In Class today:
We signed up for conferences. Unlike the previous conferences, these are individual cnferences, as opposed to group conferences. Many sign up times are still available for Tuesday, as most Monday slots are filled up.
Because it was difficult to get all of the classes into the library, we got a tutorial on refining searches via screen shots.
We read Refining Searches in the WVU databases: A Quick Tutorial.
As an example, we did Global Warming, which is one of the 6 topics you may not use. The search brought up 23,501 results. That is way too many. Idealistically, you would like to refine your search so it's down to an amount that you can sit and skim through. She added "Greenland Shark", and it narrowed her search down to 1, which is far too few results. She changed it to "The Effects of Global Warming on Polar Bears." That expanded it to 163 articles. By adding "Breeding" it narrowed the search down to 4 articles.
We also did a Keywords and Synonyms Research Exercise.
It involved extracting keywords from the 3 articles we picked, and then found synonyms for those keywords. Lastly, we found words that were associated with the keywords, but not necessarily synonyms. At the end of the exercise, we had a good amount of words we could use to better search our topics.
The Homework (Due Friday, October 15th)
1. Read the JAC pages 109-116
2.Write a 1 page proposal and bring to class friday.
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