Assignment 2
Note: your assignment needs to be typed!
1. Using one of the links under the library's "Quick facts, encyclopedias, stats, etc.," find a definition of "ostracize."
What is the definition?
Where did you find it? State the name of the web site you used.
2. Using one of the links under the library's "Quick facts, encyclopedias, stats, etc.," find who Noah Webster was.
Who was he?
Where did you find the information? State the name of the web site you used.
3. I've read somewhere that the number of televisions in households between 1980 and 2006 rose dramatically. For this question I want you to use the Statistical Abstracts of the United States to find relevant statistics that support this argument. Again, using the library's "Quick facts: Encyclopedias, Stats, etc." locate this online source. Now, do a search within this web site and find the statistical table that will help you respond to the following questions:
a. what was the number of television sets in homes in 1980 versus 2006?
b. what was the average number of TV sets per home in 1980 versus 2006?
4. Go back to the main web page for "Quick facts, encyclopedias, stats, etc." .
This time click on "Virtual Collections" and select the Librarians' Internet Index.
a. In your own words, what is this web site about? What is its purpose ( to answer this question, find the link in this web site that describes its history and purpose)?
b. I am looking for results on how gas prices are determined. Using the Librarians' Internet Index, do a search on the topic of gasoline prices. Provide below the title, web address, and brief description of a pertinent web source:
TITLE:
WEB ADDRESS:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
c. How are these results different from results you may get from a Google search (again, clarify the purpose of the Librarians' Internet Index)?
5. Your research question has to do with - select one:
Shii Islam (or Shiism)
OR
renewable energy
YOUR SELECTION IS: __________________________.
What are the call number letters that correspond to your selected research area above? Make sure you use the course link for the Library of Congress Classification system!
Call # letters:
6. NOTE: For this question you must visit the campus library!
Go to
the Reference collection of our library at the
main floor of the library.
Using the call number letters that correspond to your selected research area in question #5, identify one source in our print Reference collection with information pertaining to this research area. This source will probably be one of the "specialized encyclopedias," as we discussed in the course.
When you look for information on your topic, remember to use the index of the source to save time and effort!
Provide
the title of the Reference publication you found along
with a brief description of what information it gave you on your
topic:
TITLE of the Reference source/publication:
DESCRIPTION of the article within the source:
7.
For the same topic
you selected in question #5, I now want you to use one of our
"Subject specific, professional"
electronic encyclopedias.
Provide a short citation of an article you found using our online encyclopedic collection!
Title of
article:
Name of main source/ encyclopedia where the article is published :
Author: