In the lecture for week 10, students were informed about online libraries. They contain so much information in the forms of online text repositories, online journals, electronic books, art and music. Examples of online archives were given for all of those information types. Sometimes, however, that information is only available through subscription. Referencing is very important because there are a lot of copyright issues surrounding online information. Students were then informed of online databases. These can be people searches, e-mail directories, genealogy recourses, maps and atlases, government information and statistics, news and media as well as portals. Again, much of this information is only available through subscription.
Workshop
For the first workshop activity, students were asked to visit the ECU library website and record 10 useful features.
1 – Journal Articles
There is a huge amount of electronic journal articles. Searching for an article is much the same as searching on a search engine such as Google. The searches can also be refined so that the articles returned are from a certain time/place etc. This is a database.
2 – Books, CDs
Books can be looked up by using a topic or a specific author. This is referred to as a catalogue.
3 – Websites
There is a list of websites which you can access by selecting the appropriate topic they fall under.
4 – Quick Catalogue Search
Searches by automatically using a keyword search and in all of the ECU campuses.
5 – Subject or Title
You can search for articles by using either their subject or title. Searching by title allows you to select a database to search in while searching by subject means you must pick a specific subject first.
6 – Database Range
There is a very large of databases which the user may search in.
7 – Searching Help
There is a section where a student may refer to if they are unsure of what to do or how to search.
8 – Podcasts
There is a range of podcasts a student may download. These subjects range from annotated bibliographies to maps of campuses.
9 – Trial Databases
There are two databases available that include media information
10 – Reserve Readings
A student can find information on their course or from their lecturer/tutor by searching for the correct information.
The second part of our workshop required students to visit a medical website and use the built-in search engine to find out about a certain disease or treatment we were interested in. I chose to search information on cervical cancer. To see the screenshot for this activity, see below.
We were then required to watch an interactive tutorial on another subject. To see my interactive tutorial, see the screenshot below.
I believe that everybody can benefit from a website like this. It includes information that anybody who is curious about a medical subject will find useful and interesting. It will also educate people who may not know about ways to make sure they are healthy (feeling for lumps etc).
Readings
There were no readings posted on Blackboard for week 10.
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