For your first database:
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
Britannica Online.
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
the term i use is "renewable energy"
3. How many results did you retrieve?
there is 3 results as my topics. for text- there is about 31 results.
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results? there is not over 100 results. if there were, i would have change renewable energy into wind power or biofuel.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
Well, i look for one that is most closest to my results. like for example->
renewable energy -> i would pick renewable energy, energy convention, biofuel ( if i wanna branch into the renewable energy as in brake up my topic to be more specific.
so basically, i just look from ones that i deem closest enough or meaningful.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
i choose this article -->
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/17668/renewable-energy/17668topic
basically, i just type renewable energy in the search bar. then i click text and scroll down until i see renewable energy or i just click renewable energy in the topics. the article is both there.
"renewable energy
also called alternative energy" ---> i just copy and paste the titleof the article.
i dunno what information i should put for the bibliographic information but here is the work cited of the source.
MLA Style:
"renewable energy." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 19 Feb. 2009
APA Style:
renewable energy. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 19, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/17668/renewable-energy
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
this article is very informational and its hit the spot on whats im actually looking for.
For your search in Academic Search Premier
1. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
i type "renewable energy"
2. How many results did you retrieve?
i recieved 12007 results
3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
since there is over 100 results, Im gonna search for my topic by using --> alternative energy -< 1757 results,
biofuel is 2932
solar power -> 2215
since i didnt get any small results I search for using the advance option
clicking boolean pharse, full text, full reference, document type -> article
finally i receives 50 results!!
4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database? i needed to go into the advance option and specify my search by clicking limiting search options for a closer range search for my topic.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful? i click the number 3, one ->
A FRAMEWORK FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: SHIFTING FROM DRILLING RIGS TO RENEWABLES.
this article look promising. because its a alternative energy development.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
i choose
A FRAMEWORK FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: SHIFTING FROM DRILLING RIGS TO RENEWABLES.
the bibliographic information is
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32440885&site=ehost-live
Title:
A FRAMEWORK FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: SHIFTING FROM DRILLING RIGS TO RENEWABLES.
Authors:
Holahan, Timothy
Source:
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review; 2008, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p321-348, 28p
Document Type:
Article
ISSN:
01907034
Accession Number:
32440885
Persistent link to this record (Permalink):
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32440885&site=ehost-live
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
well, i deem its meaningful because its very detailed, specific, and the article looks interesting. and ita have all the sources i needed to cite it if i choose to.
Britannica Online: I like your answer to the question about refining terms: "if there were, i would have change renewable energy into wind power or biofuel." That's exactly the idea--manipulate your language to get broader or narrower results. Regarding your evaluation, relevance is a good criterion, but keep in mind, also, that these articles are reviewed by experts, so they are also authoritative. That's the advantage of a subscription database over the Web.
ReplyDeleteAcademic Search Premier: I liked the way you worked to refine your search. It's amazing the differences in numbers of results when you use the same terms in different databases, isn't it? Again, you use relevance, but these articles are also reviewed, not just anyone putting information on the Web. Having the citation is helpful, but not really a criterion. You can always formulate a citation for yourself (or you will learn to do that).