Final Frontier

I went to Clarks online library to articles and databases to this search. I chose 'Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)' as my database to search through. For the search box I put in "The Future of Print" in TI Title and the second result was what I was looking for. There's a PDF of the full text available to download.

I used Gigablast.com for the open web search. In the search I put in: "ewan morrison" AND "Are books dead" I received 26 results with the search. The first link gave me the page I was looking for because it was from the guardians website.

Authority - Ewan Morrison has good credentials as he has written 3 novels and many short stories. He has won many awards. Merril Distad is a co-editor at the University of Alberta. He is an Associate University Libarian, which makes his understanding of books valid in this article.

Sources - Both articles have provided foot notes and cited some sources backing up their points.

Purpose - These were written to inform and educate the public. One article goes about how books are being overtaken by e-books and the other talks about how professional writers will become obsolete. This is directed mainly at readers, which is about everyone.

Evenness - Merril Distads article talks about the good and bad of having a e-book, but favors more towards keeping "tree-books" alive. Ewan Morrisons article talks about how industries are in a financial lost because of digital distribution.

Coverage - This is an expected outcome from society nowadays. People are more seduced with the e-books so then social media will write about it.

Timeliness - The dates of the articles are in 2011 and is just a year old. These topics are still being disgusted with both  types still valuable.

In Merrill Distad's, The Future of Print: The Book, he points out that even though digital media is a growing trend, it will not replace physical books. He tells of examples of how writers have predicted a future of a "paperless society". The writer went on to say that there would be a virtual library with "holographic images of book spines projected on reading room walls". These predictions were not that far off compared to todays technology; we are still working on holograms.

In this articles he makes some good points on why "the tree-book" will not be obsolete. First off he list examples of some past technologies that are still in use today. He pointed out that it was said the "telephone would replace the electric telegraph, like the electric telegraph would replace a semaphore telegraph". Which he stated that it didn't. Another example is that it was said radios would replace telephones and tv's would replace radios, and of course it didn't. However, cell phones act like radios, can stream tv, and have cameras on them.

So with the e-books, they a lot of upside to them for readers. Like being able to download thousands of books to a single device at any time. The virtual library is growing every year and you can get your favorites. They have made the font styles on the e-readers to replicate a physical book. However, not everything is perfect for these e-readers. These are electrical devices and will always need power. Like a cell phone, if you have used it for most the day and aren't near a power outlet, your device will be out of power. So that will make you more cautious of when and how long to read. Another thing is you can't really share an e-reader like a physical book, because all your books will be in that e-reader if you lend it out, so what if you wanted to read something?

There is room for both to co-exist. E-readers will be the wave of the future but it doesn't mean physical books need no longer exist. There is still a need for books for the younger generation. To have kids read at a  young age is ideal for them to have a better life. Even pop up books or coloring books can help them started very young. As the author says, "the future of the printed book rests in the hands of todays children".

These points that Merril Distad makes are why I believe there will still be a future with books. Regardless of how it is published, there will be room for hard copies.

my web page

http://letteraday.org/students/tluu.html

This was a fun activity to do, I enjoyed the coding aspect of it. Starting from scratch to build a final product was rewarding. Creating a webpage is a time consuming project if you want to get things perfect. However, I am sure the more you create then the faster you can create. Its nice to create a web page of your own and send it out to the internet for all to see.You would have to do more maintenance with a web page then a blog. With blogs you can just type whatever you want and post it. With web pages, you have to go through making it look visual pleasing and mess around with the tags. When I see web pages that are full of content like, www.cnn.com, I can imagine all the coding involved in it and it just seems like it would be overwhelming to a novice. I like to learn more about doing html and I will incorporate the searching techniques we received in the class to do it.

4 elements

I have chosen to use http://www.gigablast.com/ for my search engine.

My first attempt was to look for a gov site that was related to my topic. I played around with the key words again, using (mobile OR "cell phones") AND protect suburl:gov

There is no author for this site.
Title website: Department of Accounting and General services. State of Hawaii
Title Article: June 2009 - Securing your Mobile devies
last modified 2009-06-24 07:32
http://hawaii.gov/dags/icsd/cst/newsletters/2009/june09_mobile_devices

This site is a public service site from the State of Hawaii. It gives tips and educates people on cyber security. With technology growing rapidly through the years, this site wants to provide information to help protect people from identity theft and other malicious attacks.


