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1. Throughout this entire course I certainly learned many new and useful things. One of the first things that will be most useful to me is knowing how to use databases very well. Before coming into this class, I probably would never used the database. However, now I have learned how to use databases well enough to gain useful and reliable sources with great quality. Another thing that will be useful for me is knowing how to find peer-reviewed articles. I am certain that it will help in the future when I need peer-reviewed sources to write papers for other classes. The third thing that will be useful for me is the knowledge of Google. I always used Google before but after this course I can use it much better to my advantage in many ways because I learned so many new things about this search engine.

2. One thing that I wish we had spent more time covering in class and learning more about was comparing Google to other search engines like Yahoo and MSN so we can better see the differences and similarities.

Newspaper Article: “Google Rolls Out Search Product for Scholars”. Reuters News (2004). Factiva. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Magazine Article: Markoff, John. “Technology; Google Plans New Service For Scientists And Scholars”. New York Times (2004). MasterFILE Premier. Web. 9 Nov. 2011

Journal Article: “Google Launches Google Scholar.” Advanced Technology Libraries 33.12 (2004): 1, 11. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Book: Nygren, Else and Glenn, Haya and Wilhelm, Widmark. Students Experience of Metalib and Google Scholar (2006). World Cat. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Ethnic NewsWatch: The subject specialty this database has is News. This database provides a broad coverage of the news from approximately 200 publications and provides users with over 670,000 articles. It has local and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues. The database consists of big news stories from small sources.  It has multicultural coverage on subjects that focus on news about African-American, Hispanic, Latino, and many other ethnic groups. When you run searches, information is mostly found in the form of articles. Controlled vocabulary can be found in this database listed under subjects; for example, it can be government, religion, cultural, local, national, or international issues. One surprising feature in this database is that it is available in two languages, both English and Spanish since it provides news on ethnic groups.

World Bank Data: The subject specialty this database has is Economics and Financials. It provides international social and economic data from over 207 countries. It also consists of social, financial, and environmental indicators from 1960 until 2000. It is designed to help fight poverty through economic knowledge. When searches are done, the information is mainly portrayed in tables that provide all the financial data that is necessary. This database does not have a specific section for controlled vocabulary and subject terms but it does have a section for various topics that you can search by such as agricultural and rural development, financial sector, education, poverty, private sector, public sector, etc. One unique feature that this database has is that it consists of a system of blogs within the database itself. Additionally, these blogs vary from all different forms of international news and issues from numerous countries.

The library catalog is certainly a very useful resource. There are many things that can be found in using the library catalog. The library catalog gives a great amount of information about books, DVDs, magazines, and journals.  It also gives the summary, genre, and call number of any book.

Title of the Book: Romeo and Juliet
Author of the Book: William Shakespeare
Call Number: PR 2831 .A2 L48 2000
Location: Stacks
Status: Regular Loan
Due Date: Look on Shelf