Good Afternoon:
This activity in Unit 3 was very insightful. I've always known that Wikipedia is not a reputable source and most of the time information from it has not been allowed in my courses. I found it interesting that the specific citation for it quoted, "Wikipedia should be used for background information...a starting point for further research." I had no idea what a "wiki" was; so I was pleased to learn that it is a public contribution tool. I was shocked to learn that anyone can edit these articles and information.
I also found the topics in IRIS interesting; particularly the one which references digital notes. I'm not sure how adept I would be at that format (as I'm a bit old fashioned) but I think it would be interesting to investigate. Finally, the deep web section was very informative, particularly learning about bots, spiders and crawling. (Sounds kinda creepy/ crawly!) I'm familiar with the Clark library search tools; but it was a good refresher. Overall, very useful and informative!
-Carrie
Monday, July 9, 2012
Unit 3: Three Research Questions.
Good Afternoon,
Three research questions I to focus and narrow my topic of censorship include the following:
1) What is the history of censorship?
2) What types of censorship are there?
3) How do various countries participate in censorship?
Three research questions I to focus and narrow my topic of censorship include the following:
1) What is the history of censorship?
2) What types of censorship are there?
3) How do various countries participate in censorship?
Unit 3: Articles/ Gale & Wikipedia
Good Afternoon!
I visited the Gale Virtual Reference Library in search of my topic, Censorship.
Keywords I gathered include the following:
Freedom, Restraint, Suppression, Control, First Amendment, Repression, Regulatory, Expression, Forms, History, Censure, Government, Speech, Literature, Art, Music.
One article which looked interesting is cited as follows:
Title: Censorship
Author: Leigh Kimmel, Ph.D.
Title of Source: Encyclopedia of Politics
Publisher, City, Date of Publication: Sage Reference, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2005
Page Numbers: 573-576
I also visited Wikipedia in search of my topic, Censorship.
Keywords I gathered include the following:
Creative Censorship, Self Censorship, Religion, Approval, Education, Secrets, Prevention, Political, Rational, Internet, Film, Books, Reasons, Country, Forms.
The article on Censorship, is difficult to cite in the correct format, although when I did find how to cite it, I was given the following information:
Title: Censorship
Author: Wikipedia Contributors
Title of Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Publisher, City, Date of Publication: N/A, N/A, 9, Jul. 2012.
Page Numbers: N/A
I visited the Gale Virtual Reference Library in search of my topic, Censorship.
Keywords I gathered include the following:
Freedom, Restraint, Suppression, Control, First Amendment, Repression, Regulatory, Expression, Forms, History, Censure, Government, Speech, Literature, Art, Music.
One article which looked interesting is cited as follows:
Title: Censorship
Author: Leigh Kimmel, Ph.D.
Title of Source: Encyclopedia of Politics
Publisher, City, Date of Publication: Sage Reference, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2005
Page Numbers: 573-576
I also visited Wikipedia in search of my topic, Censorship.
Keywords I gathered include the following:
Creative Censorship, Self Censorship, Religion, Approval, Education, Secrets, Prevention, Political, Rational, Internet, Film, Books, Reasons, Country, Forms.
The article on Censorship, is difficult to cite in the correct format, although when I did find how to cite it, I was given the following information:
Title: Censorship
Author: Wikipedia Contributors
Title of Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Publisher, City, Date of Publication: N/A, N/A, 9, Jul. 2012.
Page Numbers: N/A
Friday, July 6, 2012
Unit 2: Plagiarism
Good Evening! Here is my update for our assignment relating to plagiarism.
1. Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.
This example is not cited correctly. There is a specific statistic relayed which is not common knowledge thus it must be attributed to proper citation.
Numbers 4, 5, and 6 all refer to the following passage from Martin Luther King's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail":
5. Martin Luther King wrote that the city of Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there "no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail" para. 5).
This example is cited correctly, assuming that at the end of the paper there is a full citation provided. The example properly shows the quotes being surrounded by quotation marks. The in text citation also provides the proper information in giving proper acknowledgement.
6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
This example is not cited correctly. Although King's quotes are enclosed in quotation marks; there is no in text citation. If there is no end of paper citation, that too needs to be provided.
