Tues 3-18-11
Today we met in the library at the naked lady and Eric Fisher took us through the library's different resources. He showed us there were a number of specific databases that would help such as Access World News, CQ Researcher, World Cat, Communication and Mass Media Complete, and Sociological Abstracts. With these databases and the ones Mr. Fisher had already taught us about we can pretty much be guaranteed to find at least one thing on our subject and if it's not able to be found in the databases, try card cat. It could be on print in the library and if Ball State doesn't have it, then through inter-library loan you are bound to find something related to your topic.
Monday, March 21, 2011
LOG #7
Tues 3-15-11
Today McArdle had everyone get into groups of two, or three and use what we experienced on spring break to form an adequate research question. He stressed that the question should not be one that could be answered using yes or no, and that the question did not have to be all that complicated. The class came up with some really good workable questions that McArdle used to help clarify what a research question was and how to tweak the question to say exactly what you wanted it to say. Some examples of the questions included: Should people under the age of 18 be allowed to go on spring break without a chaperone?, How is the welfare system being abused?, Should you be allowed to operate a golf cart while intoxicated?, and Why do people choose to study in Boston? This took up all of the class period and seemed to really help a lot of people who may have been unclear as to what, or how to use a research question. I know it helped me.
Today McArdle had everyone get into groups of two, or three and use what we experienced on spring break to form an adequate research question. He stressed that the question should not be one that could be answered using yes or no, and that the question did not have to be all that complicated. The class came up with some really good workable questions that McArdle used to help clarify what a research question was and how to tweak the question to say exactly what you wanted it to say. Some examples of the questions included: Should people under the age of 18 be allowed to go on spring break without a chaperone?, How is the welfare system being abused?, Should you be allowed to operate a golf cart while intoxicated?, and Why do people choose to study in Boston? This took up all of the class period and seemed to really help a lot of people who may have been unclear as to what, or how to use a research question. I know it helped me.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Spring Break and My Father
Thank goodness that we have spring break. It's always at the perfect time for me so i can de-stress myself and brace for the home stretch to the final weeks of school. this past spring break is one that i'll remember forever. The time i got to spend with friends was unimaginably amazing and I am thankful for them. Something that I'll remember more is the time that I got to spend with my dad. My dad is basically my idol. Picture Harrison Ford and Mark Harmon put together and that's my dad; both in action and physical looks. He's always pushing me to be more and I will never be able to thank him enough. So when people ask me if I had a good break... my answer is definitely going to be yes.
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