In-Class Blog Post of October 31st

Book:

1.  The information you are more likely to find in a book, is a larger and informative collection of data    
              about a topic.
   
2. A book is a good source to use for a research paper, because a book is both credible, reliable, and dependable.
3. You can use this source by utilizing the background information books, give you by using it to support the main and complex concepts.

Blog Post:

1. The information you are more likely to find in a blog post, is almost opinionated beliefs, or theories.
2. A blog post is not a good source to use for a paper, because they do not provide substantial evidence behind their claim. Most of the information in a blog post are mostly non-factual.
3. Unless the author is a credible, or prized expert in the field that is in discussion; then not much can be used in a blog post for a research paper.

Scholarly Journal Article:

1. The Information you are most likely to find in a Scholarly Journal Article is detailed and more informative.
2. This is a perfect source for one to use in a research paper, these types or sources are peer-reviewed many times, and they are also heavily reviewed by many. Usually the authors of these are very intelligible people.
3. You utilize this source in many ways these types of writings give way to a very intense and detailed access of information. You can use this source in many ways.

Source Scavenger.

1. First I went to my teacher blog to find the book that is wanted for us to find.
2. I copied the text article
3. I then searched for Academic Search Complete on the library webpage.
4. Then I clicked on the article and found the full text.

October 29th Homework

   An annotated Bibliography is almost like a research assignment. This work creates an opportunity for a student to fully understand the concept or the information, the source they are looking up and are potentially looking for. Annotated bibliographies consist of a source citation and a summation of the source being used. Annotated Bibliographies also require that students form an annotation which provides the reader with an opinionated, but brief detail of the source being used. Annotated bibliographies not only provide a round and coherent description of the source or the information medium, but they give the person an equal and balanced view on the information at hand. Annotated Bibliographies as stated in the video, force you to grasp a full and complete grasp of the source because they are very detailed, arduous, and demanding pieces of work.

     I believe that we are doing these tings because we need a better grasp on the sources we will use latter on. According to the information given to us through the video and the link, I say that they also help when trying to form a proper paper. I also feel as though when writing these discourses they provide the instructor with a grasp on the content comprehension of the students.

October 24th In-Class Blogpost

       Essentially what we have covered is an ethical guideline in order for us to not be a "crook"  in the world of academia. These topics have a lot to do with the way we study and live our lives through certain mediums such as, television, internet, radio, and most of books! (Cliche' alert!!!) As we go about our collegiate career we tend to approach many research papers and many other assignments that require us to use sources, and we must cite those sources in order to be credible and honest members of the world of education. For Instance we go to the library to find a book to use for our research paper on corn (just a random topic). We then find a book that is suitable for our basic corn-researching needs. One must cite the book and then paraphrase the content in the book in our own words in order for us to not "steal" the information.

        Plagiarism and Copyright Licenses are related to Library research because they are all directly correlated to the way we can use certain things, and also the capacity at which we execute the information within that particular source.

         Very few questions remain unanswered , and due to that I feel as though I am informed and well-learned about this issue, but then there comes to the point that plagiarism and Copyright infringement  are not always easily detectable, there are no concrete borders, It seems to get caught by chance and luck of the draw, and when determining which is which it seems to be based mostly on personal discretion. So the bottom line is...

                   HOW DO YOU REFINE THE LAWS OF PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT PROCEDURES TO FORMULATE A DEFINITE GUIDELINE?

America the Beautiful In-class Blogpost October 22nd

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October 17th Homework

         The first segment is about a mega monopolizing firm, that controls a large number of scholarly journals by very revered and scholarly scientists the article also summarizes how the firm charges unreasonable charges and money for a year subscription to Elsevier's prized subscription.

         The second article is about New England Journal of medicine's 200th Anniversary. It delves deeper into the same topic as the first one, but it releases it's journals at a cheaper price and it keeps the medicinal information at an attainable charge.

        The third article is about how we as a generation have improved our knowledge by a constant upkeep of knowledge and our needed ability for a chance to know and for a chance to be well-informed and all-knowing information.

