Unit 4, Part 2 Assignment-Periodicals and General Datebases

Research Long Entry



1. What three periodicals did you choose?

I chose News week, American Bar Association Journal, and the Journal of Chemical Ecology.


2. Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.

The first article that I chose was "How Bad is it Really" By Zachary Karabell, this article was in Newsweek. The second article is "compensating Victims of Violence" By David C. Foulkes, this one was from the American Bar Association Journal. And third was "Metabolism and Canavanine Durring Development of Alfalfa" which is located in the Journal of Chemical Ecology.


3. What are the major differences among these articles?

The article from Newsweek was more of a social issue, the one from the American Bar Association Journal was about a law case, and the article about alfalfa was more educational and alot longer than the others. The Alfalfa article was written by multiple scientist and the other articles were written by only one person. The alfalfa article was also the longest article and it had more diagrams, unlike the others.


4. What are the major differences among these periodicals?

Newsweek was the most current while the other two, American Bar Association Journal and the Journal of Chemical Ecology, were much older. Newweek had current events and it is written as a magazine while the Journal of Chemical Ecology is written in the style of a book.







Research Log Entry 2


1. Which database did you choose for your first search?

I Chose High Wire as my database.


2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?

I entered "Auschwitz" inot the search box.

3. How many results did you retrieve?

I retreived 3496 articles articles by only typing in Auschwitz.

4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I typed in Concentration camp in Auschwitz in the title section and to my surprise I ONLY got ONE article! But the bad thing is that I needed to find 2 articles and not 1. So I re-typed my information, instead of having "concentration camp in Auscwitz" I erased the in Aucwitz, since it was already in the "keyword" box. I retreived 25 articles this time.

5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
The first time, when I only got 1 result, I thaught that it was meaningful because it was very specific. The second time I determined the reliability of the article by seeing the publisher, which in this case was a psychiatry firm.


6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).


7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
I determined that this article was meaningful because it is part of the American Journal of Psychiatry. The American Journal of Psychiatry is written by a group of trusted psychiatrists. I also looked at the date that the article was written because I want my information to be current, and it's tricky with science journals because some things might change, there might be a new discovery or something.

For MY search in Academic Search Premier

1. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?

I entered "Auschwitz Concentration Camp"

2. How many results did you retrieve?

I retreived 246 results.

3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I used the boolean operators and added the word "deaths" to my search. By doing this I retreived 26 results.

4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database?

I think that using boolean operators really helped me manipulate the information that I was asking for.

5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?

I looked at them one by one and I found the one that was the most relavent to what I was looking for.

6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).

I chose The AUSCHWITZ ALBUM; STORY OF A DEATH FACTORY,

Title:
The AUSCHWITZ ALBUM; STORY OF A DEATH FACTORY.
Source:
USA Today Magazine; Mar2006, Vol. 134 Issue 2730, p28-31, 4p, 6 bw
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*PHOTOGRAPHY -- Exhibitions*CONCENTRATION camps*EXHIBITIONSAUSCHWITZ (Poland : Concentration camp)POLAND
Geographic Terms:
POLAND
NAICS/Industry Codes:
561920 Convention and Trade Show Organizers
Abstract:
The article features the photography exhibition The Auschwitz Album: The Story of a Transport. The exhibition, created in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, presents photos documenting the unloading of the overcrowded trains, the selection process for slave labor or death in the gas chambers, the confiscation of property, and the preparations for extermination. A historical background of the concentration camp is provided.
Full Text Word Count:
1098
ISSN:
01617389
Accession Number:
20033011
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7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
Reliable source (USA Today)
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