TGIF? Another week has passed.
Today was our 1st class test & I did well enough to meet my expectations =)
I'd say that if one would have gone through the lecture notes provided then the test would be manageable. Though, I think that I may have overlooked certain important points & may have caused myself precious marks. ahah.
Test aside, we are now continuing work on Prac 6 & to begin work on part of our folio's submission. Ok, lets talk about Prac 6; among the various search facilities available - search engines, meta-search, subject directories & databases - are databases the more effective search facilities?
My take is No, it is not more effective than the others. I even feel that in some instances it performs worse than any of the others when it comes to narrowing down my search to particular topics. Most of the time, the results returned to me were pretty much irrelevant or ranked with low relevance. hmm...I would say that it had plenty of advanced search options to work with, but still I was unable to get a more accurate result for my research.
Will I use databases for research in my diploma? Well, that would be subjective. That would be because I find that it is not as effective as the other online resources that I can squeeze juices out of. Maybe if I decide I would need academically inclined articles that is only available in these invisible webs then I'd probably give it a chance. Seriously, there are times when research materials I require can be more accurately found using conventional search engines or subject directories.
Till next time, see ya ard =)
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