A)
1. 46 results found under “business” and “jobs”
a) Author, if given
Stephen E. Lambert
b)Title
Great Jobs for Business Majors
c) Edition
2nd edition
d)Place of publication
Chicago
e)Publisher
McGraw-Hill Trade
f)Date of publication
c2003
2. Ebrary source
LC Call Number: HF5382.7.L347 2003eb Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
3. Job hunting.
Business students – Employment.
4. Business students – Employment
2 entries found
5. a) I had more entries found with the subject heading search over the key word search.
b) The first few results were very helpful in my subject heading search, however the helpfulness faded as I journeyed down the list. The Key word search focused on what I needed to research throughout all of the entries found. The topics in the subject heading search became vague and began having nothing to do with my topic whatsoever the first five or ten results.
c) The keyword search worked better for me because both of the words I searched for were important for my results. The keywords were located and brought out in the first search. In the subject heading search I found a lot on business, but not in the sense that I wanted information about. Business became a much too large topic to focus in on and I was led astray.
B) Keyword searches work a lot like the search engines when it comes to finding a book. The use of Boolean Operators is key in finding the sources that apply to your topic the best. I was able to search “business” AND “jobs” in order to find the perfect e-book to help me further my research. The subject heading search took my larger topic, business, and found information that suited it. I found many business sources, but used in so many different ways. It did not focus in on the jobs term and it was not as helpful. I feel that the key word search pinpoints information whereas the subject heading search gives you a vast overview of a topic.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
My goldilocks!
1) Your topic string
a. Your broadest topic (1/2 point)
Solving the economy crisis
My major really relates to the topic of the economy crisis we are currently in right now. I want to know if I am in the right major to help fix the problem.
b. Your next broad topic (1/2 point)
restimulating businesses and helping the dollar appreciate in value
The first step in solving the economy crisis is by helping businesses succeed again. Money needs to be flowing in the economy in order for the dollar to appreciate and be what it once was. Businesses will help start this process.
c. Your starting topic (1 point)
Becoming a Business major and its benefits
This is the topic I started with since it relates directly to me. Starting with this question will help me find out the bigger problem I am working towards, and the smaller steps that will lead me to the solution.
d. Your narrower topic (1/2 point)
Job opportunities that a business major leads you to
Job opportunities are scarce in today’s society. I wanted to know where my major is taking me and if I would have a job waiting for me after all of my hard work. Coming from one of the top business schools around and after my research, I feel very confident.
e. Your even narrower topic (1/2 point)
Duties of a financial analyst
I researched jobs and narrowed one of my choices to a financial analyst. My brother-in-law is a financial analyst and his job really seems interesting. I would directly be able to help people manage their money, which would be a giant step in helping the economy.
2) Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic
a. How many job opportunities will be available in the business market in the next years trying to help restimulate the economy? (1/2 point)
b. Is 2009 a good time to be seeking a business degree? (1/2 point)
c. Will the dollar appreciate in value as more businesses begin helping America’s advancement?
a. Your broadest topic (1/2 point)
Solving the economy crisis
My major really relates to the topic of the economy crisis we are currently in right now. I want to know if I am in the right major to help fix the problem.
b. Your next broad topic (1/2 point)
restimulating businesses and helping the dollar appreciate in value
The first step in solving the economy crisis is by helping businesses succeed again. Money needs to be flowing in the economy in order for the dollar to appreciate and be what it once was. Businesses will help start this process.
c. Your starting topic (1 point)
Becoming a Business major and its benefits
This is the topic I started with since it relates directly to me. Starting with this question will help me find out the bigger problem I am working towards, and the smaller steps that will lead me to the solution.
d. Your narrower topic (1/2 point)
Job opportunities that a business major leads you to
Job opportunities are scarce in today’s society. I wanted to know where my major is taking me and if I would have a job waiting for me after all of my hard work. Coming from one of the top business schools around and after my research, I feel very confident.
e. Your even narrower topic (1/2 point)
Duties of a financial analyst
I researched jobs and narrowed one of my choices to a financial analyst. My brother-in-law is a financial analyst and his job really seems interesting. I would directly be able to help people manage their money, which would be a giant step in helping the economy.
2) Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic
a. How many job opportunities will be available in the business market in the next years trying to help restimulate the economy? (1/2 point)
b. Is 2009 a good time to be seeking a business degree? (1/2 point)
c. Will the dollar appreciate in value as more businesses begin helping America’s advancement?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Delicious Log Entry
What is Delicious?
Delicious is a web tool that lets you bookmark websites that you have browsed. It is handy because you can save all of your websites in one area with a simple click of a button. You can easily tag a website, manage it, and even share it with other users. The most interesting thing is that you can easily browse other user's bookmarks to see if they are helpful to you.
What is the advantage of this Web 2.0 tool?