7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
The information pertaining to plagiarism is very thorough. It is imperative that one gives credit where credit is due to avoid plagiarism. There are few instances where this is not necessary; those being information which is common knowledge or which is your "idea, discovery and reasonings". Information which you must properly acknowledge by citation includes "1)direct quotations, 2) parpahrases and summaries, 3) arguable assertions, 4) statistics, charts, tables and graphs and 5) images, photos and graphics."
Utilizing a style manual is a handy guide which familiarizes you with rules regarding citations. The information provided in IRIS also thoroughly addresses various citation styles which include MLA and APA. Several interesting bits of information which I was unaware of where that all graphs, charts, tables or any graphic material must be cited, even if you have created it yourself. Another tricky plagiarism topic addresses paraphrasing or summarizing others information and statements; just because we use different language does not take the need away from proper acknowledgement.
It is my advice to myself and others, if you are in doubt, cite anyways, just to be safe.
1. Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
2. Americans want to create a more perfect union; they also want to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for everybody.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.
This example is not cited correctly. There is a specific statistic relayed which is not common knowledge thus it must be attributed to proper citation.
Numbers 4, 5, and 6 all refer to the following passage from Martin Luther King's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail":
You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative.
4. Martin Luther King was certain that nobody would want to be contented with a surfacy type of social analysis that concerns itself only with effects and doesn't deal with root causes.
This is not cited correctly. The above example is a summary of the letter written by King. Thus proper in text citation as well as end of paper citation must be included.
This is not cited correctly. The above example is a summary of the letter written by King. Thus proper in text citation as well as end of paper citation must be included.
5. Martin Luther King wrote that the city of Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there "no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail" para. 5).
This example is cited correctly, assuming that at the end of the paper there is a full citation provided. The example properly shows the quotes being surrounded by quotation marks. The in text citation also provides the proper information in giving proper acknowledgement.
6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
This example is not cited correctly. Although King's quotes are enclosed in quotation marks; there is no in text citation. If there is no end of paper citation, that too needs to be provided.
7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
The information pertaining to plagiarism is very thorough. It is imperative that one gives credit where credit is due to avoid plagiarism. There are few instances where this is not necessary; those being information which is common knowledge or which is your "idea, discovery and reasonings". Information which you must properly acknowledge by citation includes "1)direct quotations, 2) parpahrases and summaries, 3) arguable assertions, 4) statistics, charts, tables and graphs and 5) images, photos and graphics."
Utilizing a style manual is a handy guide which familiarizes you with rules regarding citations. The information provided in IRIS also thoroughly addresses various citation styles which include MLA and APA. Several interesting bits of information which I was unaware of where that all graphs, charts, tables or any graphic material must be cited, even if you have created it yourself. Another tricky plagiarism topic addresses paraphrasing or summarizing others information and statements; just because we use different language does not take the need away from proper acknowledgement.
It is my advice to myself and others, if you are in doubt, cite anyways, just to be safe.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
First Posting
Wow! I absolutely loved this assignment! It was so fun creating a blog; a project I've never done before. It was much easier than I had anticipated. I enjoyed coming up with a creative blog name and template. I'm looking forward to the posting process. I learned that with a few clicks of a button, I'm off and running in the internet blogging world!
I would imagine that a digital work space verses a paper one, is similar to using email rather than paper in business. I would also imagine that you are able to reach a far larger audience, operate more quickly and efficiently and access a vast supply of stored data.
I am a member of Facebook; which I utilize mainly for religious and political postings as well as family communications. It's incredible the number of people which we are able to reach with web methods. Now for the end of my post; I'm not quite sure how to "sign off" a blog, so until next time I'll just say,
Adieu,
Carrie
I would imagine that a digital work space verses a paper one, is similar to using email rather than paper in business. I would also imagine that you are able to reach a far larger audience, operate more quickly and efficiently and access a vast supply of stored data.
I am a member of Facebook; which I utilize mainly for religious and political postings as well as family communications. It's incredible the number of people which we are able to reach with web methods. Now for the end of my post; I'm not quite sure how to "sign off" a blog, so until next time I'll just say,
Adieu,
Carrie
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