I used Gigablast
"cell phones" AND protect suburl:org

There is no author but it is on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Title of website: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Title of Article: Wireless Communications Voice and Data privacy

Posted Oct. 1994 Revised May 2012

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs2-wire.htm

Beth Givens is the founder of this site and has written books on privacy issues. She has been interviewed on TV for such issues with NBC, CBS, Good Morning America and other TV news shows. This site was created to help consumers be aware how technology affects personal privacy.

I used Google

"cell phones" AND privacy AND hack* site:edu

From the website: Office of HIPAA Privacy and Security

Title article: A short history of cell phone hacking

Posted Aug 22 2011

http://www.med.miami.edu/hipaa/public/x481.xml

This is from the University of Miami website. They explain how a cell phone can be hacked and how it can be prevented. The coverage and purpose of this site has valuable information on avoiding being a victim of a "hack". 

I used Google

 "cell phones" AND privacy AND hack* site:com

Juliana Gruenwald is a writer for the National Journal. She has been covering tech new for over a decade for credible sites like Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. 

Title website: National Journal

Title Article: Lawmakers Question Cell Phone Privacy in Wake of Hacking Scandal.

Posted July 14 2011

http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2011/07/lawmakers-question-cell-phone.php

This site talks about how congress needs to look more into the security issues of cell phones. It wants the public to know that this issue is becoming big and the government needs to step in. A scandal with a company hacking into politicians phones has brought attention to the issue.

This activity was a bit difficult for me because I had to play around a lot with keywords for the Gigablast search engine. It was good to use the domain specific search, and Gigablast's method was different then googles. I got more hits with the .com and .org searches, but the .edu and .gov were tough to really find much of anything for this topic.

search tools

The first search tool I selected was www.gigablast.com.
Features:
- The boolean operators are pretty much the same as googles. Nothing really new here.
- There is something called the gigablast answers/questions, which is setup to answer questions with short answers.
- Has the ability to discard duplicate web pages.
-URL are indexed in real time to get the most up to date web pages.
- Super recall feature can bring queries that would normally end up as no result, with results

Yippy.com:
- uses other search engines to make searches that are usual harder to find for you.
- Doesn't track your activity when making searches. Good privacy proctection
- Has similar services as Google, mail, documentation, calenders, streaming.
- Prevents most relevant results on the same page.
- Puts  documents into subcategory folders and provides results in an easy-to-view format


Open Directory Project:
- Directory submissions are free
- Biggest categorized directories of websites and pages maintained by volunteers.
- Volunteers review directory not for profit, but it may take a long time to get listed.
- Source of quality content
- gives you more incoming links to your websites so you can get popular.


I would use the first 2 search tools more since Gigablast is new to me and it looks like its easy to use. Yippy is in competition with google so, it has the same features. I would like to use those more. 

Periodical indexes

My initial boolean search terms did not have any successful results. I tried the suggested search but that also came up with nothing. I revised the search term to be more specific, so I went with: Cellular telephones AND Invasion of privacy. That came out to 25 results and sounds like better terms to use.

 Scholarly journal - "Cell Phone Records for Sale" Nikki Swartz. Information Management Journal. Lenexa: Jan/Feb 2006. Vol. 40, Iss. 1; p. 14

For as little as $100, anyone can buy your cell phone records online. Law enforcement authorities said various illegal methods are used to collect the information. It is not a new practice, but it is an alarming one. Authorities say online data brokers have been selling Canadian and US phone records for at least three years and have not been hiding the fact. US Sen Charles Schumer has introduced legislation that would make selling cell phone records illegal and would create a special unit in the Federal Trade Commission to tackle the problem. However, his bill has not progressed in the Senate.

Magazine article - The Snitch in Your Pocket; Law enforcement is tracking Americans' cell phones in real time-without the benefit of a warrant. Michael Isikoff. Newsweek. New York: Mar 1, 2010. Vol. 155, Iss. 9

This article describes how law enforcement can track cell phones without a standard procedure. This is a helpful article in describing how a cell phone is more than just a personal device. The government or cell phone companies can track anyone they want to, which is bad and good.

Newspaper - Keeping an eye on everyone. Dana Milbank. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Apr 4, 2012. p. A.17.

This article talks about using a cell phone as a spying device. People can basically spy on each other with this new technology. 

Using ProQuest and the boolean search methods came up with helpful types of articles for me. I had to modify my search terms a few times to get some good results. With more practice I can get better results. These popular magazines and newspaper articles are helpful for my topic because it deals with the present.

Boo-lean on me

 What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
Breed and dogs ("good therapy pets")

How much of current scientific breakthroughs were influenced by science fiction?
 Current and influenced "scientific breaksthroughs" and "science fiction" 

How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?
wage and "college students" and "high school diploma"

Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?
advertising and anti-smoking and increase and youth

Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
healthier and "Vegetarian diet" vs "meat based diet"

Databases and books

I searched for my topic 'Privacy' and revised the search term to 'Privacy and cell phones'. I got 6 results from this search.

I found the book "Are privacy rights being violated?" by Ronald D. Lankford, Jr.; Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010.

This is a circulating book that can be checked out. Its located in Cannell Library on the 2nd floor and the call number is JC596.2.U5 A74 2010.

After looking at the published date and searching for the author through google books, I see this as a credible book. Using the ASAP rules, I see that the was published within the last 4 years. I see the author has written many books regarding the law.

Summit Catalog

I searched the Summit catalog with the same term 'Privacy and cell phones'. This search came up with more results and the book from the last search was in the top 5.

The first result I saw seemed to hit my topic on the spot. "The mobile connection: the cell phone's impact on society." by Richard Seyler Ling; San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004. The subject headings for this was 'Cellular telephone systems Social aspects'.

This is a circulating book and is available at 10 different locations in the northwest. I looked at the Oregon State University Libraries location and saw that it was at the Valley with the call number HE9713 .L563 2004.

This book includes a bibliography, but I can't access it online. Though its referencing one means that it does have credibility. After searching through Google Books for the author, I see that has written similar books to the topic. The search through Summit came out with more results and more info that Cannell, but for the book I chose, I could not check it out here or get an e-book of it.

IT PRO

I see with IT Pro that you have specific criterias to do a search on your topic. If you know the exact book your looking for then you can break it down in all the fields, but if I knew that, I wouldn't be using the search. Its good that its precise, so you know your not getting results for things your not quite looking for. Breaking it down to a phrase or a word and if the word is contained is pretty detailed for a search. I do like the options to do that, but I'd rather spend more time with results then trying to break down my search. I think that this tool could be very useful but you really need to know how to use it.   

Google Books

The search term I used again was 'Privacy and cell phones'. I did a search on 21st century books and the latest books.

The book that caught my attention is "Mobile Phone Security and Forensics: A Practical Apprroach" by Losif I. Androulidakis; Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012.

This book was published this year and has a Library of congress Control Number telling me that it is credible. I can click on the authors name and see what other materials he has written. I can also go to the publishers website when I click on their name.

All these search engines are useful for exploring a topic. I find that IT Pro is the most detailed for searching. If I need to search in a category that the other search engines don't have, then I will use IT Pro. The Cannell Library and Summit Catalog are pretty similar, but I seem to get more results for Summit. I'd still use the Cannell Library as my first choice of engines because its easier to access from home and at school. There are a lot more options for me now to do searches on topics. I didn't realize google books was so handy to use before this activity.

Research journal

1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
This is a debatable topic with varied opinions on the matter. I would use the world wide web as a source to get opinions from those who are familiar with it. Online statistical sources would help with the topic and magazines or books.

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have
their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
 I would look for info through broadcast media to see if the news is true or not. I'd look at the web and books to find information on the company and find out about censorship rules.

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
I would look to the web and reference books for statistical information or historic information. I'd check the newspapers for broadcast media for current information.


4) Should educators use commercial services to combat
plagiarism?

I would look to web for expert opinions on the topic. I would look at subject encyclopedia for a broad view and background information to plagiarism.

