1. Which database did you choose for your search?
Infotrac California State Univ East Bay Library General BusinessFile ASAP
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Business major careers
3. How many results did you retrieve?
20
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I looked at the titles of the articles to know that they were meaningful.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Take positive actions when life turns negative.
Harvey Mackay
Providence Business News, Jan 26, 2004 v18 i41 p37(1)
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
This article is about how you need to stick with something if you want to get any success out of it. Even with the troubled economy, it is important to stick with a career and try to find something that makes you happy. But I was able to find the article to read some of the success stories that helped me with my seacrh for careers.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Unit 4 Part 2
1. What is the main subject of your question?
Jobs in Business
2. What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
Business
For each database you chose:
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
EBSCO host
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
business opportunities AND careers
3. How many results did you retrieve?
62
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I was getting results with thousands of sources, so I used the Boolean Operator and to refine my search and narrow it down to useful information.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I went through and read some of the article titles and their brief descriptions to make sure I was headed in the right direction.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Opportunity Knocks.
Toledo, Roberto
Dec.2008, Vol. 22 Issue 12, p30-30, 1p
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
I found out that this article was meaningful by reading the small summary it gave. I clicked on view complete PDF version, and the whole article was presented to me. I read about how in tough economic times this may be the time to go solo in business. It gave me a different outlook than those I was looking at before, but it is still an option for me that was useful to read. Many people have had success in entrepreneurial business and it is definitely in the back of my mind.
Jobs in Business
2. What subject guide or guides did you use to identify the relevant databases for your question?
Business
For each database you chose:
1. Which database did you choose for your search?
EBSCO host
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
business opportunities AND careers
3. How many results did you retrieve?
62
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I was getting results with thousands of sources, so I used the Boolean Operator and to refine my search and narrow it down to useful information.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I went through and read some of the article titles and their brief descriptions to make sure I was headed in the right direction.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Opportunity Knocks.
Toledo, Roberto
Dec.2008, Vol. 22 Issue 12, p30-30, 1p
7. How did you determine these articles were meaningful?
I found out that this article was meaningful by reading the small summary it gave. I clicked on view complete PDF version, and the whole article was presented to me. I read about how in tough economic times this may be the time to go solo in business. It gave me a different outlook than those I was looking at before, but it is still an option for me that was useful to read. Many people have had success in entrepreneurial business and it is definitely in the back of my mind.
Friday, February 13, 2009
High Wire Press
1. Which database did you choose for your first search?
High Wire Press
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Anywhere in text: jobs
Title: business opportunities
3. How many results did you retrieve?
39
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I looked through the titles of the articles to know which ones were meaningful for my search. Many were exactly opportunities in business, so I knew I was on the right path.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Review: Electronic Business Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century
Tony Stock
The Computer Bulletin, Jul 2000; 42: 31
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
I felt like the article fit for the information I was trying to find. I needed something that narrowed down job opportunities for me once I achieved my Business Major. This article was about how business is taking over and how it is a revolution. I thought it was interesting that this was the second time in two days that I have heard someone state business as a new revolution that is taking over the job future for the 21st century.
High Wire Press
2. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Anywhere in text: jobs
Title: business opportunities
3. How many results did you retrieve?
39
4. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
N/A
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I looked through the titles of the articles to know which ones were meaningful for my search. Many were exactly opportunities in business, so I knew I was on the right path.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
Review: Electronic Business Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century
Tony Stock
The Computer Bulletin, Jul 2000; 42: 31
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
I felt like the article fit for the information I was trying to find. I needed something that narrowed down job opportunities for me once I achieved my Business Major. This article was about how business is taking over and how it is a revolution. I thought it was interesting that this was the second time in two days that I have heard someone state business as a new revolution that is taking over the job future for the 21st century.
Academic Search Premier
1. What terms did you enter to conduct your search?
Jobs in business
2. How many results did you retrieve?
218
3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I used AND to refine my search to read, Jobs in business AND field.
4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database?
I noticed the need for the Boolean Operator. My terms were broad at first, but would not show up all together in the text. The adding of and helped me find an article about hot new jobs in the business field. I also tried to change around the select a field tab, but I did not have as much success.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I knew my results were useful because two of them focused on the exact answer was trying to answer. The results gave me hot jobs in business which is what I was interested in finding. One of the articles was about business digest while another focused on a certain company in general. Another useful article that was found was about in and out business jobs.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
I chose the article titled Hot Jobs in Business.
Author: Caruso, Andrea
Source: Nov/Dec95, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p29, 2p, 2bw
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
I read the summary of what the article was about and knew that it would be a helpful one for me. It talks about the national demand for different types of bussiness careers. It gives the tasks of accountants and marketers along with how many will be employed in the near future. It is basically a guide showing where jobs will become available in the future and the tasks that one will need to perform on recieving the job.
Jobs in business
2. How many results did you retrieve?
218
3. If there were more than about 100 results, how did you refine your search terms to narrow your results?
I used AND to refine my search to read, Jobs in business AND field.
4. What differences did you note in how you needed to manipulate your search terms in this different database?
I noticed the need for the Boolean Operator. My terms were broad at first, but would not show up all together in the text. The adding of and helped me find an article about hot new jobs in the business field. I also tried to change around the select a field tab, but I did not have as much success.
5. Once you got your results to around 100 (or fewer), how did you determine they were meaningful?
I knew my results were useful because two of them focused on the exact answer was trying to answer. The results gave me hot jobs in business which is what I was interested in finding. One of the articles was about business digest while another focused on a certain company in general. Another useful article that was found was about in and out business jobs.
6. Which article did you choose? Give the bibliographic information for that article (I must be able to access this article).
I chose the article titled Hot Jobs in Business.
Author: Caruso, Andrea
Source: Nov/Dec95, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p29, 2p, 2bw
7. How did you determine this article was meaningful?
I read the summary of what the article was about and knew that it would be a helpful one for me. It talks about the national demand for different types of bussiness careers. It gives the tasks of accountants and marketers along with how many will be employed in the near future. It is basically a guide showing where jobs will become available in the future and the tasks that one will need to perform on recieving the job.
Unit 4 Assignment 2 Research Log 1
1. What three periodicals did you choose?
-Newsweek
-American Bar Association Journal
-Journal of Management Accounting Research
2. Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
Will stem cells finally deliver? Newsweek
Entitlements for undocumented aliens. ABAJ
The marginal approach to joint cost allocations: a model for practical application. JMAR
3. What are the major differences among these articles?
The Newsweek article tends to focus on the big picture. Stem cell reseacrh deals with people across the world, and news on breakthroughs could affect many. The article about undocumented aliens from the American Bar Association Journal focuses on another worldwide problem. Articles focusing on long range plans to cut federal cases shows me that this periodical is more about justuce and rights. This is different from the Newsweek periodical that had information about cutting edge things that were new to the world. The article from the Journal of Management Accounting Research was even more precise than the article before. It focused more on business aspects and ways to help those in the industry. It was least like a periodical when you think of the word, but was still a helpful source. This article was well laid out with steps unlike how the others were more written as stories.
4. What are the major differences among these periodicals?
The major differences between these periodicals were the setups of them. Newsweek was laid out like the other periodicals that I am familiar with. There were advertisements along with articles and pictures. I understood most of the articles that I read and they all seemed to play a factor in my life. The ABAJ was setup like Newsweek, however there were many different issues in one book. The articles focused on federal issues that were occurring at the time. The JMAR was the least like the rest of them. It looked like an ordinary book, and was laid out like a research book. It had articles that acted as guides to help people in the business world. There were different methods laid out the book instead of stories about current events that Newsweek had to offer.
-Newsweek
-American Bar Association Journal
-Journal of Management Accounting Research
2. Name three articles, one from each of the three journals you chose.
Will stem cells finally deliver? Newsweek
Entitlements for undocumented aliens. ABAJ
The marginal approach to joint cost allocations: a model for practical application. JMAR
3. What are the major differences among these articles?
The Newsweek article tends to focus on the big picture. Stem cell reseacrh deals with people across the world, and news on breakthroughs could affect many. The article about undocumented aliens from the American Bar Association Journal focuses on another worldwide problem. Articles focusing on long range plans to cut federal cases shows me that this periodical is more about justuce and rights. This is different from the Newsweek periodical that had information about cutting edge things that were new to the world. The article from the Journal of Management Accounting Research was even more precise than the article before. It focused more on business aspects and ways to help those in the industry. It was least like a periodical when you think of the word, but was still a helpful source. This article was well laid out with steps unlike how the others were more written as stories.
4. What are the major differences among these periodicals?
The major differences between these periodicals were the setups of them. Newsweek was laid out like the other periodicals that I am familiar with. There were advertisements along with articles and pictures. I understood most of the articles that I read and they all seemed to play a factor in my life. The ABAJ was setup like Newsweek, however there were many different issues in one book. The articles focused on federal issues that were occurring at the time. The JMAR was the least like the rest of them. It looked like an ordinary book, and was laid out like a research book. It had articles that acted as guides to help people in the business world. There were different methods laid out the book instead of stories about current events that Newsweek had to offer.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Unit 3 Part 2
1. Which of your questions did you try to answer?
What are the benefits of becoming a business major? Will I have job opportunities?
2. What EXACT terms did you enter into the keyword search screen?
Job AND Opportunities AND Business
3. What subject heading did you choose to be sure your item was on target and the best option for your search?
Job opportunities
4. What item did you eventually choose? Why?
Peterson's Job Opportunities Business
5. Give the bibliographic information for the item you chose.
Peterson's Job Opportunities Business
Copyright 1999 Peterson's, a division of Thomson Learning
Printed in Canada
Publisher Peterson and Thompson Learning
Publishing location Hoovers inc. Austin, Texas
No Author
6. When you looked at the reference work, what quote did you choose? Why?
"Americans may change jobs five, seven, nine, or fifteen times during their careers, depending on which career counselor and/or human resource specialist you happen to be listening to." "The business environment is changing so fast, so dramatically that it can only be called a revolution. What do we have to look forward to when it all seems so unstable? A lot, actually. Employee's on the whole, already have much greater diversity in their tasks and more decision making authority."
I chose these quotes because the first one describes a lot of people's way of job hunting. I am choosing business, and the second quote really reassures me that I will not have a hard time finding the right job that works for me. From small task workers, to CEO's, employees in the business industry are continuing to become more powerful and diverse in their own specialization.
7. What makes this a reference book as opposed to a regular book you might find in the book stacks?
This book is really like a road map to success rather than an everyday library book. It lays out business in a strategical way to help out its readers. Important steps to finding a job such as resumes, job searching methods, interview techniques, pros and cons of the business world are all laid out in depth to help. The rest of the book lists out specific jobs for each major, listed in terms of location by state. It is a convenient and fast little guide to find a job description that fits your diverse self.
8. In looking at the material in the book and the publication date in the bibliographic information, what year do you think the information really comes from?
The information from the book was probably from 1998. It was published in 1999, so all of the research was probably from the year before hand. They researched businesses and wrote about how they performed the year before and some of the duties the workers were responsible for. The information was current for the time, because people in 1999 needed to use it to find jobs for the millennium as the inside of the book suggests.
What are the benefits of becoming a business major? Will I have job opportunities?
2. What EXACT terms did you enter into the keyword search screen?
Job AND Opportunities AND Business
3. What subject heading did you choose to be sure your item was on target and the best option for your search?
Job opportunities
4. What item did you eventually choose? Why?
Peterson's Job Opportunities Business
5. Give the bibliographic information for the item you chose.
Peterson's Job Opportunities Business
Copyright 1999 Peterson's, a division of Thomson Learning
Printed in Canada
Publisher Peterson and Thompson Learning
Publishing location Hoovers inc. Austin, Texas
No Author
6. When you looked at the reference work, what quote did you choose? Why?
"Americans may change jobs five, seven, nine, or fifteen times during their careers, depending on which career counselor and/or human resource specialist you happen to be listening to." "The business environment is changing so fast, so dramatically that it can only be called a revolution. What do we have to look forward to when it all seems so unstable? A lot, actually. Employee's on the whole, already have much greater diversity in their tasks and more decision making authority."
I chose these quotes because the first one describes a lot of people's way of job hunting. I am choosing business, and the second quote really reassures me that I will not have a hard time finding the right job that works for me. From small task workers, to CEO's, employees in the business industry are continuing to become more powerful and diverse in their own specialization.
7. What makes this a reference book as opposed to a regular book you might find in the book stacks?
This book is really like a road map to success rather than an everyday library book. It lays out business in a strategical way to help out its readers. Important steps to finding a job such as resumes, job searching methods, interview techniques, pros and cons of the business world are all laid out in depth to help. The rest of the book lists out specific jobs for each major, listed in terms of location by state. It is a convenient and fast little guide to find a job description that fits your diverse self.
8. In looking at the material in the book and the publication date in the bibliographic information, what year do you think the information really comes from?
The information from the book was probably from 1998. It was published in 1999, so all of the research was probably from the year before hand. They researched businesses and wrote about how they performed the year before and some of the duties the workers were responsible for. The information was current for the time, because people in 1999 needed to use it to find jobs for the millennium as the inside of the book suggests.
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