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.
Friday, February 13, 2009
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.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Unit 3 Library Catalog
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.
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.
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?
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