Sunday, February 14, 2010

Excercise Summary

I rather liked the tutorial and the research exercises. It gave me a better feeling for how to use the Boolean operators to narrow the search results (although I still feel a little uncomfortable. I think I will get the hang of it with practice) and get relevant articles and information. I also like how the EBSCO and ProQuest databases have specific filters for limiting what type of resource is displayed. I think I may be repeating myself, but I wish I had taken this course during my first term back in school. The resources that the library has are staggering, and the ease of use is amazing. I am looking forward to our future units to see what other techniques I can learn to make better academic papers.

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  1. Thanks Carrie for your methodical work and summary. It sounds like you learned a lot you can apply in other classes and it will get easier the more you practice/use the research skills.

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