Author Archives: Yuna Chong

1. What three things that you learned this semester about doing research have been the most useful to you (or are likely to be the most useful to you)? Please explain why for each of those things.

Narrowing down on a topic was a useful research skill. I was reminded that, instead of trying to discuss everything, focusing on a smaller, more specific topic  is easier to research and find information about. Learning to evaluate sources was also another helpful skill. It helps in knowing whether or not the source would be good to use for a paper and what kind of source it is. The BEAM was helpful as well. It makes it simpler to know how to use the source.

2. What is one thing that you wish we had spent more time covering in class or that we failed to get to in class? Why do you wish we had gotten to that?

I wish we looked at other search engines other than Google and maybe compare them. I remember a librarian at my high school showing us a site that compared search results of different search engines.

Google Scholar was first introduced in October 2004 and formally launched the following month, November.

The first kinds of articles that were published were newspapers.

“Technology Brief — Google Inc.: Tool to Search Scholarly Papers Is Set to Be Launched Today.” The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 16 November 2011 Factivia. Web. 15 Nov. 2011

“Google introduces new tool for scholarly research.” Associated Press Newswires. The Associated Press, 18 November 2004. Factivia. Web. 9 Nov. 2011

The earliest magazine article was published November 22, 2004.

Albanese, Andrew. “Google Launches Scholarly Search Service.” Publishers Weekly 251.47 (2004): 13. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

The earliest journal article was from January 2005.

Abram, Stephen. “Google Scholar: Thin Edge of the Wedge?.” Information Outlook 9.1 (2005): 44-6. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

The earliest book published about Google Scholar was in 2005 from WorldCat.

Miller, William, and Rita M. Pellen. Libraries and Google. Binghamton, NY, USA: Haworth Information Press, 2005. Print. 9 Nov. 2011

NAXOS- This database specializes in music. The database provides information mostly by an audio format. There is controlled vocabulary available. One unique feature in this database is that it is a library for music and it also has playlist making features.

Counseling and Therapy in Video- This database has information available specializing in the area of counseling. The database provides the information by videos. There is controlled vocabulary. This database only has videos, which is not common in many of the databases we usually use.