Library 101

During this library session we looked at how to look up accurate information through databases. Unfortunately people on the internet have to lie and make facts up about whatever they feel like, so not all online websites are accurate. Thanks to these lovely people, they have ruined it for the rest of the researching world. The fact that some online websites are not credible reflects badly upon the entire internet, banning it from research papers. But of course this is for good reason. You wouldn’t want wrong information being published in a formal research paper, especially one that weighs heavily upon your grade. Anyway, during this library session we looked at a few of the different databases that the library offers us as students. In total there are about 50 or so databases available to us for research. Some of the ones that I found were useful was academic search complete, CQ researcher, ebsco host and CREDO researcher. These will be useful because  they focus on human rights issues and international topics. They also have a lot of different credible information from newspapers, periodicals and journals. The databases also provide for us an easy way to cite the sources so that we can ensure we are not plagiarizing any information, and that the citation is properly cited.