1. For this week I chose Meteors I have always been interested in them. Every night when I go home from work I am always watching the sky. Maybe just once I might see a meteor shower.This is why I picked Science & Technology typed in meteors and there are 22228 results I thought oh, boy. So I did check into some articles not too trilled. Then I notice on the right hand side I saw sort results by, so I clicked on the arrow it gave me - Publication data (Oldest first) or Publication data (Most recent first). Well I picked most recent first. It gave me the same amount of hits. I saw Scholarly Journals had 15552 hits. I still could not really find what I was looking for. I see the box Suggested Subjects I clicked on the meteors meteorites and comets that gave me 192 results. Now I can find what I am looking for. In my search I also came across comets and asteroids. Now I have found plenty of information on all of these in one spot. Some of the information was easy to read. The scholarly journals were too technical for me. Trade Journals and magazines were lots of help too. In each of these they gave great information on what I was looking for.
1.a. I have looked into other blogs like you all asked us to. I found some of them seem to be getting excited about how much information we can find in these programs. Some of the blogs have not started or are behind like me, so I do not feel so bad.
2. I choose heart disease and 4 publication came up. I picked the first one on the list, it gave me the publication information. Then I clicked on (Medical Sciences-Cardiovascular Diseases). It gave me 17 publications. As I kept going I found more information on what I was looking for. You do have to keep track on how you got to some of the articles. I did get lost once. Had a hard time finding the article again. As they say practice makes perfect. I know I will use Proquest more often.
I might get caught up on of these days. I do find this very interesting. On to the next week.
ReplyDeleteHi, helpless. We think it is actually more important to LEARN than to keep up! Thanks for your ProQuest comments. We like its breadth of coverage with popular, scholarly, and trade journal articles. You did a good job of narrowing down your meteor search to get what you wanted. Pat yourself on the back, and remember to show this to your patrons. :)
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