        These articles are connected because they both describe how information is released and used by mega -monopolizing journal databases. They both asses the steps made and the things done for a consumer to purchase and utilize a journal for a greater benefit.

        I believe that there must be information attainable for the consumer to use and benefit. I literally rose a vigorous hate on the Elsevier publishing form it really made me mad, because it really is not necessary for a firm to charge money that is not necessary to charge.

       They affect me because I am a consumer that happens to be in college, and I might in fact be one the people using one of that so, I feel as though I might have to use it so  feel like its necessary for me to have it for a reasonable price for academic purposes.

October 17th In-Class Blogpost

          My personal definition of plagiarism is the idea that one party takes the work or findings of another party, and not crediting them for their work.

          Plagiarism is somewhat different from copyright infringement because plagiarism follows a different drum beat. Plagiarism tends to trend through certain mediums such as books, newspapers, periodicals,  and other things of that academic nature. Copyright goes through a medium of music, art, technology, and other multimedia concepts. When you break copyrighting rules you tend to accumulate more penalties and you often, in most cases will go to jail. Whereas plagiarism you (to be painfully honest) you might get an occasional expulsion, or simply a slap on the wrist.

            An example of plagiarism that is not copyright, is when you read a book and you steal a paragraph from the second chapter and you do not cite the source

            An example  of copyright that is not plagiarism is when you might take the melody of a song when you are a recording artists and you do not at once, reference the artists from whom you take the music from.

           Although it seems to be different, they often both walk along a fine line of mutual demands. It is often hard to differentiate from which one is which and it requires great skill because there lies a tricky little loophole that we as students and artists must avoid almost like its a convoluted conspiracy.

October 10th In-Class Blogpost

      Hypothetically I'm at a social cocktail party with my professional counterparts and I am a Political Science graduate of the University of Georgia, then I pass by some strangers and they are deeply engrossed in conversation of politics, Although arguing politics is quite a risky and controversial move, I decide to take the reins and move in with life, and discuss what one of my positions. The topic at hand is Mitt Romney and he is big business, and his "money hungry attitude" So I walk with my Conservative views in mind I go and support Mitt Romney. First I would introduce myself as Troy Crittendon, and I am a political science graduate from UGA, I then go and say (properly and articulately) that  "even though it may seem as though the big businesses are somewhat greedy they actually happen to help the economy in the long-run" As Businesses grow they incur large amount of money, and due to the  fact that monopolies are considered "illegal" that question  is out of  the way, I then go and say that As businesses get big they stimulate the economy in more ways than one...due to the higher demand of the people they higher more workers, put money back into the recourse market, and perhaps even through social welfare programs such as charities and funds.

       On the flip side of it I would evaluate their presence. Are they speaking correctly?, Are their conversational manners proper?, Did they just intrude or did they gracefully introduce themselves? I would then ask for their credentials and spark a general conversation for me to get a chance to feel them out, then I would slowly listen to everything they are saying to see if they are actually making sense.

SIMPLE STUFF RIGHT?????????????????????????????

October 3rd In-Class blogpost

       As I recall the filter bubbles module we covered, I do not believe that this concept occurs here, mainly for the sole purpose of BECAUSE IT IS A DATABASE!!!! I find it a little complex for a pesky little database to refine my search, because its not a web browser. It can sometimes become arduous when an academic database starts narrowing or tailoring your options down, now I find that extremely excessive. Also I believe that an internet database does not possess the ability to do so in the first place. If it did I would be shocked beyond measure...(well, not really!) but just startled.
 
       Often when searching through the wonderful interwebs, we just go about our happy lives and simply search away, mainly because many Americans and other people on the global scale do not know that Google, Firefox, Internet Explorer and all of the other browsers do this, and they do not even know to look, and be cautious for them. When I was searching I really notice any changes. The searching seemed unbiased and clean to me. The ones I mainly search were Galileo of course and then the Academic Search Complete database, and I found my searches to be quite thorough. The only difference I noticed was that one focused a little bit more on Government Policies and the detriment of technology on the environment.