Wednesday, October 16, 2013

SearchPath...check

I recently did the SearchPath tutorial for my UI100 class, but I honestly did it just to get the credit.  I passed the quiz at the end but I forgot about it as soon as I was done with it.  Now that I've related it to my English class, it has become very useful.  It was more of a refresher for me personally. 

When I first visited the Kent Library website, I tried using it like I would Google, just typing in a broad subject and expecting thousands of results to pop up and look on the first page and see if anything stood out at me.  In my blog about using the Internet and using Kent Library, I found the Internet to be more useful.  When I read the comments from my peers, I learned that I did need to be more specific while doing my search on the Kent Library website. 

The essay I did my rhetorical analysis on was about Quality Deer Management, a pretty common topic, especially in Southeast Missouri.  It wasn't hard to find information about the history, success and fail stories, and any other general information that I was curious about.  What I did find out was that the essay I was analyzing was not too far off, but there were some discrepancies that I needed to work out.  The Kent Library website, along with some .edu websites, put me on the right track.

1 comment:

  1. Tyler as I just commented on Natasha's blog, I am scheduled to take UI100 in the spring and I have no idea as to what it pertains. However after reading this I believe it will teach me to research better. ResearchTutoria? Maybe I should have taken it before Eng and it would have helped me.

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