The advantage is that it can help you research with ease. For instance, you are able to browse different search engines using different search techniques in a much more controlled way. You can keep track of your favorite websites by tagging them and then return to them later. This helps keeps your information much more organized in the long run. It is also handy to be able to see what other users have tagged. This leads you to useful results that seem to help. If they are good websites for someone else, chances are they could help you too. All in all Delicious acts as a great organizational tool.
Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not, why not?
I think I will use the delicious tool if I have to write a paper that requires a hefty amount of research. I will be able to stay organized and on track throughout the long process. It will also help with bibliographies and works cited at the end of the paper since all my web pages will be managed and saved the way I want them to be.
Delicious is a web tool that lets you bookmark websites that you have browsed. It is handy because you can save all of your websites in one area with a simple click of a button. You can easily tag a website, manage it, and even share it with other users. The most interesting thing is that you can easily browse other user's bookmarks to see if they are helpful to you.
What is the advantage of this Web 2.0 tool?
The advantage is that it can help you research with ease. For instance, you are able to browse different search engines using different search techniques in a much more controlled way. You can keep track of your favorite websites by tagging them and then return to them later. This helps keeps your information much more organized in the long run. It is also handy to be able to see what other users have tagged. This leads you to useful results that seem to help. If they are good websites for someone else, chances are they could help you too. All in all Delicious acts as a great organizational tool.
Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not, why not?
I think I will use the delicious tool if I have to write a paper that requires a hefty amount of research. I will be able to stay organized and on track throughout the long process. It will also help with bibliographies and works cited at the end of the paper since all my web pages will be managed and saved the way I want them to be.
Monday, January 19, 2009
What question did you try to answer?
How do you construct a box plot?
What terms did you select to begin?
construct box plot
What web search engine or engines did you use?
Google, Yahoo!, Gigablast
What search terms did you use?
construct OR box plot construct+box+plot "construct box plot"
What search techniques did you try?
Excluding words, Boolean operator, nesting
How did you evaluate your results?
I noticed that I recieved the most relevant information when I used the nesting technique. I used the delicious tool to bookmark one website from each search engine: Yahoo!, Google, and Gigablast. I used information from one of the webpages Google retrived for me because it answered my question perfectly. The title was how to construct a box plot, and it showed the method step by step. I also used C.A.R.D.I.O. to help evaluate my results.
What conclusions did you draw about the different search engines? Consider i. what was the same? ii. what was different? iii. Differences in numbers of results iv. etc.
Gigablast was the search engine that had the most specific answers. It was precise with a smaller set of results. Yahoo! was the largest, finding over 500,000 more results than Google, and an astounding 2.9 million more that gigablast. Google gave me step by step instructions, where Yahoo! gave me information on box plots and other terms that involved the topic. Gigablast did not really help me as it honed in on the specific words. For example it came up with how to construct a rhombus, and things having to do with movie plots. I felt that Google was the most helpful search engine in this case. They all offered graphs and other math tools to help answer my question.
Why do you think the search engines behaved as they did?
I think Google found such a great match because it lists results by popularity. People around the world are taking math classes and research how to construct a box plot. I assume that this website was extremely popular because it was so to the point and easy to follow. Yahoo! also had a similar result called making a box plot. It was also very good, but it was not as easy to follow with the steps that the websit Google found me. Gigablast found a great website that acted as a math tool, however only found a few related results. Gigablast reacted this way because it tried to use the words I entered and there relevancy throughout the web. It gave me some good sites, but some sites that were irrelevant due to the specific search of one certain word.
What other questions came into your mind as you carried out this exercise?
While researching my question I also wondered, what other methods are there to graph information in statistics? What jobs use the construction of box plots in their everyday work?
How do you construct a box plot?
What terms did you select to begin?
construct box plot
What web search engine or engines did you use?
Google, Yahoo!, Gigablast
What search terms did you use?
construct OR box plot construct+box+plot "construct box plot"
What search techniques did you try?
Excluding words, Boolean operator, nesting
How did you evaluate your results?
I noticed that I recieved the most relevant information when I used the nesting technique. I used the delicious tool to bookmark one website from each search engine: Yahoo!, Google, and Gigablast. I used information from one of the webpages Google retrived for me because it answered my question perfectly. The title was how to construct a box plot, and it showed the method step by step. I also used C.A.R.D.I.O. to help evaluate my results.
What conclusions did you draw about the different search engines? Consider i. what was the same? ii. what was different? iii. Differences in numbers of results iv. etc.
Gigablast was the search engine that had the most specific answers. It was precise with a smaller set of results. Yahoo! was the largest, finding over 500,000 more results than Google, and an astounding 2.9 million more that gigablast. Google gave me step by step instructions, where Yahoo! gave me information on box plots and other terms that involved the topic. Gigablast did not really help me as it honed in on the specific words. For example it came up with how to construct a rhombus, and things having to do with movie plots. I felt that Google was the most helpful search engine in this case. They all offered graphs and other math tools to help answer my question.
Why do you think the search engines behaved as they did?
