
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

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Subject Research Guides
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Librarian Subject Research Guides(1)
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Librarian Subject Research Guides(2)
My Homepage
Computer Science Subject Guide
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Yahoo! Subject Directories
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Yahoo! Subject Directories
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Yahoo! Subject Directories Computers and
Internet
Now Start Clicking Away
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Happy Searching!!!
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Contact Info
Steve Chudnick schudnick_at_brookdalecc.edu (732)
224 -2482