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.