Friday, March 9, 2012

Researching your subject


Chapter 6

I have always thought that research is time consuming and more so when we don’t know where to look for information. This chapter pointed me to things that I generally do not consider but that could be useful for certain types of research.  For example, the social-bookmarking sites and even blogs.  These sites are postings of people that share their experiences, pictures or postings about any type of information.  I frequently use Wikipedia to understand subjects from my textbooks because it is straight forward; it gives me pictures and the sources are listed. Interviews are nerve breaking for me, but I think that if I follow the steps explained by the book I will be able to understand and more likely know what types of questions my interviewer is going to ask me. This is turning into a very important tool for me in future interviews.

Most of the papers I have written are usually research or experiments written in an informal format. I took a Microbiology class in which every week there was a different subject to write about. I was supposed to identify the publisher’s reputation, if it was a reliable source, accuracy, knowledge and it had to be within six months of publication. I found a website that provided me with a variety of journals for free. I was also advised that if a journal was not free I could get it through the campus. Journals are difficult to understand and therefore, some simpler researches were followed by scientific experiments which helped me to understand the subject better.

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