Today I did the EIR practical, I was really impressed by the effectiveness of using keywords and the proper search queries. However, the results from Google scholar seems more relevant than the results from Google, but the range of articles from Google is a lot wider. I did not know that using the right search queries and alternative keywords can make such a difference in the results and I will practice that from now on.
Citing and compiling of bibliography of resources was the next activity that I went through, it helps us by letting us give credit to the owners of the information and not violate copyright regulations as a result. It also allows us to trace back where we got our information from when we need to refer to the sites for other uses.
Sadly, I could not find the discussion thread to post in. However, from my previous experiences and postings on other discussion boards in OLIVE, I personally feel that it is not as helpful as doing your own research but I have no problems chatting and sharing ideas with others on the discussion boards.
Overall, I had quite a good learning experience from doing this activity however, it could be much better if it isn't Sunday when I am doing this blog entry. Oh well, until next time....
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