I think Google found such a great match because it lists results by popularity. People around the world are taking math classes and research how to construct a box plot. I assume that this website was extremely popular because it was so to the point and easy to follow. Yahoo! also had a similar result called making a box plot. It was also very good, but it was not as easy to follow with the steps that the websit Google found me. Gigablast found a great website that acted as a math tool, however only found a few related results. Gigablast reacted this way because it tried to use the words I entered and there relevancy throughout the web. It gave me some good sites, but some sites that were irrelevant due to the specific search of one certain word.
What other questions came into your mind as you carried out this exercise?
While researching my question I also wondered, what other methods are there to graph information in statistics? What jobs use the construction of box plots in their everyday work?
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Research Log Activity and Entry II
What question did you try to answer?
What is the invisble hand in economics?
What search engine or engines did you use?
Google and Yahoo!
What search terms did you use?
invisible hand economics
invisible or hand or economics
"invisible hand economics"
How many results did you get when you entered your terms? How many did you get when you used OR? Which set was bigger? Can you figure out why?
Invisible hand economics 2,210,000
invisible or hand or economics 3,560,000
"invisible hand economics" 610
The set using the word or was much larger than the set with quotes and the set without. This is because it brings up the sites that contain any one of the three words. Without the or, it locates the sites that have all three of the words within the text.
What questions did you use to evaluate your results?
Who published the page?
When was the last date the page was updated?
Is there a bias?
Is the author credible?
How is the information presented? Is it valid?
What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why?
The page was great in the fact that it was recent. It was last updated January 12, 2009. It is also good since after every passage, the information is cited. It is a page constructed from many other works, so there is no bias. The authors are credible because they are real authors of books.
Having conducted this research activity, what questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your exploration?
What forms of government came before and after the invisible hand?
Who discouraged the invisible hand theory?
Which parts of the world accepted this theory? Which did not?
What is the invisble hand in economics?
What search engine or engines did you use?
Google and Yahoo!
What search terms did you use?
invisible hand economics
invisible or hand or economics
"invisible hand economics"
How many results did you get when you entered your terms? How many did you get when you used OR? Which set was bigger? Can you figure out why?
Invisible hand economics 2,210,000
invisible or hand or economics 3,560,000
"invisible hand economics" 610
The set using the word or was much larger than the set with quotes and the set without. This is because it brings up the sites that contain any one of the three words. Without the or, it locates the sites that have all three of the words within the text.
What questions did you use to evaluate your results?
Who published the page?
When was the last date the page was updated?
Is there a bias?
Is the author credible?
How is the information presented? Is it valid?
What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why?
The page was great in the fact that it was recent. It was last updated January 12, 2009. It is also good since after every passage, the information is cited. It is a page constructed from many other works, so there is no bias. The authors are credible because they are real authors of books.
Having conducted this research activity, what questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your exploration?
What forms of government came before and after the invisible hand?
Who discouraged the invisible hand theory?
Which parts of the world accepted this theory? Which did not?
Research Log Entry I
There were a number of concepts presented this week.
A) Which did you know already?
From my former English class I already learned a lot about evaluating web resources. I knew a lot of the main questions such as, when was the site updated, who published it, and if the author was credible from doing bibliographies and works cited. It is important to ask yourself these questions in order to know that you are receiving information that is valid and from a notable source. I knew about most of the search engines and URL information.
B) Which were new to you?
I had never heard the word Boolean operators before, but I learned the concept for researching back in eighth grade for an end of the year project. Learning how to research in search engines is really half the battle, and to further understand will help a lot. The tip, "or is more" is handy and will help me remember when researching. This helps to broaden or narrow your search when needed. I did not know it was important to add in all synonyms connected with or's in order to receive better information.
If you were given a research assignment and you chose the web as one strategy for your search, name three important evaluation elements you need to consider.
1. What is the date of the last publication of the site? Is it current?
2. The authority of the author. Is he or she credible?
3. Is there a bias? You need to know if the author is trying to persuade you.
A) Which did you know already?
From my former English class I already learned a lot about evaluating web resources. I knew a lot of the main questions such as, when was the site updated, who published it, and if the author was credible from doing bibliographies and works cited. It is important to ask yourself these questions in order to know that you are receiving information that is valid and from a notable source. I knew about most of the search engines and URL information.
B) Which were new to you?
I had never heard the word Boolean operators before, but I learned the concept for researching back in eighth grade for an end of the year project. Learning how to research in search engines is really half the battle, and to further understand will help a lot. The tip, "or is more" is handy and will help me remember when researching. This helps to broaden or narrow your search when needed. I did not know it was important to add in all synonyms connected with or's in order to receive better information.
If you were given a research assignment and you chose the web as one strategy for your search, name three important evaluation elements you need to consider.
1. What is the date of the last publication of the site? Is it current?
2. The authority of the author. Is he or she credible?
3. Is there a bias? You need to know if the author is trying to persuade you.
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