WEEK 3

Week three lecture discusses online libraries and databases, and also the different types of presentations you can have.

Helen also talked about visual and audio tools how to get them to help you during your presentation not just take up most of time because most people think that it makes the presentation more interesting for the audience if they have something to look at or hear.

Helen gave us some strategies to help us get the audience involved in the presentation. During the lecture and tutorial this week these are five new thing I learnt:

1. The first thing I learnt was that the audience remembers 10% of what they see, 25% of what they see and hear, 40% of what they hear, see and write down, and 60% of audience involvement.

2. Some strategies to help audience involvement.

3. Just use Microsoft Powerpoint as a backup and a summary of what you are saying.

4. I learnt about the good ways and the bad ways to give a presentation during the tutorials.

5. I also learnt about how to set up a good introduction for a presentation.

Tutorial Activities for this week:

WORKSHOP

In workshop today, we had to do some activities in order to get use to online libraries and databases on the Internet. We did some research on "Global warming" .

I used Proquest for this search. I thought this would give me some good journals, essays or articles. Below is a picture of the article regarding 'Global warming'.

We were then asked to write down 10 tips to help us search for articles on specific topics.

1) There are search operators such as: - And, Or, Not, Near or Within etc. This makes the search much better as it narrows down the search results.

2) The search statement describes your search and includes the main keywords and operators.

3) It would to be good idea to start your search with the most precise terms. If you think your topic needs more information than just use broader terms.

4) Take advantage of thesaurus. This helps you to classify related keywords.

5) It is useful to note that the journal title is often in a field labeled JN or SO.

6) Select the details that are important and is related to your assignment.

7) Truncation is used to shorten by or as if by cutting off. This saves time and is much better.

8) There are two useful options to watch out for:-- Buttons or icons to return you to the results or marked list- Arrows which direct you to the next step. These will also help to save time in order to your search to appear quicker.

9) Be aware, you must always record if you are using someone else’s work. This is important as you would need to reference it in your reports or assignments.

10) Choose databases that covers your topic the best, once this is completed, you are ready to begin your search.

Readings

1) "Finding what you want on the web"The information on the BBC website is trustworthy, as the author Bill Thompson is recognized. He is a general reporter on the BBC World Service Programme Go Digital. Hence, he has well known and respected person. This website was last restructured on the 2nd of January 2004, which means the information is still useful for anyone who wants to use it.There is a negative side to the Internet. That is the constant increase of information on different websites. The web content is thought to be hidden behind firewalls or subscription services. As a result, when we search on the Internet, we must investigate efficiently. This is because we won’t leave any of the interesting information out there.

2. "Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips"

Even though the web page on South Carolina USC Beaufort Library does not show an author, the website is still believed to be reliable. In my opinion, I would trust this site as I can see it’s useful and pretty good because it allows me to find great ways to search for information in search engines. This consists of the following:-

1) Using double quotation marks

2) Using truncation

3) Combining phrases with keywords

4) Using Boolean