week 3

Lecture summary
Today's lecture was about Using Online Libraries why they are a useful over other libraries. The lecture also explained why they are Disadvantages, the types of Online Libraries and the Limitations of Online Libraries. The lecture also gave me examples of Online Resources.
Today's lecture was also about using Databases.


The lecturer explained to me what online databases were, the types of Online Databases, the advantages and disadvantages of online Databases. She also explained to us how to use our campuses library to access Online Libraries & Databases.


Tutorial summary

We had to use the ECU library web page to locate online books and journals to research the economic impacts of global warming on a business. The online journal database i looked at was ProQuest.
This is a screenshot of the website i looked at to search for the document i wanted.

This is a screen shot of my sorting thought the documents to fine the one most relevant.

This is a screen shot of the document i found that had the most to do with Economic impact of global warming on businesses.

I then visited the MEDline plus website - http://www.medlineplus.gov/ and went going through an interactive tutorial and researching different drugs, and their effects on people. This website would be useful for students and customers needing information to help answer health questions. This is because MedlinePlus directs you to information that helps you to answer health questions. The website gives easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

This is a screen shot of the medline website.

The ten useful functions/ search tips from the ECU library site are:

1. The Quick catalogue search it is easy to search for exactly what you are looking for.




2. Search by faculty. This allows you to obtain search result relative to the faculty you want your results from.




3. Journal Titles Search all the journal titles held by ECU are available in the database.
   
   


4. open any time of day or night




5. a list of websites selected by the ECU librarians that are in order of subject.




6. Has access to Academic Tip Sheets




7. The reserve collection service allows you to reserve material.




8. Gives you a date of when a book etc is due so you can asses whether it is possible for you to use that particular book for your needs.




9. Gives you online access to other universities.




10. Gives you access to the library’s special collections.

Readings

Reading 1 Summary- ‘Finding what you want on the web’

The website is about some one trying to stop using Google but finding it unsuccessful because the web is just to big to search without search engines to narrow down the web pages. He said that he knows how to back up dogie looking information by supporting websites and how to follow promising links from one website to another but not how to search for the websites.

This is a screenshot of the Reading review 1 website that i had to review.

Reading 2 Summary- ‘Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips’

This website contains information designed to get you started in the right direction with a minimum of time and effort of finding the "bare bones" on comprehensive and detailed searching of the Web by providing you with tips that help you filter out the information you dont want when searching the web.