If feel that if we had more time in class, we would’ve learned a lot more. Unfortunately that did not happen. In this class I learned that you can’t turn in work from another class. Although it is your paper, it is still considered plagiarism. I also learned that when you still need to cite your own fried if you are going to use something he/she said. I could go on about what I have learned, but you would be reading a list. I really had a good experience in this class. Now I can go out and teach my friends about what I learned in this class.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Blog Post #4
Knowing where to look to find information is the hardest thing about finding information when doing research on a topic is personally the hardest for me. It gets very challenging when the teacher asks for information from a reliable source and a lot of the websites that I find don’t even have authors. I don't quite fully understand the term "reliable source". I get confused sometimes. What should I look for when I am searching for this “reliable source”? Another thing I find difficult is citing quotes from the source. Do I just write down the name of the author? How do I know when to put in parenthesis and when no to? I get confused with that. I still have a lot of unanswered questions. There are many things that I learned from this class, but still, questions remain unanswered. With such little time, there was hardly much for us to do anything. Having this class for only one hour every week is definitely not enough time for us to get into depth with our class discussions.
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Hi Dieumeuse,
ReplyDeleteI think you presented good reasons about what you found difficult about this class. Any good class leaves more questions than answers which is what prompts us to do more learning. This short library class was just an introduction into using the web and other sources for writing your papers. As the years go on, you will take other classes that will help you clarify how to properly cite a source and how to make sure your source is reliable. As you will discover, you aren't the only person who doesn't completely understand plagiarism and citing sources. Some of our candidates for political office have been accused of not citing correctly sources they have used.
You did go on to list what you have learned from the course and I agree with you, that you can help others learn some of the things you discovered in this class. I am glad to find out you felt this class taught you many things.
Helen White
Health Sciences Library