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global
warming?

Since this is about current and past information, I would go to newspapers and broadcast media to see how global warming is affecting us now. I would look into books for historical information about the green house affect and look at reference material for data.

I updated my 3 questions post for this activity.

Summary

This activity has taught me that there are 2 different types of encyclopedias. The general encyclopedia is what I would say most everybody uses on a normal bases. Now I know if I were to research or explore a certain topic, I can use the subject encyclopedia. I find this very beneficial for any purpose. The module 'Exploring Topics' gives me good tips on how to focus and narrow down a broad topic. I will surely refer to this until I can get the hang of breaking down a topic. These tutorials overall are great, but having the hands on will be more helpful. After using the GVRL and the Wikipedia, I would say GVRL is great for subject searching. There is a lot of sources you can use in it. Wikipedia has a lot of sources too, but not as good as GVRL. Wikipedia is good to get a idea of what your looking up but sometimes that info is incorrect. Wikipedia is easier and quicker to access for everyone, so its more like a 'Quickpedia'.

Research questions

As we progress through the digital age, how much safer can we feel about personal information being transferred more electronically?

I would look to subject encyclopedias for how safely digital information is being sent through the web. I would look at the web for opinions from other sources on this. Magazines will be helpful for current information.

As cell phone companies are advertising more 'smart phones' for consumers, how will these recent 'hacks' of cell phones effect the consumers decision to purchase them?

I would look to the web for statistical information on how often the phones get hacked. I would look at broadcast media and newspapers for current information.

What can the carriers do to protect their consumers from these malicious attacks to their consumers cell phones?


I would look to the web for expert opinions on how carriers can help consumers. Also, I can look there on the consumers perspective of what the carriers could do to help them feel safer. Magazine articles would be helpful for this also.

Boolean search:
Carriers and proctect and ("cell phones and hack*")

Wikipedia citation

"Privacy" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 14 Apr. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy

keywords: identity theft, security, protection, freedom of speech, invasion, fourth amendment, information, internet, political, government, rights, digital identity, software, surveillance, data

Privacy topic

Starting research on broad topic 'Privacy' using the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
The article I chose was 'Networks, Privacy in' by Lorraine G. Kisselburgh. Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks. Ed. George A. Barnett. Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2011. p629-634

Keywords: social networks, technology, Global Societies, Networked societies, private and public worlds, protect, individual rights, cultural differences, realms of interaction, relational, material, structure, ethics, design, influence, growth, communities, online, boundaries.

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.

 I don't believe this passage needs to be cited because it is someones personal anecdote on a trip. They reference locations that are common knowledge.

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 passage could have been cited by collecting the publishers info that got these statements and the year of publication. Perhaps they could have quoted "perfect union" if that was mentioned in the publication.

3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.

This could also have been cited with the publishers info and where they got those stats.
4. Martin Luther King was certain that ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail", 2nd sentence) 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 passage was just paraphrased from the original one. It should be cited as follows above.

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 passage has been correctly cited. The exact words King used in his letter are quoted and both the title and location of the quotes are referenced.

6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham." King also says that the statement, "fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."

This passage is quoted correctly except for it combined another sentence as one whole message.
7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.

This does not need to be cited because it is coming from a persons discovery.

8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.

This may be cited because it is information that is widely known from the constitution.

I'm not sure if I did this assignment correctly but I have learned from this, how to cite materials from different sources. I know its easier to use the COP rule for citing my sources. Being specific with details is critical from what I read here.I learned what materials to cite and what not to cite. Basically any personal ideas and opinions don't need to be cited. I will make sure to acknowledge the sources I read and pay careful attention to how it is presented.

Just the beginning....

Wow, My first ever blog! Hopefully it won't be my last. This was easy to setup w/ the help of the video. I didn't know you could make your own URL for a blog, so I thought that was cool. I do have a facebook account to keep track of family and friends, but I'm not always looking through it like most people.  I think having a digital workspace makes for quicker work. You can create documents faster than writing it out on paper. You can share whatever you want to whoever in seconds. The space is more organized and not cluttered like having sheets of paper everywhere. There's just more pro's about digital workspace then cons in my opinion.