November 2, 2007 Question 3

BRITANNICA ONLINE
1. a)I learned that he was a legal consultant and that before he began his work as a philosopher, he would write church history. I also learned he was born in Constantinople.
b) "Socrates." Encyclopædia Britannica.document.write(new Date().getFullYear());2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.document.write(new Date().getDate());29 document.write(mm[new Date().getMonth()][0]);Oct. document.write(new Date().getFullYear());2007 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9068482>. (popular)
a) I learned that Socrates had many followers, many who followed his footsteps after he died, and even founded a school, though most of them wrote nothing.
b) "Socrates." Encyclopædia Britannica.document.write(new Date().getFullYear());2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.document.write(new Date().getDate());29
document.write(mm[new Date().getMonth()][0]);Oct. document.write(new Date().getFullYear());2007 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-233647>. (Scholar)

c)To search for more periodicals, I need to put in more search terms and find a lot more information. This is very difficult, since most of the information just repeats itself.

November 2, 2007 Log Questions 1-2

1. Because Socrates, one of the first philosophers of time, left no written legacy of his own, it is hard to know what his finding were truly all about. What we know of him comes mostly from his pupil, Plato.
2. Socrates, Greek, Philosophy, Plato, Legacy, Apology

October 29, 2007 Log

1. We went over our topic sentences and our search words. We also learned about different periodicals, whether they are popular, trade/professional, or scholarly.
2. A popular periodical usually contains news about everything, like famous people. It also covers current events. These periodicals are meant for everyone to read mostly for enjoyment. They are rarely cited. A Trade/Professional is a periodical meant for a certain professional company or people. Some sources are credited but not many. A scholarly peiodical is meant for people researching a specific topic. These are always cited, usually with a big bibliography.
3. The Advantage of an electronic periodical is that you can usually find periodicals from a really long time ago. A disadvantage is that it is not original. An advantage of a print periodicals is that the information is usually current becuase sometimes the electronic copy doesn't come out for until afterwards. A disadvantage is that it is really hard to find old print periodicals.

October 25, 2007 Log

1. Because Socrates enjoyed finding a deeper meaning to things, he is now known as one of the first teachers of philosophy.
2. "Socrates"
"Greek"
"philosophy"
3. Academic Search Premier and Britannica Online

October 22, 2007 Log

1. Today in class we discussed different search engines in the A-Z database of the university's online library. We learned new programs like the CQ Researcher, Brittanica Online, and Lexis-Nexis.
2. Everything was very importatn to me because now I know that whenever I need to look something up, and I cannot find it somewhere, I have alternatives. It is also very useful to know all of this is online just incase the library is not accessable.
3. To ensure that I don't run into a dead end, I need to make sure I use very specific terms that I am sure will help me find the information that I need. I also need to make sure I don't use too many terms because that broadens my search.

October 18, 2007 Log

1. How did Huracane Katrina affect the U.S., whether it was geographically or politically?
2. I used the terms "huracane," "Katrina," and "political." I for the second set of terms I used "huracane," "Katrina," and "geopgraphy." They gave me a lot of results, so no, thee did not work.
3. I did try putting "political" OR "geography" in the same search, but it did not work; the search only gave me more results.
4. At the end, I endend up with only about 1,000 results. It was still quite a lot, but it was a better number than what it had given me before. I think a number around 300 is appropriate.
5. Only very few answered my question. I had to look in several different results to get a better understanding of my question.
6. Boolean operators help because they define the relationship between words. For example, AND means to use all terms given, OR mean only some, and NOT means not to give results with a certain word in it.

October 15, 2007 Log

1. We discussed how to use the school library as another source. We also talked about databases and Venn diagrams. We learned how to use the Academic Search Premier.
2. It was particularly important to me to find out how to use the Academic Search Premier because it is another way to find information, specially if you're looking for a historical news article.
3. I can use the techniques by using the Academic Search Premier to find information, instead of google, and I can also display information a different way by doing venn diagrams.
4. I think this a very good search strategy, but I do agree that it is much more useful for some things than others.

October 11, 2007 Log

1. My first question was who was Socrates?
2. What was Socrates known for? How Did Socrates help shape Philosophy? What do Socrates and Plato have to do with each other? Why was Socrates so significant to understand Ancient Greece?
3. Each question took me to the next. I asked who Socrates was; when I came up with that question, I then began to ask why he was important to philosophy, because every source told me he contributed to the foundation of philosophy.
4. Yes, I would say my last question was more complex, because it was no longer who was Socrates, but who was he and WHY was he important in Ancient Greece. I could continue with this question to make an even more complex question.
5. During Socrates time, was were the major events going on that encouraged him to ask questions and therefore develop the idea of philosophy?

October 8, 2007 Log

1. In Friday's class, researching was discussed. We also looked at different online news websites (CNN, Fox, etc) and saw how they are different and similar. We looked at two websites that bookmark our pages in any computer we are in, and organize them (the bookmarks).
2. The point that was made that will help me most in the future is the website http://delicious.com. That way, I can be at any computer and still have my bookmarks.
3. Next time I am researching I will ask more questions; istead of staing with my original question, I will make more questions as I find more answers.
4. I think that everytime someone is going to look up something and do research, they should look up many different websites so they can have more accurate information.
5. All I can say is that if there is a topic that needs to be researched, a person should look it up thoroughly and search in different places so you the the right information.

Log Entry #2

1. I tried to find an easier way to read the ILIAD for my Philosophy class. I wanted to see if there was a summary of the story so I would understand it better.
2. I used GOOGLE as my search engine.
3. I used the terms "Iliad", "story", and "summary".
4. I found a summary of the "Iliad", which means that I was successful finding the summary.
5. I don't don't if I would try anything else, since I found what I wanted it. If I had to try something else, I would probably try a different search engine, like ask.com or dogpile.com.
6. No other questions came into my mind while I was searching for the summary.