Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Summarizing Unit 5

It was really interesting being able to come up with different findings of books by just using the same search term with different databases.  I felt using Book 24x7, Summit Catalog and the Cannell Library Book Catalog was a better experience compared to using Google Books.  Although Google Books has some scholarly books, I feel that may get better credible results using scholarly databases.  One thing I was confused is that I could not see the call numbers for the books I found.  I went back to IRIS to make sure where I can find the call numbers but I just couldn't find them on my searches.
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  1. abullockJuly 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    Hi, Anthony:

    Good observation. While Google Books can be a useful resource, the others are better places to start of scholarly research. IT Pro is a bit more practical, hands on and how to and probably wouldn't serve an academic paper need, but there are expertly written books and being able to search the entire text of the book is powerful. Summit sometimes doesn't display the call numbers very easily. If you click on check availability under a specific college/university name, it should show that information. Thank you for your efforts.

    Cheers,
    Andrea

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