This chapter is about the steps of knowledge management. it is finding and selecting information from a variety of sources. there are many primary and secondary sources to look into. Primary sources are first-hand information reported by people directly involved with an action or event. a secondary source information does not come directly from the people involved in the event instead the information is interpreted and reported by a second or third party. When consulting a source you always want to check the credentials of the source, the sponsoring agency, and the date that the information was obtained.
A good place to find electronic resources is in an online library catalog. I'm sure many of us have used our library's' catalog. once you have completed a general topic search in the library catalog and reference books you can start to look in data bases such as academic premier or pro quest. You may also want to do further Google searches.
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I felt that most of this chapter was sort of a review. Most of us are familiar with finding electronic resources. These main electronic resources are citations, abstracts and full-text articles. These are all something that I have used and done for school.
I know what "keywords" are, but I wasn't aware of how they completely operated. For example, using quotations. I didn't know that by putting quotes around it only searched for that exact word.
Overall, I feel that the chapter was a good review for everyone.
I also think that chapter 6 was a good review chapter. I have taken a variety of writing classes and have needed to use our libraries database multiple times. It took me a good year to become comfortable with the system and how to refine my searches by using quotations, astrisks, etc.
I recommend paying attention to this chapter if not familiar with how to use online databases or how to look for credible internet sources.
I have always had a hard time with citations and credibility so knowing what to do is a major help!
This chapter deals with locating and using information. I have used both primary and secondary sources before. I have always used electronic resources since I was in high school. Using the web research, online reference, and government documents as a source have increased. I find it easy to use the internet to search for any information because I have taken lots of classes that taught me how to improve my reasearch skills.
This chapter was an excellent review. Personally I embraced reviewing over the importance of online resources. For the past couple of semesters I haven't entirely needed to use the online sources but for many gen. ed. classes you need to be able to navigate those resources constructively to be succesfull on some assignments.
Retreiving information is crucial for school and work. Deciphering what is a good source and how to successfully locate that source is important. I thought the interview section was interesting on how to effectively ask questions. Knowing which way to receive the most vital information from someone is a great skill to have.
Especially as electronic resources grow and evolve, there can potentially be a TON of information to go through. Having a tool to use to find the information you need, is a great idea. Even if the total amount of information changes, you have a way to sift through it all. The chapter gives good tips to search through electronic and non-electronic resources. It was interesting to read about the primary and secondary sources...I was not aware of which sources I used were primary or secondary sources.
The chapter also gave a good review of ways to avoid plagiarism.
Online resources are a very important subject in writing and this chapter was a good review adding to what already know. I have used electronic sources many times and have effectively navigated through a lot of info and have found that citing online sources can sometimes be a difficult task. Most important is knowing what information that you have and using it effectively.
Using online resources can be a great test in credibility of a resource. It is important to not take people’s opinion and use it as fact. It helps that online pages can be distinguished as reliable with .gov, .org and .edu to help those realize the pages are legit. I also find that internal research within my organization can lead you down a path towards an abundance of other various resources. Starting with an interview or a small library can connect you to other key information.
Electronic resources are a very familiar thing for us students here at MSU, because we are required to use them for classes and papers for class. This was a overview of at least what i know or am familiar with . It definitely was a great review for everyone.
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