Author Archives: mazhar.buttar

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Class activity: Flow of Information

Posted on November 14, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

Newspaper:

  • Notess, Greg R. “Understanding Google: How Best to Use Google for Research.” Information Today 1 Nov. 2011, 36th ed., sec. 6. Factiva. Web. 14 Nov. 2011.

Magazine:

  • Neuhaus, ChrisNeuhaus, EllenAsher, Alan. “Google Scholar Goes To School: The Presence Of Google Scholar On College And University Web Sites.” Journal Of Academic Librarianship 34.1 (2008): 39. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Journal:

  • Cothran, Tanya. “Google Scholar acceptance and use among graduate students: A quantitative study.” Library & Information Science Research 33.4 (2011): 293-301. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

Book:

  • Miller, William, and Rita M. Pellen. Libraries and Google. Binghamton, NY, USA: Haworth Information Press, 2005. Print.
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Research Question (Second Draft)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

Can Google be trusted in upholding it’s privacy policies when handling incriminating queries from it’s web search?

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A World of Databases

Posted on November 7, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

MarketResearch:

The Market Research database consists of data from industries across the world. The database, as its name makes obvious, specializes in Market Research which allows for competitive analysis by market trends and consumer behavior. The information is formatted as research reports and are presented in PDF format. In place of special vocabulary is a viewable version of the Table of Contents of the research report which can be used when conducting searches. One unique feature about this database is that it gives the price of the actual article if you aren’t subscribed to it’s database, which is interesting in that it puts a price tag on the value of the data itself.

Business Source Complete:

This database specializes in business with data covering international business, economics, finance, etc. The format for the information is in journal articles with full-text access. The specialized vocabulary is within the subject part of articles, which you can use to refine your search to find more similar articles. There isn’t anything too unique in this database mainly because its search is done via EBSCOhost which we had seen on Academic Search Complete.

 

 

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Mazhar Buttar: Research Question

Posted on October 16, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

To what extent can Google’s Privacy Policy be trusted when handling sensitive search queries.

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My Model Of Research

Posted on September 21, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

I start by analyzing the assignment and picking out keywords that would help me find out more about it. I would enter these keywords into google until I got a better understanding on the topic. I would then use what I read from the first few relevant search results as filters for the Encyclopedia search tool until I got what I’m looking for.

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Re: Using the Catalog to Find Books

Posted on September 7, 2011 by mazhar.buttar

The catalog can find novels, Textbooks, and other physical produced works but can’t find information that is posted exclusively on websites.

  • Title of the book – To Kill A Mocking Bird
  • Author of the book – Harper Lee
  • Call number for the book – PS3562.E353 T6 2006
  • Location for the book – Baruch
  • Status of the book – On Shelf
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