To Search and See What We Find

Magazine:

Solove, Daniel J. "The End Of Privacy?." Scientific American 299.3 (2008): 100-106. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2013.

I picked this magazine periodical first because I saw all of the subject terms and they all relate to my subject perfectly. I read the abstract and found that this article would really give my some good information about social networking and privacy. \

Research Article:

Hartzog, Woodrow, and Frederic Stutzman. "The Case For Online Obscurity." California Law Review 101.1 (2013): 1-49. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2013.

I picked this article because it seemed a good choice with my topic. You can see that it is a research article because it contains information that is professional and is endorsed by professors of law. It looks like the article cuts a clearer picture of previous information. 

Newspaper Article:

Vega, Tanzina. "A New Tool in Protecting Online Privacy." New York Times 13 Feb. 2012: 4. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2013.
  
I picked this article because it seemed like it was an article about ways you can protect yourself online. This directly relates to my topic choice. I thought this would be a good choice. 

Summary of Activity:
I used only one search statement which would be online OR internet and privacy and protect* I liked this activity but it was and is hard for me to explain why I picked them. Other then the obvious things, which was that they all related to my subject matter. I also liked that they were easy to find, once I searched for them. I really like EBSCO and have used it in the past in my 101 and 102 English classes and was very impressed with how helpful it really is. I was not disappointed this time as well, it gave me very good results and all the answers I needed to complete my assignment. 

Boolean Practice

Part 1
5 Practice Search Statements

Question: Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
Search: vegetarian or meat-based

Question: How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
Search: "College Graduate earnings" and "high school diploma earnings"

Question: How much of current scientific breakthroughs were influenced by
science fiction?
Search: "Science fiction" and "scientific breakthroughs"

Question: Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?
Search: Walmart and Target and economy

Question: Has the U.S. trade and globalization policy hurt the middle class?
Search: "US trade" and "middle class"

Part 2
My Own Topic

Question: What is the best way to protect our privacy online?
Search: laws and privacy and online
"Online privacy" and laws
"Internet privacy" and laws

The Adventures of Privacy

Clark College Library Search

•  Search Term(s) used

Privacy and Internet

•  Citation information for one book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date)

Dobbs Ferry, NY : Oceana Publications, 2003.

•  Subject Headings (taken from the Subject Field)

Data protection -- Law and legislation – United States -- Popular works.
	Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works.
	Privacy, Right of -- United States -- Popular works.

•  Is this a Circulating Book or an E-Book? 

Circulating

•  Location and Call Number for the Book

Cannell Second Floor - Call number  KF1263.C65 J38 2003 

•  What clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy? (Remember the ASAP criteria from IRIS)

Aside from the fact that it is on the college website and we know that they only use credible sources. This in an a legal almanac. 

Summit Search

• Search Term(s) used

Privacy and Internet

• Citation information for one book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date)

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

• Subject Headings (the field is called “Related Subjects” in Summit)

There are a few over there, law and legislation, a couple of court cases on privacy.

• Location and Call Number for the Book. 

Cannell Second Floor - Call number KF390.5.C6 O344 2010  

• What clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy? 

The book is printed by a university. 

• How did this search differ from the search in the Cannell Library Book catalog?

This search went straight to more college printed articles, but overall they were both really helpful and both really easy to use.

It Pro

It pro is very user friendly, easy to use and understand. I like that you can really get down and filter out the things you don't need, or even make your list very focused on only the things that you do need. It has a general info choice, and with that a bunch more choices with that, which could be very useful in the beginning or a project. Or even if you are not sure what it is that you are looking for. You can look for only certain authors, or just publishers. This would definitely be a great site if you really know what information you are looking for.

Google Books:

• Search Term(s) used

Internet and Privacy

• Citation information for the book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date)

Kevin J. Connolly, Law of Internet Security and Privacy, Aspen Law & Buisness, 2004

• What clues does Google Books provide that lead you to believe this book is trustworthy?

The synopsis of the book states that it is from a legal stand point and that its a reliable guide. It is also published by a company called Law and Business. 

What did I take from all of this:  I think that all the research tools that I used here were very helpful. I prefer to use the library resources because I know that they are reliable resources  They all have the basic beginning concept with the initial search, I even found the same book on a couple of the sites. For the sake of the assignment I did not just use the same book every time  They are all very similar to each other. I like how easy they are to use, if anything was to change I would do that same as I always do and would need to adapt and get use to the new way. Like I said I like to use the computers at Clark. I think that It Pro is pretty nifty I have never seen that one before today, but very nice, easy to handle and convenient.

Sources

Practice Questions(Provide answers/sources for each of these):
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

more plants in your diet is overall healthy. Vegatiarians tend to get more vitamins and fiber and fewer calorie and fat intake. It is hard to state whether this is due directly to not eating meat or not, because there are so many different types of vegetarians it is hard to study and confirm this. http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/jul2012/feature1 

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

Well according to the definition of censorship yes this is. I do not think that they are in the wrong here, they have an image and want to uphold that. It is not as if they are forcing those bands to change the lyrics, they have a choice. If they want to be sold there though they need to follow their rules.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/censor?s=t

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?

In my research I see that it can be as much as twice as much earnings in a lifetime. http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/collegepayoff-summary.pdf pg2

4) Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism?

No, because the services that are available are not very clear and need to be interepreted by a teacher I believe they should not be used. There is no clear cut yes or no, so in that case there could be an error and with that error cost a student their entire academic life. 
http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/vol20/gillis.pdf

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

According to my source this will not have a great impact on the temperature of the earth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-01-decline-solar-output-offset-global.html

My Questions:

Is there a major difference between privacy in law to peoples everyday rights and what the media is aloud to exploit?

I think I would look up a government web site to find the laws on media free speech and then to peoples rights as far as personal information shared. There is also law encyclopedia data base on the library page, I might try that as well.

What is the best way to protect out privacy online?

I would most likely look this up online and look for a person who is known for giving this type of advice. This one I might also visit a computer specialist professor at Clark college and ask them for help. \

How do you handle a situation where you feel like your privacy has been breached?

I think first I might call up one of those free legal consultation lines and ask some questions, I may check the legal database as well, or look up laws to do with peoples rights to privacy.

I believe these would be the best sources because they all hold the most relevant information on the topic choice.
Thanks for reading.
:)