1) I decided to conduct a basic search on "introverts" since we are in the process of cataloging a new book by Susan Cain entitled Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. I had taken the book home last night and read a few pages, so my curiosity was piqued.
The ProQuest search results were from a variety of sources. Among the top 5 results was an article regarding ITs as Introverts, a short review of the aforementioned book in The Booklist, an article from an issue of Parents magazine, an article from an issue of Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration News (of all things), and a transcript of an interview of author Susan Cain on NPRs All Things Considered. In each source, the search term "introvert" was highlighted. (This was helpful for this search, but not so helpful when my searchterm was "history of motocross" and every "of" was highlighted.) Some of the articles can be translated "on-the-fly" into other languages. Some articles did not have translation available.
Search results default to being organized by relevance, but may be reorganized according to publication date on a drop-down menu on the right side of the screen. I enjoyed reading the articles, which made it a little harder to get my assignment done in a timely manner.
2) I visited other blogs and made a comment or two. I learned quite a bit by visiting these other blogs. Then, I had to reinvestigate some of the Electronic Resource to find out more about what my Challenge cohorts had mentioned.
3) I was impressed with the number of periodicals offered under the Publications tab. I searched for the Journal of Forestry, which was the Journal for my former profession. Then, I searched for the Library Journal. Several periodicals resulted with both the word "Library" and "Journal." I chose the one I was looking for, then browsed the most recent articles on a couple of subjects I was interested in. This will be a handy resource for educating myself on issues within our field that I need to get more up-to-speed on.
To continue reading and learning or to complete the assignment--that is the question!It sounds as if you had a successful foray in ProQuest, clueless. We like ProQuest for its breadth in covering popular, trade, & scholarly materials. Thanks for your comments.
ReplyDeleteClueless..you asked me (Pubplace) about pictures.
ReplyDeleteI see that you have posted pictures in previous lessons. Since the computers at work have more uumph, I am squeezing most of this Challenge in at work than home. For lesson SIRS, I opened the area on far right, pictures having to click on the entitled words for the pix to show. In World Book, the pic came with. In posting, click on the pic icon, cut/paste the url and it imports the picture. Does this help? I enjoy your posts, have a great weekend!
Sorry this coming to your email account, unsure how else to leave a message w/o going through here. Yes, you are correct, the pictures in articles come through the full text - pdf. It takes a bit for the article to download, they are full color just like looking at the magazine. I was quite impressed more so with right clicking to enlarge and see specific items. I have another blog, in blog land, wasn't sure if/when you responded you'd get the other one.
ReplyDeleteBarb from Pubplace.