A success I'm having with my research project is that it's getting a lot easier to find information now than it was in the beginning of the year. If I can't find something I know I can change key words or look at different sites to find what I'm looking for.
A challenge I'm having is not letting myself get behind in the work and making sure I'm keeping up with my annotated biblography.
Right now I'm not currently doing any research in any other classes but I feel that research in the future will be much easier because I know so many ways of finding different types of sources.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Urvashi Vaid Presentation
1. I didn't have any expectations before attending the event. The only thing I really knew about the topic was that a few states had approved gay marriage and that Minnesota is trying to ban gay marriage in the state constitution.
2. The information was presented in an interesting way- it really kept my attention. It did not really differ from anything I've learned or heard in the past.
3. One thing I had never heard of was the issue of race in relation to the gay/ bisexual/ lesbian population. I agreed with her that it is not an issue that is often talked about and that there are people who are being left out of the movement because they are not white.
4. Yes the speakers personal life (being a lesbian), professional life (being a lawyer and working on cases relating to gay rights) and academic background (college educated) makes her an authority on the topic. She lives and works with the kinds of issues she talked about every day so she has a really good idea on the current status of the situations and the gay rights movement.
5. From her presentation I took away that everyone deserves equal rights and so those with HIV/AIDS should not be discriminated against on the basis of their health or medical condition.
2. The information was presented in an interesting way- it really kept my attention. It did not really differ from anything I've learned or heard in the past.
3. One thing I had never heard of was the issue of race in relation to the gay/ bisexual/ lesbian population. I agreed with her that it is not an issue that is often talked about and that there are people who are being left out of the movement because they are not white.
4. Yes the speakers personal life (being a lesbian), professional life (being a lawyer and working on cases relating to gay rights) and academic background (college educated) makes her an authority on the topic. She lives and works with the kinds of issues she talked about every day so she has a really good idea on the current status of the situations and the gay rights movement.
5. From her presentation I took away that everyone deserves equal rights and so those with HIV/AIDS should not be discriminated against on the basis of their health or medical condition.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Intellectual property
My definition of intellectual property is like when someone creates something, like a product, idea, or some type of art that is original, that is their property because they made it. Others should have to ask for permission before they can use that property.
The expert source I found is WIPO which stands for World Intellectual Property Orgazination and they state, "Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce." And that is from the website http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Examples from everyday life are books, magazines, news articles, paintings, sculptures, pictures, academic papers, and even stuff posted on Facebook.
When that property is manipulated and shared it can be seen by many more people and if the authors name is not included in the works or if the author isin't given credit for what they have done, people will continue to use it and not give the author the credit, or sometimes even prevent the author from getting paid for his/ her works.
The expert source I found is WIPO which stands for World Intellectual Property Orgazination and they state, "Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce." And that is from the website http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Examples from everyday life are books, magazines, news articles, paintings, sculptures, pictures, academic papers, and even stuff posted on Facebook.
When that property is manipulated and shared it can be seen by many more people and if the authors name is not included in the works or if the author isin't given credit for what they have done, people will continue to use it and not give the author the credit, or sometimes even prevent the author from getting paid for his/ her works.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Google 101
During Google 101 I learned about the tilda symbol ~, and how that can be used to help you search for related terms. I also learned to use the plus sign instead of and when searching for things.
It also taught me more about how to narrow down results in google. I didn't know much about that before, but I feel like those options are less extensive and helpful than the narrowing options in ASP or other library search websites.
For the future doing reserach projects I plan to try to use google scholar more. It's a great easy way to find scholarly articles if you are having a hard time finding one through the library website. I would also like to use the tilda when I have issues finding things with my search term.
It also taught me more about how to narrow down results in google. I didn't know much about that before, but I feel like those options are less extensive and helpful than the narrowing options in ASP or other library search websites.
For the future doing reserach projects I plan to try to use google scholar more. It's a great easy way to find scholarly articles if you are having a hard time finding one through the library website. I would also like to use the tilda when I have issues finding things with my search term.
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